Eric Morgan de Rivery

Partner

Eric Morgan de Rivery's practice focuses on European Commission and French competition law, advising clients on all aspects of EC legislation and state aid. He has considerable experience in merger control, cartel cases, abuses of dominant position, and other proceedings before the EC. Since the early 1980s he has advised companies on deregulation in various markets, including postal, telecommunications, energy, aviation, and general transportation. In addition, Eric has represented airlines in matters involving ground handling and noise reduction.

Eric regularly appears in cases before the EC and in judicial review and appellate cases before the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice of the European Commission. He also represents clients before the French courts and the French Competition Council.

After graduating from Harvard, Eric worked with U.S., U.K., and French law firms in New York and Paris and also completed a traineeship with the Directorate General of Competition of the European Commission. For the past 25 years he has divided his time between Brussels and Paris. He is the author of numerous articles on EC law.