Jean-Nicolas Maillard is an EU and French competition lawyer. He advises clients on cartel and antitrust investigations, merger control processes, horizontal collaborations, sustainability initiatives, distribution and competition compliance.

He regularly advises luxury and premium brands on their strategic initiatives and day-to-day commercial challenges. He assists clients throughout the entire product life cycle, from market entry and product launches to the optimisation of global distribution strategies.

His practice focuses on the design and implementation of selective, exclusive, and omnichannel distribution networks, including e-commerce and digital sales strategies. He advises on market access, regulatory compliance, business model transformations, and relationships with distributors and other commercial partners.

He also supports clients in structuring sustainability and other industry collaborations, and represents them before competition authorities in merger control proceedings and antitrust investigations.

He is recognised by Chambers Global as a Foreign Expert for France in EU competition law and has been ranked by Legal 500 for EU and global competition in Belgium.