Bastien
- Paris
Thomas
- Paris
Paris Bar (2006)
Partner at Racine since 2015
Contact :
Tel : 01 44 82 44 40
Mail : bthomas@racine.euExpertise
Career
Linklaters (2008 – 2015)
Jeantet Associés (2005 – 2008)
Education
Master’s degree, European Business Law (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas – 2004)
ESSEC Business School (2003)
Experiences
Advising RATP Group in the acquisition of joint control of Cityscoot with la Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
Advising TotalEnergies and Engie on the clearance by the European Commission of a State aid for the Masshylia project to decarbonize the La Mède bio-refinery (IPCEI Hy2Use)
Advising Stellantis (Free2move) on the acquisition of Share Now, a car-sharing platform, created by BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz AG
Advising Elogen on the clearance by the European Commission of 86 m€ State aid for a pan-European project in the hydrogen sector (IPCEI Hy2Tech)
Advising Symbio, A Faurecia Michelin Hydrogen company, on the clearance by the European Commission of the first pan-European project in the hydrogen sector (IPCEI Hy2Tech)
Advising Mercedes-Benz AG, Stellantis and TotalEnergies/Saft, on merger control and State aid law aspects on the entry of Mercedes-Benz AG in Automotive Cells Company’s capital (ACC)
Advising Maïsadour on the acquisition of sole control over Fermiers du Sud-Ouest
Advising AG2R La Mondiale in the framework of their acquisition of Aegide SA, a leader in the residences for seniors sector
Advising Maïsadour, in the framework of the divestment of Delpeyrat-Chevallier, Salaisons Pyrénéennes and Harraguy to Fipso
Advising Samfi Invest in the acquisition of Exterion
Advising NJJ Presse (Xavier Niel), Groupe Troisième Œil (Pierre-Antoine Capton) and LNEI (Matthieu Pigasse) in the framework of their acquisition of joint control over Mediawan
Advising an industrial group in the context of a litigation for an alleged algorithmic cartel
Advising Suez in the context of the condition clearance by the French Competition Authority of the sale of its subsidiary OSIS to Veolia
Advising Groupe PSA and Saft (TotalEnergies Group) in the framework of a State aid (IPCEI) clearance by the European Commission of a pan European project involving 17 companies in the electric vehicle batteries sector, of a total amount of 3,2 billion euros
Advising Groupe PSA and Saft (TotalEnergies Group) on the multijurisdictional merger notification of the creation of a JV in the electric vehicle battery sector
Advising Groupe PSA and Punch Powertrain on the creation of a second joint venture in the sector of gearboxes for electric cars
Advising Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph in the framework of its merger with Hôpital Marie Lannelongue
Advising Groupe PSA on the creation of a joint-venture with Punch Powertrain in the sector of gearboxes for electric cars
Advising Terreal on its acquisition of joint control over GSE Intégration
Advising AMIV in the framework of a procedure before the French Competition Authority in the agri-food sector in the French overseas departments
Advising Mediawan on its acquisition of AB Group
Assisting Eurofins before the Conseil d’État with respect to appeals lodged against the French Competition Authority’s authorisations of the Bio-Access and Biomnis merger transactions
Advising Eurofins in its acquisition of Bio-Access
Others
Lecturer at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University in European and International Competition Law within the Master 2 “Global Business Law and Governance” (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Columbia university and Sciences Po) and the Master 2 “Economic international law” (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University)
Founding member of the State Aid Monitoring Association (Association de Suivi des Aides d’État)
Member of the Association of Competition Law Practitioners (Association des Avocats Pratiquant le Droit de la Concurrence)
Publications
