Christophe Lemaire practises in the Ashurst’s Competition and EU law department in Paris. He specialises in antitrust law, mergers, state aid and regulatory matters. Christophe was Rapporteur permanent and Counsel for European Affairs at the French Competition Council (2003-2006). He worked in the legal department of the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Community and international economic law division) where he was in charge of competition affairs and network industries, in particular representing the French government before the Court of Justice (2002-2003). He is also Senior Lecturer in French and European competition law and regulatory law at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).

Francesco Martucci is a Law professor (Professeur Agrégé des Facultés de droit) at the University Panthéon-Assas Paris 2 (Law School ; European College of Paris) where he teaches European and French Economic Law since 2013, and where he leads the Master’s degree of European Law and Market Regulation since 2019. He is also a member of the ’Conseil National des Universités’ and of the ’Haut Comité Juridique de la Place Financière de Paris’. He is specialised in European Law and focuses on the Economic and Monetary Union, Competition Law (State Aids), Services of General Interest, Regulation and Common Market Law. Before serving as Professor at the University of Strasbourg (Centre d’Etudes Internationales et Européennes) and as Senior Lecturer (Maître de conférence) at the University Paris Est Créteil, Francesco studied law and European law at the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I), where he also obtained his PhD degree in 2007. He also graduated in European Studies from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and from the Freie Universität Berlin.