Jacques Derenne

Practice Details

• Languages
  French
  English
• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Noteworthy Experience: Mergers : - Jacques has worked on some of the most complex
  challenging global merger control cases, for instance on the 12 billion acquisition by GE of Alstom energy business
  the acquisition by Alstom of GE's Intelligent Transportation Solutions business (rail signaling). The energy deal involved a series of complicated remedies
  multijurisdictional filings in over 25 countries.
  Cartels : - Cartels
  investigations is another area in which Jacques has developed a track-record
  an ability to guide clients through troubled waters. Jacques represented Alstom in the EU/non- EU gas insulated switchgears (fine reduction)
  power transformers (annulment of the decision) cases. He also successfully defended Korean Air in the EU air cargo investigation (no infringement finding, no fine)
  SkyTeam cases.
  State aid : - Jacques' State aid experience spans more than three decades, during which time he has acted for beneficiaries, competitors
  Member States before the European Commission, EU courts
  national courts. The successful restructuring of Alstom in 2003-2004 was one of his l
  mark State aid cases. He also advised Air France-KLM in securing the European Commission's approval for up to 4 billion in French State aid to recapitalise Air France to help it overcome the impact of the COVID-19 crisis
  plan for the future.
  EU Litigation : - Jacques represented clients such as DHL, FedEx, Philip Morris, or Alstom in complex EU
  competition law cases before the EU courts. Recent or pending EU litigation cases involve clients such as Brussels Airlines (aid at airports), Ullens de Schooten (internal market, EU constitutional law issues), Tempus Energy (annulment of the Commission's decision approving the UK energy capacity mechanism) or Viorel Micula
  others (arbitration damages award under a bilateral investment treaty, international law
  EU State aid law - challenging the Commission's decision prohibiting Romania from paying damages ordered under an ICSID arbitral award).
  EU law regulatory : - Jacques has been deeply involved in the liberalization process of nearly all regulated sectors since the early 1990s: the postal sector, the telecommunications/satellite sector, the energy sector, the aviation sector, the audio-visual sector. His current regulatory practice in these sectors draws from this longst
  ing experience.