Édouard Bruc’s practice focuses primarily on litigation, particularly in competition and antitrust law, as well as other contractual and regulatory disputes. He is a dual-qualified Solicitor in England and Wales and Paris Bar Avocat à la Cour, and has gained experience in handling civil and common law cases.

Practice

Mr. Bruc represents clients in abuse of dominance, cartel and other contentious proceedings. His practice covers a broad range of industries, including pharmaceutical, transport, digital, telecommunications, electricity and gas, and financial services. He has been involved in cases before various national regulatory authorities (CMA, European Commission and AMF) and arbitral tribunals, as well as before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights.

For instance, following the EU’s Trucks cartel decision, Mr. Bruc assisted clients from various jurisdictions in the context of an EU-wide billion-euro class action before the Amsterdam Court. Recently, he had the opportunity to help a client secure the first judicially-approved class action settlement in the UK. On the institutional side, he has been involved in large-scale banking litigation before the EU Courts (approximately 60 cases). In addition, he has significant litigation experience in subsidies/State aid cases (COVID-19, etc.) and is familiar with international tax rules (OECD, treaties, etc.). He has also worked on some investment and commercial arbitrations.

He is interested in pro-bono work concerning freedom of press, freedom of speech or privacy and mass surveillance issues.

Publications

Academically, Mr. Bruc has a keen interest in international arbitration, class actions, intellectual property rights and due process issues in antitrust enforcement. He has written several academic articles on these subjects in the Journal of International Arbitration, European Competition Journal, Oxford Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, European State Aid Law Quarterly, Revue des affaires européennes and others. Most notably, he won the 2018 CISAC Academic Research Competition Award, the 2018 Lamy Antitrust Moot Competition and the 2023 Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards.