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Mathias Kuhn

Senior Associate
Paris
About

Mathias advises companies in the industrial, consumer goods (including food products), technology, media and sports sectors on strategic transactions. He provides day-to-day advice on all their industrial and commercial projects: procurement, sourcing and logistics, supplier relationships, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, sales, distribution, B2B and B2C customer relations, e-commerce, marketing, advertising, sales promotions, digital transformation and the design and launch of new strategic projects.

Areas of FocusTechnology and Commercial TransactionsIntellectual PropertyTechnologyMedia, Sport and EntertainmentInfrastructure, Construction and TransportAerospace and DefenseIndustrialsConsumer Goods, Food and Retail
Professional QualificationsAvocat admitted to the Paris Bar

EXPERIENCE

  • Day-to-day advice to a food supplier in its relationships with distributors.
  • Advising a company in the automotive industry on its communications related to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  • Advising a leading distribution company on setting up an online sales platform for consumer and professional clients.
  • Secondments within the legal departments of leading companies in the technology* and aerospace sectors (negotiation and drafting of contracts).
  • Advising a television group on the creation of a joint subsidiary with its two main competitors.*

* Denotes experience from previous firm.

Languages
  • French
  • English
Education
  • Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Strasbourg) – Master 2 IT Law (2014)
  • University Paris 2 Panthéon Assas – Master 2 European business Law (2013)

Publications

  • Le droit européen de la concurrence peut-il freiner les ambitions de Liberty dans les sports mécaniques ?, Ecofoot, 10 July 2024
  • Multipropriété des clubs de football : quel cadre règlementaire pour appréhender cette tendance ?, droidusport.com et football-legal.com, 10 June 2024
  • Opérations de communication autour des évènements sportifs : Eviter l’ambush marketing, Les Echos, 6 June 2024
  • Règles spécifiques relatives à la communication sur les JO Paris 2024, Les Echos, 24 April 2024
  • Webinar : La Directive européenne sur l’indication des prix, Talon.One, 5 October 2023
  • Déséquilibre significatif : récentes illustrations du contrôle judiciaire de l’équilibre des contrats, Option Finance, 15 February 2023
  • Digital Guide: industry-specific analyses of artificial intelligence, LJA, 27 January 2023
  • Renforcement de la protection des consommateurs au travers de la Loi Pouvoir d'Achat, Les Echos, 9 November 2022
  • Le guide du Numérique analyse sectorielle de l’intelligence artificielle, LSA, 6 October 2022
  • Alerte DSA DMA, 14 July 2022
  • EGAlim 2 : renforcement de la transparence dans la chaîne agro-alimentaire et fort impact sur les négociations commerciales 2022, Option Finance, 5 November 2021
  • Brexit : le football français une nouvelle fois dans la tempête, Jurisportiva, 2 March 2021
  • Incidence de la nouvelle loi ASAP sur les relations commerciales fournisseurs/distributeurs, Village Justice, 2020
  • Le temps judiciaire pourrait jouer en faveur de Mediapro, Ecofoot, 2020
  • La décision du TAS fragilise le Fair-Play Financier, Ecofoot, 2020
  • Nike sanctionné par la Commission Européenne pour restriction des ventes transfrontières de maillots de football, Village Justice, 2019
  • Anticompetitive practices in the pharmaceutical sector: An overview of EU and national case law, Revue Concurrence, 2017
  • Gun Jumping : “Rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point”, LJA, 2016

Seminars

  • 2024, Speaker – AMOS Business School – Sports Law
  • 2021, Speaker – University of Grenoble Alpes – Competition law and intellectual property
  • 2017 - 2020, Speaker – ESC Clermont, Master International Business Development & Project Managers – International Contracts and Compliance

Prior Experience

  • French law firm – Contracts, Competition and Distribution department
  • International law firm (Paris and London offices) – Competition, Commercial and Compliance Department

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Association Frateli / Article 1 – Tutoring for law students
  • Avocat admitted as a Sports Representative to the Paris Bar

My latest insights

Publication

Multi-Ownership of Football Clubs: What Regulatory Framework is Needed to Grasp this...

19 June 2024 .1 minute read

News

DLA Piper advises on EUR385 million refinancing of Olympique Lyonnais Group

18 December 2023 .2 minute read

Publication

Digital Guide: industry-specific analyses of artifical intelligence

27 January 2023 .1 minute read

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Phone

01 70 75 77 10
(Work, Paris)
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