Céline Verney | Paris | Hogan Lovells

Céline Verney

Senior Associate Global Regulatory

Languages

English, French, German

Verney Celine

Céline Verney
Verney Celine
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Benefitting from a wide experience, Céline Verney advises clients on all aspects of competition law.

Experienced in merger control and foreign investment control, she advises French and international clients at every stage of the M&A process, including pre-merger risk analysis, multi‑jurisdictional assessment, preparation and coordination of filings, and integration planning.

Céline also assists clients in international cartel and abuse of dominance cases prosecuted by the European Commission, the French Competition Authority and other agencies throughout the world, as well as in follow-on damages actions before French courts. 

She advises clients on their commercial and distribution agreements. 

Graduated from King's College London and Sciences Po, Céline is a member of the Paris bar. 

Representative experience

Assisting Altice in the European Commission's gun jumping investigation relating to the Altice/PT Portugal transaction.

 

Advising a car equipment supplier in cartel investigations before the European Commission.

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Obtaining the closing of a European Commission's cartel investigation for an automotive supplier.

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Assisting a pharmaceutical company in a French Competition Authority's procedure for abuse of a dominant position.

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Obtaining the merger control clearance of Daher's acquisition of its competitor in the provision of industrial services to aircraft manufacturers, Assistance Aéronautique and Aérospatiale.

Coordinating the Australian and Asian merger control filings of the Veolia/Suez transaction. 

Obtaining EU merger control clearances for the creation by ADP of two joint ventures with Fraport, the publicly listed operator of Frankfurt Airport.

Advising a US pharmaceutical company in connection with its commercial and pricing strategy regarding a blockbuster drug in the context of the upcoming entry of generics into the market. 

Assisting Bureau Veritas on merger control and foreign investment control aspects of the sale of its food testing business to Merieux NutriSciences. 

Assisting TDF on merger control and foreign investment control aspecrs of the sale of its fiber business to DIF Capital Partners. 

*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

Credentials

Education
  • LL.M., King's College London, 2011
  • Master, Sciences Po, 2009
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • Paris

Recognition

EU, Competition and Distribution

Legal 500 EMEA

2018-2019
EU, Competition and Distribution

Legal 500 EMEA

2025