Philippe Chappatte

• T  +44 (0)20 7090 4424 (Direct line)
• E  philippe.chappatte@slaughterandmay.com

• London 
• One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY

Philippe was educated at Oxford University and the Free University of Brussels and joined Slaughter and May in 1980. He became a partner in 1989 and is Head of our Competition group.

He is based in the London office, having been responsible for the running and development of the firm’s Brussels office between April 1991 and August 1996.

Philippe has been responsible for a large number of transactions notified to the European Commission under the EU Merger Regulation. He recently advised:

• Bertelsmann in connection with the merger of its recorded music business, BMG, with Sony Music (unconditionally cleared twice after two detailed Phase II investigations)
• Bertelsmann in its successful appeal to the Court of Justice against the General Court's judgment in the Impala case

He has extensive experience of UK competition law, including a number of Competition Commission investigations. He has advised:

• Thomson Directories in relation to the recent Competition Commission market inquiry into classified directories and in relation to its complaint to Ofcom concerning BT’s OSIS data pricing
• Global in relation to the OFT’s merger investigation into the GCap deal (which created the largest commercial radio group in the UK)

Philippe has broad experience of competition issues arising from the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU. He has advised Ericsson on its Article 102 complaint to the European Commission concerning Qualcomm’s patent licensing practices. He is currently representing one of the defendants in the GIS and power transformer cartel cases.

He is the President of the European Competition Lawyers Forum (which is used as a sounding board on policy and practice-related issues by the European Commission’s Competition Directorate). He is fluent in French and has a reasonable knowledge of German.

Philippe is listed as a leading individual in the Competition/European Law: Non-contentious section of Chambers UK, 2010  and for EU & Competition in The Legal 500, 2009.