Dominique Heintz

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Dominique HEINTZ, attorney with the Paris Bar and with the Brussels Bar, was a founding partner of the HWH firm in 1988.

He practices principally in the fields of competition, distribution and industrial risks law on behalf of a clientele comprised of French and international, notably German, companies and major groups. German-speaking, Dominique Heintz has in fact developed special relationships over 30 years with German companies and their French subsidiaries. He advises his clients with respect to complex subjects related to restrictive competition practices, merger control, antitrust, complex commercial contracts, industrial risks and insurance law. He represents their interests by means of lobbying of public powers and also assists them in their lawsuits. He has recourse to alternative dispute settlement when strategically required: mediation and arbitration. Dominique Heintz is very involved in the representative institutions of the legal profession. He has also been one of France’s foreign trade advisers since 2012.

Practice areas
Education
  • Maîtrise (bachelor’s degree) in private law – judicial careers – from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas’.
  • Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in general private law, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
  • Institute of Judicial Studies, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
  • Institute of Comparative Law of the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
  • Paris Bar: 1985

 

 

Associations
  • Association of Corporate Counsel (ACE)
  • Association of Arbitration Lawyers (ADA)
  • Association of European Lawyers (AJE)
  • French Association for Competition Studies (AFEC)
  • Association of Lawyers Practising Competition Law (APDC)
  • International Union of Lawyers (UIA)

 

 

Publications
  • Droit de la distribution, Sirey 2015 (with Marie Malaurie-Vignal), 3rd edition
  • Commentaire sur le droit français de la concurrence dans le commentaire allemand “Frankfurter Kommentar” with Michael Hertslet
  • Droit de la distribution, Sirey 2018 (with Marie Malaurie-Vignal), 4th edition

 

 

Other activities
  • French Foreign Trade Advisor, since 2012
  • Member of the Conseil National des Barreaux, 2012-2014
  • Member of the Paris Bar Council, 2009-2011
  • IHEDN 60th session auditor, 2007-2008
  • Member of the Club des Juristes ad hoc committee on strengthening the fight against international corruption, 2014/2015
  • Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Paris Bar, then Honorary Chairman since 2014
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Friends of the German Historical Institute since 2010
  • Member of the Board of the Franco-German legal programme between the University of Paris I Sorbonne and the University of Cologne since 2010
  • Member of the DANTE research laboratory at the University of Saint Quentin en Yvelines as an associate researcher in the field of contracts, competition and the market.

 

 

Awards
  • Chevalier de l’ordre de la légion d’honneur (2009)
  • Chevalier du mérite fédéral allemand (Bundesverdienstkreuz) 2015
  • Distinction d‘honneur du Barreau allemand (Ehrenzeichen der Anwaltschaft) (DAV 2016)

 

 

Languages
  • French
  • German
  • English

 

 

News
Competition, distribution, consumer affairs

Actualités du contrôle des concentrations : relèvement des seuils et asset swap

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Réforme : un rehaussement attendu des seuils de notification des opérations de concentrations Adoption de la loi de simplification économique L’année 2025 est une année record pour l’Autorité de la concurrence française en matière de contrôle des concentrations : 328 opérations ont été examinées et validées, dont 6% avec engagements. Dans un contexte de restriction budgétaire, on peut imaginer combien la réforme qui prévoit de rehausser les seuils de notification est attendue. Tel est l’un des enjeux de la loi de… Lire la suite

Competition, distribution, consumer affairs

Merger Control Updates: Increase in Thresholds and Asset Swaps

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Reform: An Expected Increase in Merger Notification Thresholds Adoption of the Economic Simplification Bill 2025 has been a record year for the French Competition Authority for merger control activity: 328 transactions were reviewed and approved, 6% of which were subject to commitments. In a context of budgetary constraints, the reform raising notification thresholds has been eagerly anticipated. This forms one of the key elements of the Economic Simplification Bill adopted by French Parliament on April 14 and 15. Article 8… Read more

Competition, distribution, consumer affairs

Merger Control Updates: Increase in Thresholds and Asset Swaps

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Reform: An Expected Increase in Merger Notification Thresholds Adoption of the Economic Simplification Bill 2025 has been a record year for the French Competition Authority for merger control activity: 328 transactions were reviewed and approved, 6% of which were subject to commitments. In a context of budgetary constraints, the reform raising notification thresholds has been eagerly anticipated. This forms one of the key elements of the Economic Simplification Bill adopted by French Parliament on April 14 and 15. Article 8… Lesen Sie weiter

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