– Guillaume Fabre, Bastien Thomas, Nicolas Chavonnand Valades, ‘Concentrations in the digital sector: Interplays between the DMA and EU merger control’, 1 September 2024, Concurrences No. 3-2024, Art. No. 119527,
– Co-author of the section ‘Litigation concerning compensation for anti-competitive practices’ in the journal Concurrences:
- Starting point for the limitation period/settlement of conflicts of law over time (Carrefour v. L’Oréal judgment), Concurrences No. 4-2025;
- Interest in bringing proceedings (Carrefour v. Valade judgment), Concurrences No. 4-2025;
- Jurisdiction of administrative courts (Man Truck judgments), Concurrences No. 4-2025;
- Existence of damage (Man Truck judgments), Concurrences No. 4-2025;
- Proof of no passing on of additional costs (Carrefour v Valade judgment), Concurrences No. 4-2025;
- Assessment of damage/contribution to debt (Cora and Match v Lactalis et al. judgment), Concurrences No. 4-2025;
- Statute of limitations, Concurrences No. 1-2024;
- Specialisation of judges: Spectacular reversal and return to the regime of lack of jurisdiction, Concurrences No. 1-2024;
- Presumption of breach of Article 9 of the Damages Directive: Temporal and material application (Repsol judgment), Concurrences No. 1-2024;
- Presumptions under Articles 9, 13 and 17 of the ‘Damages’ Directive: Temporal application (again!) (Vallée judgment), Concurrences No. 1-2024;
- Assessment of damage: Scope of review by the Court of Cassation and damage regime Methods for assessing damages (Signaux Girod ruling), Concurrences No. 1-2024;
- Statute of limitations: Cause for interruption of the statute of limitations (Carrefour v. L’Oréal ruling), Concurrences No. 2-2023
- Limitation period: Starting point of the limitation period (Nord Signalisation judgment), Concurrences No. 2-2023
- Expert assessment to evaluate damages (Centre hospitalier régional de Metz-Thionville judgment), Concurrences No. 2-2023
- Burden of proof of the impact of additional costs under the pre-Directive regime (J&J SBF judgment), Concurrences No. 2-2023
- Assessment of damages: Methods for calculating useful expenses incurred by the former co-contractor of the public entity convicted of collusion (road signage case), Concurrences No. 2-2023
- Starting point of the limitation period (CNAMTS and Carrefour v. Vania judgments), Concurrences No. 3-2022;
- Application ratione temporis of the rules of evidence (Volvo-DAF and Carrefour v. Vania judgments), Concurrences No. 3-2022;
- Establishment of causality and damage – Passing on of additional costs (Carrefour v. Vania judgment), Concurrences No. 3-2022;
- Limitation period: Confirmation regarding the starting point (Johnson & Johnson and Doux judgments), Concurrences No. 1-2022;
- International jurisdiction: The place where the damage occurred is that of the affected market or that of the registered office in the event of multiple affected markets (Volvo judgment), Concurrences No. 1-2022; • Details regarding the dismissal of the case on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction of the non-specialised judge (La Chablisienne judgment and Carrefour Proximité judgments), Concurrences No. 1-2022;
- Resolution of conflicts of law over time between common law and the texts transposing Directive 2014/104/EU (Cora, Doux and Johnson & Johnson judgments), Concurrences No. 1-2022;
- Civil liability of the subsidiary for acts attributed to the parent company (Suma judgment), Concurrences No. 1-2022;
- Classification of the offence (the ‘second homes’ judgments, Johnson & Johnson and Canal + v LFP judgment), Concurrences No. 1-2022;
- Existence of damage (Johnson & Johnson judgment), Concurrences No. 1-2022;
- Existence and assessment of damage caused by cartels (Cora and Doux judgments), Concurrences No. 1-2022;
- Limitation period (road signage case and SNCF Mobilités judgment), Concurrences No. 2-2021;
- International jurisdiction: tortious and contractual qualifications (Booking judgment), Concurrences No. 2-2021;
- Jurisdiction of the administrative court (SNCF Mobilités judgment), Concurrences No. 2-2021;
