Jp Poitras

Background

About Jp Poitras

As a partner in Latham & Watkins' Brussels office, my practice focuses on EU competition law, with an emphasis on cartel defense, merger review, cooperation agreements and abuse of dominance. Over the years, I have also handled matters involving other areas of EU law including aviation law, environmental law, product safety and trade. I have practiced in Brussels for more than 23 years, and served as the Managing Partner of Latham's Brussels office from March 2012 to March 2018. In the area of cartels, I am currently coordinating a global team assisting one of the airlines involved in the air cargo investigations. The air cargo representation involves ten jurisdictions covering both regulatory/criminal and civil damage proceedings. I also coordinated a separate global team that assisted one of the liner shipping companies in the European Commission’s liner shipping investigation. I have also been active in cartel investigations involving financial services. I have been involved in many second phase EU merger cases acting for one of the merging parties or for a complainant. My merger work has covered a broad range of industries including aviation, beverages, computer manufacturing, elevators/escalators, forestry equipment, heavy trucks, internet services, software and steel. Notable case highlights included leading the team for US Airways that secured EU clearance for the US Airways/American Airlines merger and leading the team for Neptune Orient Lines that secured EU and global clearances for the NOL/CMACGM merger. I have also advised on non-merger cooperation and information exchange issues including in the context of alliances and joint ventures, trade associations, joint sales agreements and joint purchasing agreements. My work on abuse of dominance issues has focused on marketing practices and pricing. I have been recognized in publications such as the Who's Who of Competition Lawyers, Legal 500 and the Who's Who of Aviation Lawyers.