Marco Plankensteiner is partner in Competition and Economic Regulation laws
Specialising in French and European law, Marco assists his clients in competition investigations and defends them in litigation before the French Competition Authority and the European Commission. He intervenes in competition law disputes, particularly in actions for damages, before the French courts.
Marco has acquired solid experience in merger control, both at national and European level, and regularly coordinates multi-jurisdictional notification files on a global scale and handles also foreign subsidies control and foreign direct investment filings.
He advises its French and international clients on the competition law aspects of cooperation agreements (R&D, joint production and marketing, joint ventures, supply, subcontracting) and supply and distribution agreements (selective distribution, franchise networks, commercial policies).
Marco regularly represents French and foreign companies in litigation relating to French economic law (framework for commercial relations, pricing and invoicing regulations, advertising) and consumer law (unfair commercial practices, unfair clauses, distance selling, e-commerce), as well as in commercial litigation.
A native German and Italian speaker, Marco also assists German, Austrian and Italian companies in France with their investments and transnational commercial relations.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
- Best Lawyers in France :
– individually ranked in Competition / Antitrust Law
– individually ranked in European Union Law
– individually ranked in Regulatory Practice - Chambers Europe (France) : Litigation (Band 4)
- Legal 500 EMEA (France) :
– Dispute resolution: commercial litigation (Tier 4)
– Banking and Finance: Transactional work (Tier 4)
– Banking and finance: Bank regulatory (Firms to watch)
– Dispute resolution: commercial litigation (Tier 4)
– EU, competition and distribution (Tier 5) - Décideurs :
– Commercial litigation up to €100m (Excellent)
– Follow-on (Excellent)
– Merger control
– State Aids
– European merger control
– Investment and foreign subsidies control
– Banking & Finance Litigation
– Product liability
– Healthcare, pharmaceuticals & biotech – Product liability
– International arbitration
– Distribution law
– Antitrust
– Regulatory assurance / reassurance
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Member of the French Association of Competition Studies (AFEC)
- Member of the French Association of Lawyers Practicing Competition Law (APDC)
- Lecturer in competition law at Pantheon Sorbonne University