Eric Morgan de Rivery

Eric Morgan de Rivery works exclusively in EC and French competition law. He advises on all aspects of EC legislation and state aid. He has considerable experience in cartel cases, abuses of dominant position, and other proceedings before the European Commission, including merger control. Since the early 1980s he has advised companies on deregulation in various markets, including postal, telecommunications, transport, and energy.

Eric regularly acts in cases before the European Commission and in judicial review and appellate cases before the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice of the European Commission in all areas of EC law. He also represents clients before the French courts and the French Competition Council.

After graduating from Harvard, Eric worked with U.S., U.K., and French law firms in New York and Paris and also served a traineeship with the DG Competition of the European Commission. For the past 20 years he has divided his time between Brussels and Paris. He is the author of numerous articles on EC law.

Honors and Distinctions
Highly recommended by PLC Which lawyer? as one of the top competition lawyers in France for Competition/antitrust, EU Competition, and EU State Aid ; Ranked by Chambers Europe as a leading individual in Competition/European law (Band 2)

Admitted
Paris and Brussels Bars

Education
Université de Tours (Licencié en Droit 1973); Université de Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne (DES Droit des Affaires 1974); Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1977)

Languages
French, English