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Michel Ponsard

Partner
Offices / Paris office / Brussels office / Africa Desk

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.

Rankings

Option Droit & Affaires 2021 – UGGC Avocats ranked in 4 categories in Litigation & arbitration

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 […]

Leaders League 2021 – UGGC Law firm, ranked in 4 categories in Litigation & Arbitration

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 […]

Legal 500 2020 – UGGC ranked in EU, Competition and Distribution law

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 […]

Best Lawyers 2020 – UGGC teams awarded Best Lawyers in 16 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 […]



Career

  • Partner of UGGC Law Firm - 1998
  • Admitted to the Paris Bar - 1992
  • Law Degree in International and European Law, Paris and Brussels Law Schools
  • Postgraduate Degree (DESS) in International Business Law and European Law.
  • Member, Executive Committee, Association Française pour l’Etude du Droit de la Concurrence (French Association for the Study of Competition Law)
  • Member, International Bar Association (IBA), antitrust section.
  • Associate, UGGC Law Firm - 1993-1998
  • Associate, Berlioz & Co
  • Associate, Slaughter and May (Paris)
  • Associate, Jeantet (Bruxelles)


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