Elodie Vandenhende

Elodie Vandenhende

France, Paris
Deputy Head of Unit at Autorité de la concurrence - French Competition Authority
Profession: Lawyer, Regulatory Authority Officer
Industry: Competition, Digital, Regulatory / Enforcement

About:

Elodie has been Deputy Head of the Digital Economy unit at the French Autorité de la concurrence since 2021, having joined the Autorite in 2018 as a Special Advisor to the President. She previously worked at the cabinet of the Minister of Economy and Finance as advisor in charge of European affairs. In 2012, she moved on within the Ministry of Economy to lead the first cases on behalf of the French government against some of the largest companies in the digital economy for unfair trading practices. She started her career in private practice, specialising in competition law in the Washington DC, Brussels and London offices of Jones Day, including a secondment to the British Telecom Global Services in London in 2008. Elodie holds LL.M. in International Legal Studies from the American University Washington College of Law.

 

languages

English, French

Expertise:

Abuse of DominanceAdvocacyAntitrustData regulations LitigationRestrictive Practices

Experience:

Autorité de la concurrence - French Competition Authority

Deputy Head of Unit at Autorité de la concurrence - French Competition Authority

September 2020 - Present • Paris, France

As deputy head of the Digital Economy Unit, Elodie Vandenhende is tasked with developing in-depth expertise on all digital subjects, collaborating on investigations into anticompetitive practices in the digital economy and contributing to studies on new issues related to developments in digital technology, such as the current sectoral inquiry on cloud computing
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