Guillaume Vatin

Ashurst

Guillaume Vatin is a senior associate in the Competition and EU law department in Paris. Prior to joining Ashurst, he was an associate at Bredin Prat.

He specialises in all areas of French and EU competition law. He has extensive experience in merger control (French, European and multijurisdictional filings) and advises companies in antitrust investigations before the European Commission and the French Competition Authority.

Guillaume is a graduate of the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, the London School of Economics and Political Science and holds a Master 2 in European business law from the Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II).

Practice Area

Panel

Contributing Author

Experience

Bredin Prat (2016 - 2022)

Membership

French competition lawyers association (Association des avocats pratiquant le droit de la concurrence - APDC)

Qualifications

LLM (2015)
Master 2 degree in European business law (2013)
"Agrégation" in economics and management (2012)

Education

London School of Economics (2015)
University Paris II-Panthéon Assas (2013)
Ecole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (2012)

1 Contributions by Guillaume Vatin

CHECKLISTS

Vertical agreements: IP and competition law checklist for licensing, restrictions, ownership, enforcement and risk allocation (including vertical and technology transfer block exemptions)

This Checklist This Checklist examines the intellectual property elements of vertical agreements and outlines the principal competition law issues. It addresses: the parties and configuration of vertical arrangements identification of the IP licence scope limits on use of the IP IP ownership third-party IP protection of the licensor’s IP warranties and indemnities On 10 May 2022, the European Commission adopted the EU Vertical Restraints Block Exemption, Regulation (EU) 2022/720 (EU VBER), along with the Vertical Guidelines. The EU VBER came into force on 1 June 2022 and will expire on 31 May 2034. See Practice Note: The Vertical Block Exemption Regulation 2022/720. On 9 May 2022, the UK government laid before Parliament the Competition Act 1998 (Vertical Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022 (UK VABEO), SI 2022/516. The UK VABEO replaced the UK Retained VBER on 1 June 2022 and will expire on 1 June 2028. See Practice Note: The Competition Act 1998 (Vertical Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022. This Checklist reflects the requirements of the EU VBER and the UK VABEO. For more information, see Practice Note: Applying block exemptions to IP agreements...

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