Ombline
Ancelin

Ombline Ancelin is the lead Competition partner in the Paris office at Simmons & Simmons and our co-head of our Cross-border Competition, Antitrust and Trade group.

Her practice encompasses the full range of contentious and non-contentious EU and French competition law, including merger control, anti-competitive practices, distribution and also EU general law and consumer law. She also regularly advises on foreign investment control (FDI) issues.

She represents clients in antitrust investigations and litigation in several sectors with a particular in-depth knowledge in the Healthcare and Life Sciences sector, Technology/E-commerce, Energy, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and Automotive sectors.

She regularly litigates before the Courts in competition and distribution matters, including standalone competition claims or follow-on actions.

Moreover, she regularly advises clients on their commercial policies and the organization of their distribution networks across Europe. She assists clients during competition inspections and conducts internal audits as part of her work on competition compliance.

Ombline has been acknowledged among the “40 in their 40s Notable Women Competition Professionals in Europe” in 2019 by the platform for women competition professionals W@Competition. Since 2021, she is vice-president of the “Competition Commission” of ICC France.

Ombline joined Simmons & Simmons as a partner in June 2013. Prior to joining Simmons & Simmons, Ombline qualified as a lawyer in 2000 and joined Hogan Lovells where she spent nearly 13 years.