Charlotte Breuvart focuses her practice on European, French, and Belgian antitrust and competition law. She has extensive experience in antitrust (cartels, horizontal and vertical agreements, abuses of a dominant position), merger control, and state aids (both in counseling and litigation). She also regularly advises on other aspects of EU law, such as free movement of goods and services, and implements learning and compliance programs in antitrust and competition law.
Charlotte regularly advises French, Belgian, and international companies in a wide range of industries, including the energy, chemicals, media, financial services, transportation, defense, and pharmaceutical sectors.
Charlotte has been involved in several high-profile antitrust cases before the European Commission and the General Court of the European Union as well as in major M&A transactions involving merger filings with the European Commission and the French and Belgian competition authorities.
She has participated in several leniency applications and commitments procedures and in 2012 contributed to obtaining the largest ever fine reduction granted by the European courts in an antitrust case.
Charlotte is based in the Brussels Office but also spends time in Jones Day's Paris Office. She is a member of both the Paris and the Brussels bars.
Charlotte is recognized as a leading practitioner in the areas of competition/European law in Belgium and corporate/M&A (competition) in France by Chambers Global (2013). She is also ranked as "excellent" in the deregulation and regulated sectors in France by Décideurs Magazine (2013) Prior to joining Jones Day, Charlotte was the resident partner-in-charge of the Brussels antitrust and competition practice of an international law firm (2007-2013).
She also served as a senior antitrust in-house counsel at EDF, the French electricity incumbent (2006-2007), and practiced in the Paris and Washington, D.C. offices of another international law firm for several years (2001-2005).
