Biography
Ning-Ly regularly advises CAC 40 companies, multinational corporations and leading investment funds on some of the most significant and strategically important transactions in France and across Europe. Her practice spans many of the most highly regulated sectors and is involved in complex cases, particularly in the public services sector, aerospace, automotive, food processing, healthcare, media, mass retail and luxury goods.
She is recognised for her expertise in complex contentious competition matters, including post-merger remedies enforcement, EU litigation and follow-on damages actions and she has successfully secured case dismissals, substantial reductions in fines and outcomes aligned with clients’ broader commercial and regulatory objectives. She regularly represents clients before the French Competition Authority, the European Commission, and French and EU courts.
Ning-Ly is ranked as a leading antitrust lawyer by Chambers France and recognised as a Leading Partner by Legal 500. Clients describe her as “a super lawyer, who is very business-oriented and versatile” and “an excellent professional who fully understands her clients’ business challenges and adapts to her audience”. She is also consistently recognised by leading industry publications, including Global Competition Review, Who’s Who Legal and Décideurs Juridiques et Financiers as one of the 30 lawyers selected for its La Relève 2021 ranking, highlighting the next generation of leading business lawyers.
Ning-Ly holds a master’s degree in international law and a postgraduate degree in Public Economic Law from Paris II Panthéon Assas. She has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2006. She is a member of the APDC, the AFEC, the IBA, the ABA Antitrust Section, and the AIJA.
Representative experience*:
- Advent on the merger control aspects of the sale of IDEMIA Public Security to Amadeus
- Groupe HLD on the regulatory approval aspects of the sale of TSG to CapVest
- Permira on the sale of Hana Group's European operations by One Rock Capital Partners
- Groupe HLD on the sale of a minority stake in Exosens to Theon
- Paprec on the merger control aspects of the acquisition of Pizzorno Environnement
- IDKids on merger control aspects of the sale of Jaadi to Groupe Armand Thiery
- Gerflor in several hundred follow-on damages actions before the French courts
- McDonald's, its franchisees and Groupe Blachère in several follow-on actions before the French commercial courts
- Casino Guichard-Perrachon in several follow-on actions before the French commercial courts
- InfraVia on the merger control aspects of the sale of the Celeste Group to CVC DIF
- Ardian on foreign subsidies regulation and merger control filings in connection with the acquisition of Diot-Siaci by Burrus and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
- Ardian on the merger control and foreign direct divestment of the sale of Revima Holding
- 3i on the merger control aspects of the acquisition of Nutergia
- PSG on the merger control aspects of the acquisition of CHR Group
- Verdane on the merger control aspects of the acquisition of joint control of Synapse
- A third party on the ski lessons abuse of dominance case of the Syndicat national des moniteurs du ski français
- Bolloré SE in the merger control aspect of the sale of Bolloré Logistics to CMA CGM
- Vivendi in the merger control aspect of the acquisition of Lagardère
- Veolia in the EU merger control aspect of the acquisition of Suez
*Includes experience from previous firms