All Professionals

Overview
Camille Paulhac is a partner and heads the Antitrust and Competition Department in Brussels and Paris. Camille represents clients in contentious (cartels, abuse of dominance, state aids, follow-on actions) and noncontentious (merger control, FDI, FSR) matters before the European Commission (EC), the French Competition Authority (FCA), the French FDI authority, and European and French courts. Camille coordinates multijurisdictional cases before competition and foreign investment authorities around the world, across a number of sectors including tech, life science, digital, financial, aeronautical and energy sectors.
Accolades
- Recognized as an Up & Coming Individual for EU Competition by Chambers 2025
- Recognized as Next Generation Partner for EU Competition by The Legal 500 EMEA 2025, with the team ranked in Tier 3
- Recognized as Future Leader - Partner for Competition by Global Competition Review (GCR)
- Recognized as an Up & Coming Individual for EU Competition by Chambers 2024
- Recognized as Next Generation Partner for EU Competition by The Legal 500 EMEA 2024, with the team ranked in Tier 3
- Recognized as Future Leader - Partner for Competition by Global Competition Review (GCR)
Education
- College of Europe, LL.M., European Law - 2006
- University of Paris XII, Master 2, European Business Law - 2003
- University of Paris II, Master 1, Business Law - 2002
- University of Paris II, Master 1, Private Law - 2002
News
- Paul Hastings Advises Pactiv Evergreen Inc. in Closing of $6.7 Billion Combination With Novolex - April 1st, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Latour Capital on Acquisition of Lynxeo - March 18th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises EMZ Partners and Other Sellers on LBO of Ayming - January 23rd, 2025
- Paul Hastings M&A and Global Finance Groups Advise on Multibillion-Dollar Deals - December 11th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Pactiv Evergreen Inc. in Its $6.7 Billion Combination with Novolex - December 9th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advises Francisco Partners on Investment in Orisha - July 16th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Oakley Capital on Investment in ProductLife Group - June 3rd, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised VINCI on £1.27 Billion Acquisition of Edinburgh Airport - April 17th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Qualium Investissement in Sale of Kermel - April 16th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised CWT US, LLC in Agreement to be Acquired by Global Business Travel Group in $570 Million Transaction - April 11th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Equistone, Sagard and other Sellers in Sale of Vulcain Engineering - April 11th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Keensight Capital in the LBO of Sogelink Structured with CVC Capital Partners - April 8th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Menix in Sale of SERF SAS to Stryker - April 3rd, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised EQT in Acquisition of Stake in Believe - February 13th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Founders of DLPK on Strategic Partnership with APRIL - January 18th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Abry Partners in Chambers and Partners Acquisition - November 14th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Crédit Mutuel Equity on Investment in the Claire Group - September 20th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Oakley Capital on Investment in Flemming Dental, Excent, and Artinorway Group - August 10th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised the Sellers in the Sale of the Potel & Chabot Group to the Accor Group - July 26th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Francisco Partners in Acquisition of Macrobond from Nordic Capital - July 18th, 2023
Accolades
Insights
- European Commission & AI: Guidelines on Prohibited Practices - April 3rd, 2025
- Outbound Investments: European Commission Calls for Review - January 27th, 2025
- The FSR Frontier: Foreign Subsidy Scrutiny on Both Sides of the Atlantic - November 5th, 2024
- Regulatory Alignment: EU and U.K. Conclude Technical Negotiations for Future Competition Cooperation - October 31st, 2024
- How to Factor in the New EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation in the Transactional Process. Paul Hastings’ FAQs and Toolbox - August 4th, 2023
- French data protection authority (CNIL) to look into generative AI, chatbots in 2023 - May 23rd, 2023
- Dealmakers Beware of a New Regulatory Hurdle: the European Foreign Subsidies Regulation is Here - February 22nd, 2023
- The Technology M&A Review, Third Edition: France - October 27th, 2022
- Dawning of a New Regulatory Era - the EU Digital Competition Revamp - October 5th, 2022
Involvement
- In 2024, Camille was appointed as a non-governmental advisor to the French competition Authority within the International Competition Network
- Member of the Paris Bar
- Member of the Brussels Bar
- Member of the French Association of Competition Lawyers (APDC)
- Mentor of W@Competition, which gives female mentees access to impartial and independent career advice from their mentors