Chantal Lavoie

Founded by Chantal Lavoie with over 20 years of experience in the field, Lavoielegal provides specialised and personalised advice on EU competition law. Lavoielegal is regularly called upon by clients to review business arrangements and practices to ensure conformity with EU competition law; to assist in developing competition-compliant business strategies; to set up global or local compliance programs. We also have extensive experience in advising on EU merger control to guide you through transactions and assist with merger filings.

Lavoielegal is committed to providing expert advice at the best value for money, with the hands-on involvement of a highly experienced practitioner. Our service is founded on the values of excellence, integrity, independence and understanding of business needs. We have advised on EU competition law across a range of industries, including in particular financial services.

Chantal Lavoie is appreciated by clients for her commercial and pragmatic approach. She has expertise across the full breadth of EU competition law, having practised several years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of the leading global competition law firms. She was also in-house counsel at Euroclear Bank. Chantal continues to advise the Euroclear group as external competition counsel. In addition to her experience in private practice and in-house, Chantal also worked several years at the South African Competition Commission as special advisor where she continues to provide trainings and host interactive workshops for staff on competition law. Chantal is a member of the Paris Bar and the Brussels Bar (E list). She holds her law degree from Laval University (Canada), an LL.M degree in International Business Legal Studies from the University of Exeter (UK) and an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School (USA). Chantal is fluent in English, French, Spanish and has a good command of Portuguese.