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Bertrand Guerin ist ein in Frankreich und Deutschland zugelassener Rechtsanwalt. Er ist auch bei der Rechtsanwaltskammer in Kalifornien als Foreign Legal Consultant registriert. Er berät Unternehmen in Fusionskontroll-, Kartellrechts- und Marktbeherrschungsverfahren nach dem europäischen, deutschen und französischen Kartellrecht. Seine Tätigkeit umfasst auch das Digital Markets Act und die Foreign Subsidies Regulation. Bertrand arbeitet in unserem Berliner Büro sowie in unserem Büro in Silicon Valley, Kalifornien.
Dabei verfügt er über erhebliche Erfahrung in länderübergreifenden Fusionskontrollfragen im weltweiten Kontext. Weitere Beratungsschwerpunkte liegen auf Fragen im Zusammenhang mit einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung, Vertriebsstrategien sowie kartellrechtlichen Verfahren, einschließlich Anträgen auf Kronzeugenregelung. Vor allem in den Bereichen Medien, neue Medien, E-Commerce, Einzelhandel und Pharma bewegt er sich auf wohlbekanntem Terrain. Bertrand war an kartellrechtlichen oder regulatorischen Verfahren für oder bzgl. drei der fünf größten globalen Technologieunternehmen beteiligt.
Bertrand verfügt über einzigartige Kenntnisse der Medien- und Filmlandschaft in Hollywood und Europa und arbeitet eng mit den Leitern der Freshfields-Sektorgruppe Technologie und Medien an Initiativen für die Branche zusammen.
Er ist Rechtsanwalt und Absolvent der frz. Grande Ecole E.M. LYON (MSc in Management).
Bertrand wurde von Mandanten und Peers als „Future Leader“ in jeder Ausgabe von Who’s Who Legal: Future Leaders (Who’s Who Legal / Global Competition Review) seit 2017 anerkannt. Er wurde auch in die "Best Lawyers"-Liste (für Kartellrecht) aufgenommen, die vom Handelsblatt im Jahr 2023 veröffentlicht wird.
Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch und Französisch.
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Media, Advertising, Technology & Software
- Advising RTL Deutschland on its acquisition of Sky Deutschland, a transformative deal in European media, cleared unconditionally by the European Commission.
- Advising CME Central Media Enterprises (PPF-owned; formerly Time Warner-owned), the owner of the leading television broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe including TV Nova (Czech Republic), PRO TV (Romania) and bTV (Bulgaria)
- Advising Meta Platforms (Facebook) on the French competition authority's investigation related to the advertising technology sector, closed without any finding of infringement via negotiated commitments
- Advising Apple on selected aspects the EU's Digital Markets Act
- Advising a confidential client in relation to the EU's Google Shopping procedure
- Advising SoftwareOne on its €1.4 billion merger with Crayon
- Advising Axel Springer on its acquisition of SeLoger.com
- Advising the founding members of the European newspaper alliance LENA: Die Welt (Axel Springer) (Germany), El País (Spain), La Repubblica (Italy), Le Figaro (France), Le Soir (Belgium), Tages-Anzeiger (Switzerland) and Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland).
- Advising Cinven/Host Europe Group on numerous acquisitions in the Internet hosting sector as well as the €1.69bn sale of Host Europe Group to GoDaddy
- Advising Atlassian on its acquisition of The Browser Company
- Advising sennder and LKW Walter on the creation of TruckerPoints
- Advising EQT Partners on the sale of its stake in Sportradar, the world’s leading supplier of sports and betting-related data, to a consortium consisting of CPPIB and TCV in a transaction valuing Sportradar at €2.1bn
- Advising Flutter Entertainment (the parent company of Paddy Power BetFair) on its agreed merger with The Stars Group, creating a global leader in sports betting and gaming
Retail, E-Commerce, Luxury & Consumer Goods
- Advising two leading premium luxury goods brands on all merger control procedures for their global merger
- Advising Zalando on various e-commerce, distribution and platform topics
- Advising LVMH on its acquisition of luxury watchmaker Hublot
- Advising LVMH on its acquisition of a stake in Stella McCartney
- Advising Mars on selected procedures before the German competition authority
- Advising Aryzta, the international bakery group, on its acquisition of Klemme
- Advising Metro on a wholesale/retail alliance with third parties
Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Medical Devices, Insurance & Insurtech
- Advising Advent on its €1.9bn acquisition of Zentiva, the previous European generics business of Sanofi
- Advising Zentiva on Zentiva’s acquisition of the entire CEE business of Alvogen and virtually all material subsequent acquisitions by Zentiva
- Advising Advent and Zentiva on the sale of Zentiva to GTCR
- Advising Boehringer Ingelheim on its €22.8bn swap deal with Sanofi relating to the companies' respective consumer healthcare and animal health businesses
- Advising Biotronik on the sale of its Vascular Intervention business to Teleflex
- Advising Cinven and its portfolio company Viridium group on its acquisitions of the German life insurance activities of Generali Lebensversicherung (4 million policies) and life insurance portfolios of Zurich
- Advising Fidelidade on the acquisition of a majority stake in fellow insurance company Prosperity
- Advising Verisk on the acquisition of Actineo
Industrials & Manufacturing
- Advising Montana Tech Components and Aluflexpack on the acquisition of the latter by Constantia Flexibles
- Advising Maersk on its approx. €1bn attempted sale of Maersk Container Industry to China International Marine Containers Ltd., which was subject to in-depth review by the German competition authority and the US Department of Justice
- Advising Daimler on its acquisition of Tognum by Engine Holding, a joint venture of Daimler and Rolls-Royce, by way of a public tender offer
- Advising ABB on various procedures or acquisitions
- Advising ATS Automation Tooling Systems on several acquisitions
- Advising HIG Capital on the acquisition of Covestro’s polyurethan business
- Advising Groupe Arnault on the acquisition of a stake in Paprec
- Advising FMC on the acquisition of the alginates business of International Specialty Products
- Advising Mercuria on a transaction with ChemChina
Bertrand Guerin
Potsdamer Platz 1
Berlin 10785
855 Main Street
Silicon Valley 94063