Jacques-Philippe Gunther Partner MAIN OFFICE: Paris Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 21-23 rue de la Ville l'Evêque 75008 Paris, France T +33 1 53 43 4538 F +33 1 40 06 9606 OTHER OFFICE: Brussels Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Avenue Louise, 480 / 3B 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium T +32 2 290 18 20 F +32 2 290 18 21

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Jacques-Philippe Gunther is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Paris and Brussels, where he heads the firm’s European competition and antitrust practice.

Jacques-Philippe is widely recognized as one of Europe’s leading competition law specialists by the French and European antitrust authorities.

Jacques-Philippe is known for his expertise advising clients on European and national merger filings and in complex disputes before the European Commission, French antitrust authorities, French Courts and the European Court of Justice on cartel and abuse of dominant position cases. He is also one of the most recognized experts in the field of State Aid. Mr. Gunther has particular experience in the media, defense, energy, sports and financial sectors.

Chambers Global and Chambers Europe as well as several other prestigious publications such as PLC Which Lawyer?, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal consistently rank Jacques-Philippe among the top tier leading individuals practicing antitrust and competition law in France and Belgium, including a ranking in the number 1 tier in Chambers Europe (2011) for Competition/European law in France.  He is also recognized among the leading individuals in his area of practice among Brussels Antitrust and Competition experts.

Jacques-Philippe is a former president of the F.N.U.JA (Fédération des Unions de Jeunes Avocats, Federation of the Union of Young Lawyers) and is a member of the A.F.E.C. (Association Française d'Etude de la Concurrence, French Association of antitrust). He is also a former member of the Board of the National Council of the Bars (C.N.B.).

Jacques-Philippe is the co-author of many articles regarding antitrust and competition.

Jacques-Philippe heads the "state aids" section of the highly respected professional competition review Revue Lamy de la Concurrence.

Prior to joining Willkie, Jacques-Philippe led the antitrust and competition practice that he started in the Paris office of Freshfields Bruckhaus in 1999. Prior to Freshfields, he was a partner with Gide Loyrette Nouel (Paris and Brussels), where he began his career.