Antoine is a commercial litigator with a particular focus on cross-border competition law litigation, especially before French, English and Dutch jurisdictions.
Expertise
Much of his work involves follow-on cartel and abuse of dominance damages claims in the automotive/transport industry, as well as retail and pharmaceuticals sectors. Antoine has a deep understanding of the funding aspects of cross-border litigation and has extensive experience working with third party litigation funders to secure the necessary resources to successfully pursue these cases.
He is also passionate about using technology to solve legal issues and has an in-depth understanding of IT, having a particular expertise in coding in Python and other programming languages.
Prior to joining Hausfeld, he worked in Brussels for a leading French law firm, focusing on cartel and exchange of information matters and on the implementation of compliance programs in various sectors. He also worked for a third-party litigation funder in Paris, where he dealt with complex international litigation, and managed thousands of clients in the Volkswagen “clean” diesel litigation.
Clients
Antoine represents thousands of clients, from SMEs to major listed companies and public entities active in the transport industry and established mainly in France, the United Kingdom, Spain and Belgium.
His client base is also made up of leading automotive manufacturers, which he assisted in pursuing damages claims relating to the bearings and spark-plugs cartels. Antoine also assists distributors harmed by several competition law infringements.
Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law, King’s College London, 2021-2022
University of Versailles, France, Master degree in contracts and competition law (Second student of the promotion)
Admitted to the Paris Bar (France), 2018
Member - AIJA and AFEC (Association Française d'Etude de la Concurrence)
During his law school years, Antoine won a competition law moot court on a private enforcement case and pleaded in the final round in the first chamber of the Court of Appeal in Paris.
Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards
Hausfeld won the 'Innovation in legal expertise - Dispute resolution' award at the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards 2018 for our work on the Trucks cartel in the Netherlands. Antoine is part of the team working on this case
The Lawyer
In 2019, The Lawyer nominated the Trucks cartel case as one of their Top 20 Cases for 2019. In the UK, Hausfeld represents Wolseley UK Ltd & Ors, Suez Groupe SAS & Ors and Veolia Environnement S.A. & Ors. “The trucks litigation is one of the most significant follow-on damages cases being heard in the English courts”, said The Lawyer, “Lining up to defend the manufacturers from further damages are some of biggest names in litigation.”
Antoine was part of the team building claims for European truck purchasers allegedly harmed by the prominent Trucks cartel - representing over 2,100 clients across Europe with a truck count of some 275,000.
Antoine is a valued member of the firm’s antitrust automotive practice, which is the strongest in Europe. He has worked with clients on recovering follow-on damages as the result of the following cartels:
