Mr Joseph Vogel Partner Vogel & Vogel - Lawyer Biography - International Law Office

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Lawyer Biography

Mr Joseph Vogel

Career

  • Law degree from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), and Paris II (Panthéon-Assas),
  • Prizewinner of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris in 1980,
  • Valedictorian in the competition for second-year entry to HEC School of Management in 1980,
  • Graduated from HEC in 1982,
  • Post-graduate degree in Business Law (1983),
  • Valedictorian of the Ecole de Formation des Avocats in 1985 (Professional Legal Training College),
    1985 admitted to the Paris bar,
  • 1990 admitted to the New York bar.
  • Worked for Banque Paribas in 1984-85. Jointed Tomasi & Partners in 1985. Created the firm Vogel & Vogel with brother in 1990.

Specialisation

Joseph Vogel created Vogel & Vogel with his brother in 1990. Senior partner at one of France's foremost competition law firms. Joseph Vogel has been a specialist in competition law for more than twenty years.

Main areas of expertise are French and EU competition law, distribution law. Advises undertakings in the field of competition law at European and French level. Handles actions based on article 101 or 102 of the treaty, merger notifications to the Merger Task Force, competition cases before the Commission the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice of the European Union and advises on all issues linked to the validity and performance of exclusive distribution agreements, franchise or agency contracts including where necessary subsequent litigation. Mr. Vogel is also a recognized specialist in motor vehicle distribution and competition law, providing counsel and dealing with litigation in the areas of exclusive/selective distribution, franchise, and agency agreements.

Prof. Memberships

Deutscher Anwaltverein; Franco german lawyers association, Franco german Chamber of Commerce and Industry, college de droit economique (College of economic law); Association Française d’étude de la concurrence (AFEC - French association for competition studies); Association des avocats pratiquant le droit de la concurrence (Association of lawyers practicing competition law).

Publications

Widely published in his areas of expertise, with books on European business law and motor vehicle distribution law, as well as articles appearing in the Revue Lamy, La Semaine Juridique, etc.