- Conditions for the communication and production of documents containing trade secrets (Renault Trucks judgment), Concurrences No. 2-2021;
- Qualification of abuse of dominant position by the compensation judge (Google v. Oxone case), Concurrences No. 2-2021; Causal link and loss of opportunity (judgment of the Court of Cassation in the road signage case), Concurrences No. 2-2021;
- Terms and conditions for compensation for damage suffered by public entities (judgment of the Council of State in the road signage case), Concurrences No. 2-2021;
- Compensation for damage caused by an umbrella effect (SNCF Mobilités ruling), Concurrences No. 2-2021;
- Assessment of damage by the administrative court (port painting works case), Concurrences No. 2-2021;
- Assessment of damage caused by the passage of time – ‘discounting’ / ‘financial damage’ (Digicel case), Concurrences No. 2-2021;
- Compensation for lost profits and moral damage caused by a vertical agreement (Pierre Cardin judgment), Concurrences No. 2-2021;
- Lack of interest in taking action on the part of an agent (Provera judgment), Concurrences No. 3-2020;
- Starting point and causes interrupting the limitation period in the event of a prior conviction (Council of State judgments in the road signage case), Concurrences No. 3-2020, pp. 213-215;
- Jurisdiction of the administrative court (Council of State rulings in the road signage case), Concurrences No. 3-2020;
- International jurisdiction of the French court (Google Shopping and Enigma cases), Concurrences No. 3-2020;
- Refusal to repair damage caused by an umbrella effect and assessment of the damage (Provera judgment), Concurrences No. 3-2020; • Assessment of damages (Council of State rulings in the road signage case), Concurrences No. 3-2020;
- Starting point and causes interrupting the limitation period in the event of a prior conviction (CNAMTS v. Sanofi judgment and SNCF Mobilités ruling), Concurrences No. 1-2020;
- Jurisdiction of the administrative court (SNCF Mobilités ruling), Concurrences No. 1-2020;
- Compensation for damage caused by an umbrella effect (SNCF Mobilités ruling), Concurrences No. 1-2020;
- Assessment of damages (Carrefour rulings), Concurrences No. 1-2020
– ‘Amazon/Deliveroo in the United Kingdom: the application of the failing firm exception, a sign of the times?’ in Law in the face of coronavirus: how an unprecedented pandemic has put our legal system to the test, Collective work, Le club des juristes, 2023
– Co-author of the article ‘Limitation period’ in the book ‘Competition Law, Private Enforcement of Competition Law in Europe, Directive 2014/104/EU and Beyond’, Chapter 7, p. 147, Ed. Rafael Amaro, Bruylant, 2021
– ‘The recent approach of the Paris Court of Appeal to compensation claims by displaced competitors’, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence, January 2018
Team's
recongnitions
Rankings
- Best Law Firms - 2026: Best Law Firms (2026 Edition) – France Region
- Best Law Firms - 2026: Best Law Firms (2026 Edition) – France
- Best Lawyers - 2026: Competition / Antitrust Law
- Who's Who Legal - 2025: France- Competition
- Who's Who Legal - 2025: competition
- Global Competition Review - 2025: GCR 100 – Competition
- Legal 500 - 2025: YE, competition and distribution – Individual ranking
- Legal 500 - 2025: EU, competition and distribution
- Chambers - 2025: Individual ranking
- Chambers - 2025: Competition – European law
- Best Lawyers – Ones to watch - 2025: Competition – Antitrust Law
- Best Lawyers - 2025: Competition & antitrust Law
- Décideurs - 2024: Competition & Antitrust – State Aids
- Décideurs - 2024: Competition & Antitrust – Antitrust
- Décideurs - 2024: Competition & Antitrust – Merger control
- Décideurs - 2024: Competition & Antitrust – Distribution law
- Who's Who Legal - 2024: France – Competition – National Leader
- Décideurs - 2024: Competition & Antitrust : Merger control
- Legal 500 - 2024: Leading individuals
- Legal 500 - 2024: EU Competition & Distribution
- Chambers - 2024: Individual ranking
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