Joséphine Thorson (Lê Quang)

Position

PhD Candidate, Phd candidate research fellow

Affiliation

Short info

Joséphine’s main research interests are within merger control and her current research project deals with the interplay of the EUMR and other EU competition rules applying to concentrations (Articles 101 and 102 TFEU). Before joining BECCLE, she worked at the French Ministry of Economy.
Research

Ongoing PhD project (October 2023-2026) on the consistency and the efficiency of the EU competition law system to control concentration operations.

Teaching

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (EU/EEA State Aid Law, JUS2302&JUS3502).

Master Thesis Supervision (JUS399)

 

Publications
Book review
Academic lecture
Academic article

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Academic Articles

'Balance of Harms' after CK Telecoms: ‘Balance of harms’ after CK Telecoms | Journal of European Competition Law & Practice | Oxford Academic, Volume 15, Issue 6, Special Issue: Merger Control, September 2024.

"Ceci n'est pas (qu')une concentration", in: La vie du droit - Mélanges en l'honneur du Professeur Louis Vogel, Lexis Nexis/Dalloz/Lefebvre Dalloz/Lawlex/LGDJ/Lextenso October 2024.

 

Book reviews

Research Handbook on Abuse of Dominance and Monopolization, AKMAN Pinar, BROOK Or, and STYLIANOU Konstantinos (eds.) - Concurrences (2023)

EUROPEAN UNION COMPETITION LAW ; THE NEW EU COMPETITION LAW, Concurrences - Concurrences, paper issue N° 1-2024

Merger Control, National Security, and Foreign Direct Investment Screening: A Comparative Perspective (2025)

The Passing-On problem in damages and restitution under EU Law - Concurrences (2024)

The New EU Competition Law - Concurrences (2024)

European Union Competition Law - Concurrences (2024)

 

Academic presentations

Killer Acquisitions in EU Competition Law, Nordic Forum for Competition Law, Nordic Academic Network for Competition Law, Helsinki April 2024

The Interplay Between Concentrations and Abuses of Dominance: Investigating the Relevance of Abuse Rules on Concentrations, BECCLE Annual Conference, Bergen May 2024

A “balance of harms” test for a true preventive EU merger control?, CLEEN Workshop, Tilburg October 2024