RBB

Léa Julienne-Ista

Léa is a Senior Associate based in the Paris office of RBB Economics, where she has worked since 2018. Her experience includes merger assessments, abuse of dominant position, horizontal and vertical agreements, as well as follow-on damages.

Since joining RBB, Léa has advised on a wide variety of competition cases before the European Commission and domestic competition authorities including in the UK, France, Germany, Australia, and Turkey.

Her experience spans a wide variety of matters, including mergers raising horizontal and vertical concerns, abuse of dominance, anticompetitive agreements, and follow-on damages.

Léa has worked with clients such as Alphabet (Google), Whirlpool, Metso, Outotec, TF1, M6, Nexans and Tarkett amongst others.

Léa’s sectoral experience expands a wide range of sectors, including internet search, TV broadcasting, advertising, white goods, supermarkets, mining equipment, compressors, and various industrial goods.

Léa holds a first-class honours MSc in Competition Economics from the Toulouse School of Economics and a first-class honours MSc in Competition Law from the University of Toulouse.

A French national, Léa is fluent in English and French.

Selected Cases

  • Google (Search)

    Various matters, Multi-jurisdictional

  • TF1/M6

    Phase II merger, France

  • White goods

    Alleged horizontal agreement and RPM, France

  • Metso/Outosec

    Merger, EU

  • Nide/Embraco (Whirlpool)

    Phase II merger, EU

  • TF1 Vs M6

    Loyalty rebates, France

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