Who am I?
I am one of the partners in charge of the UGGC Competition Law Department, present since the law firm’s inception after an experience in Brussels. My sector of intervention therefore corresponds to the competition law and distribution, but also to the law of commercial contracts and commercial practices, as well as to the right of promotion and publicity.
Beyond my practice as a lawyer, I am an active participant in the activities on the evolutions of my subject: regular author of articles of doctrine, I am also secretary general of AFEC (French Association for the Study of Law of Competition) as well as the International Competition League, reporter for France in the IBA antitrust newsletter and lecturer at Versailles Saint-Quentin University. This participation gives me a good knowledge of the institutions.
UGGC & me
Rely on a structure equipped with important technical means, a well-known brand oriented to meet the demands of our customers quickly and effectively in the best possible environment; Working closely with teams adapted to broad competencies, driven by the same concern for quality: these are for me some of the strengths of UGGC, and which explain why I have remained faithful to me for more than twenty years now!
My Practice
I work for a French and international clientele in fields as diverse as the automotive sector, the pharmaceutical sector, personal services, retail distribution, publishing and media, Real estate professionals (agents and trustees, construction) or transport.
UGGC Avocats is proud to be ranked in 6 categories among the best law firms in the 2021 edition of the Décideurs Magazine guide in Health, Pharmacy & Biotechnology. UGGC Avocats is ranked: Excellent in Medical and hospital liability Excellent in Product liability Highly recommended in Regulatory law Highly recommended in E-Health […]
UGGC Avocats is proud to be ranked in 2 categories among the best law firms in the 2021 edition of Leaders League – Risk Management & Insurance. The firm is ranked: Excellent in product Liability Strong reputation in insurance claims and litigation Click on the links above to access the full set of rankings.
We are proud to share with you that UGGC Avocats has been awarded “Law Firm of the Year” in Public Law by Best Lawyers 2022! We would like to congratulate the 11 partners of the firm who have been recognized “Best Lawyers” in France in their respective expertise: Jean-Jacques Uettwiller in Arbitration and Mediation, […]
The UGGC Avocats Litigation & Arbitration teams are pleased to be ranked among the best law firms in Option Droit & Affaires magazine’s 2021 ranking. The firm obtains 2 stars in : Acquisition litigation (post-acquisition, pre-acquisition, shareholder disputes, enforcement of warranty of liability, price adjustment) Defective products and claims litigation Criminal law and FMA […]
UGGC is ranked among the best law firms in the 2021 edition of the Legal 500 guide in EU, Competition and Distribution law.
UGGC Law Firm is honored to be ranked this year among the best law firms in the 2021 edition of the Legal 500 guide in dispute resolution: commercial litigation.
UGGC Law Firm, the representative of the Interlaw network in France, is happy that Interlaw is ranked by Chambers and Partners in the top tier of the 2021 Leading Law Firm Networks: The Elite ranking. Analysis Chambers and Partners: “Interlaw boasts an impressive roster of lawyers from approximately 150 cities across the world. With its […]
Following its participation in the Trophées du Droit 2021 organized by Leaders League, UGGC Avocats is proud to have won the Silver Trophy in the following categories : Antitrust Litigation Reorganisation and Social Plans LBO Small & Mid-cap Venture Capital & Expansion Capital Best Firm Strategy The Trophées du Droit are awarded by a jury […]
UGGC is proud to be ranked among the best law firms in the 2021 edition of the guide Leaders League in Litigation & Arbitration. The firm is ranked : Excellent in commercial litigation Excellent in financial litigation & equity investments Highly recommended in corporate criminal law Highly recommended in international arbitration Click on the links […]
UGGC Law Firm is proud to be ranked among the best law firms in the 2020 edition of the guide Legal 500 in EU, Competition and Distribution law. Quote from Legal 500: “UGGC Avocats has a team of about ten lawyers who represent companies in connection with distribution law, unfair competition and antitrust practices […]
UGGC teams awarded ” Best Lawyers Honorees ” in France by the magazine Best Lawyers, Global Business Edition 2020 in: Arbitration and Mediation Competition / Antitrust Law Employee Benefits Law European Union Law Health Care Law Immigration Law Information Technology Law Insolvency and Reorganization Law Investment Labor and Employment Law Litigation Media Law Mergers and […]
UGGC is proud to be once again, ranked among the best law firms in the 2021 edition of the guide Leaders League – Competition & Distribution The firm is ranked : Excellent in antitrust competition Excellent in distribution law Strong reputation in concentration control Strong reputation in franchise law Michel […]
Michel Ponsard, a partner specialising in competition law, was interviewed by journalist Sylvie Guyony about the competitive risk that the Covéa-PartnerRe merger represents. “A merger had already been envisaged in 2020 and stopped because of the pandemic. According to the sources, this resulted in a compensation of nearly 100 million euros. Apart from the […]
Michel Ponsard, partner at UGGC Avocats and vice-president of the AFEC (Association Française d’Etude de la Concurrence) was interviewed on May 12,2021 by Sylvie Carriat, journalist for the magazine Les Marché, on the topic: “PPL Besson-Moreau: AFEC fears price alignment with competition”. Subscribers to the magazine can access the full article by clicking on this […]
Michel Ponsard and Malka Marcinkowski, partners at UGGC Law Firm, were interviewed by the magazine Cosmétique Mag regarding the article “Online sales in the market place do not mix well with cosmetics”. They present an overview of the legal situation regarding the online sale of luxury beauty products, particularly on marketplaces, while the European exemption […]