Anne-Laure-Hélène des Ylouses

Anne-Laure-Hélène has significant experience in cartels, vertical agreements, abuse of dominant position, state aid, as well as merger control (including notifiability assessments, merger notifications, market testing, and coordination of multi-jurisdictional filings) and foreign direct investment (FDI) control in France.

She represents clients before French and European competition authorities (Autorité de la concurrence, DGCCRF, European Commission), as well as before the competent courts (specialised commercial courts, courts of appeal, the Court of Cassation, the Conseil d’État, the Constitutional Council, the General Court, and the Court of Justice of the European Union). She also assists with follow-on damages actions arising from anti-competitive conduct.

She advises clients on all aspects of economic law and commercial relationships (B2B), from the design to the implementation of distribution networks, as well as in matters of advertising and consumer protection law (B2C).

As a litigation lawyer, she represents clients before civil and administrative courts, and also in alternative dispute resolution proceedings (mediation, conciliation, arbitration).

Anne-Laure-Hélène has in-depth knowledge of proceedings before national regulatory authorities, including the French Telecom and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARCEP), the Energy Regulation Commission (CRE/CORDIS), the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority (Arcom), the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), and the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP).

Her expertise includes designing and implementing internal investigations and compliance programmes, as well as developing and delivering tailored training sessions. Notably, she led the drafting of the guide "The French Lawyer and Internal Investigations", published by the French National Bar Council (CNB) in June 2020.

Anne-Laure-Hélène teaches competition law and marketing law at the Master’s level at Université Paris-Dauphine (PSL). She is a board member of the French Competition Law Practitioners’ Association (APDC), and also serves as board member and treasurer of the Femmes et Droit association. She was a member of the French National Bar Council (CNB) from 2015 to 2020, and of the scientific board of the Institute for Research and Studies on Law and Justice (IERDJ).

She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Law from Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) in Washington D.C., as well as degrees from Paris II Assas University (Master's and DESS in Litigation and Arbitration) and Paris I Sorbonne University (DEA in Business Law). She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 1995. Before joining Fieldfisher, she spent ten years at the law firm YGMA, which she co-founded in 2004.

She is fluent in English.