Romain Rard is a partner in the EU Regulation and Public Affairs team in Brussels. He specialises in European regulatory law (financial services, telecoms, media, transport, chemicals, etc.) and French and EU competition law (state aid, merger control, antitrust).

His practice covers European regulatory law (financial services, telecoms, media, transport, chemicals, etc.) and French and EU competition law (state aid, merger control, antitrust). He advises on advocacy and litigation matters, as well as settlements (mergers, FSR). In this capacity, he represents European and national trade associations, as well as companies and investment funds (US, UK, EU), both before and during the adoption of new legislation or European regulations.

Romain has an in-depth knowledge of European processes and has developed solid expertise in ESG, financial services and sustainability. He has led and coordinated advocacy work on various texts such as CSRD, FSR, FDI Fit-for-55 proposals. He has advised on major telecoms transactions, and advises companies on European financing. He advises US players bringing new products to market and European players with respect to mutual recognition procedures.

A graduate of Université Lyon III and McGill University, Romain was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2012.