BDGS Associés

Competition & Regulatory

Partner specialising in French and EU competition law, advising on complex merger control procedures, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, antitrust litigation and follow on damages claims before the European and French competition authorities and courts with a particular focus on sectors such as aerospace, energy, financial services, food and consumer goods, and retail.

Recent work includes advising: Engie on the sale of Equans, its multi-technical services business, to Bouygues; Thales on the sale of its ground transportation systems business to Hitachi Rail; Meta on its defence against a complaint for abuse of a dominant position and an application for interim measures before the French Competition Authority; the Fédération du commerce et de la distribution before the French Competition Authority in alleged sector-wide cartel proceedings in relation to the Bisphenol A regulatory framework; Carrefour on its joint purchasing alliance with Système U in the mass retail sector; Campofrío in its leniency application before the French Competition Authority in the charcuterie cartel investigation; and France’s main banks in litigation proceedings before the European Court of Justice against a series of ECB and SRB decisions.

Maria joined BDGS Associés as partner in 2016. She was previously partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges (2008-2009) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (2009-2016).

French, English and Italian

Member of the “Association des Avocats pratiquant le droit de la concurrence” (APDC)

Paris (2000) and New York (2001) Bars

LLM in Trade Regulation - Antitrust from the New York University School of Law (2000)

Master’s degree in European Business Law from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University (1999)