Emmanuel Frot
Education
Ph.D., economics, and M.Sc., economics, London School of Economics; M.Sc., engineering science, École Centrale Paris; B.Sc., economics, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Summary of Experience
Dr. Frot is an economist with specialized expertise in applying quantitative analyses to competition, litigation, regulatory, and business intelligence issues. He advises firms in a wide range of industries, providing economic and econometric expertise on matters related to mergers, market concentrations, cartel investigations, and damages.
Over the years, he has performed numerous economic and econometric analyses in Phase I and Phase II mergers before the French Competition Authority and the European Commission, including Veolia Transport/Transdev, Jardiland/InVivo, Castel/Patriarche, Fnac/Nature & Découvertes, d’aucy/Triskalia, Lactalis/Nuova Castelli, Lactalis/Leerdammer, CMA CGM / Bolloré Logistics, Canal+/OCS, and Suez/Veolia. He has led case teams and performed economic analyses in several prominent horizontal and vertical cartel cases, as well as estimated damages in antitrust litigation and intellectual property matters. He has also assisted companies in modeling and implementing changes to pricing behavior.
His reports have been presented to the European Commission, the French Competition Authority, the Court of Appeals, the Conseil d’État (France’s highest administrative court), the Tribunal of Commerce of Paris, and regulators in the telecommunications, energy, transportation, and gambling sectors. Dr. Frot has published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals and regularly speaks at international competition law and policy conferences.
- AGPM Acquisition of GMPA
- Audika Groupe S.A.S./Audilab S.A. Merger
- Carrefour Acquisition of Makro Dossier Gulliver
- CMA CGM Group SA Acquisition of Bolloré Logistics
- D’Aucy /Triskalia Merger
- D’leteren Group Acquisition of Parts Holding Europe
- Decision 21-D-14 of French Competition Authority (FCA) regarding Kärcher SAS
- Economic Analysis in CMA CGM Shipping Matter
- European Camping Group Acquisition of Vacanceselect
- FNAC Darty Acquisition of Nature & Decouvertes
- Groupe Bertrand Acquisition of Léon de Bruxelles
- Groupe Canal Plus Acquisition of OCS and Orange Studio
- In re: Corsica Linea PSO France Objet
- Lactalis Group Acquisition of Ambrosi
- Lactalis Group Acquisition of Leerdammer
- Lactalis Group Acquisition of Nuova Castelli
- Review of Crédit Agricole and Worldline Joint Venture
- Reworld Media/Arnoldo Mondadori Editore Merger Approval
- Roche Holding AG, et al. v. French Competition Authority
- San Marina Acquisition of Minelli SAS
- Veolia/Suez Merger Approval
- Worldline Acquisition of Ingenico
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A Commissioners’ History of Cartel Enforcement in Europe: Multidimensional Comparison of Administrations
Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 2020
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United States – E-commerce Economics: Market Power and Enforcement in Vertical Markets
Global Competition Review, E-Commerce Competition Enforcement Guide, January 2019
2019Kirk Fair R, Piankov N, Frot E
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October 4, 2021
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December 12, 2022
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June 6, 2024
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October 14, 2024
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June 20, 2024
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February 6, 2024
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January 19, 2024
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April 26, 2022
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May 20, 2021