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Antoine Winckler

Antoine Winckler’s practice focuses on European and French competition law, including cartel investigations, merger control, and market dominance. He has advised clients in numerous cartel cases, including those relating to cement, copper tubes, seamless steel tubes, paper, elevators, cables and freight forwarding. Antoine has extensive experience representing corporate clients and financial institutions, as well as governments and public entities, regarding EU state aid rules; and he has represented clients in disputes before the European Commission, the European Courts in Luxembourg, the French Competition Authority and the Court of Appeals in Paris. · Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Belgium, FranceCompetition Law, EU Competition LawFrench (Native), German (Fluent), Italian (Fluent), Spanish (Fluent), English (Fluent)

About

Antoine Winckler is a senior counsel at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, based in both Belgium and France. His practice focuses on European and French competition law, including cartel investigations, merger control, and market dominance. He has significant experience advising clients in cartel cases (e.g., cement, copper tubes, seamless steel tubes, paper, elevators, cables, freight forwarding) and representing corporate clients, financial institutions, governments and public entities on EU state aid rules. He has appeared before the European Commission, the European Courts in Luxembourg, the French Competition Authority, and the Court of Appeals in Paris.

Practice areas

Competition LawEU Competition LawFrench Competition LawCartel InvestigationsMerger ControlMarket DominanceState Aid

Offices

Expertise

European Competition LawFrench Competition LawCartel InvestigationsMerger ControlMarket DominanceState Aid

Education

  • Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis - Master in Law (1984)
  • Ecole Nationale d'Administration - Diplôme (1983)
  • Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris - Agrégation (1978)

Admissions

  • Paris Bar
  • Brussels Bar
  • EU Court of Justice
  • EU General Court
  • Court of Appeals of Paris

Languages

French (Native)German (Fluent)Italian (Fluent)Spanish (Fluent)English (Fluent)