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David is a member of our Public - Regulatory - Environment team. He provides strategic advice to clients on regulatory and European law issues. He also possesses experience in litigation and international arbitration.
Before joining August Debouzy’s Brussels office as Counsel in 2023, David worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
David received an LL.M. degree from Queen Mary University of London, a Master degree in Management from Solvay Business School and a Master degree in Law from the Free University of BrusselsFrench I English
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EU Green Taxonomy: General Court Annuls Exclusion of Business Aircraft Manufacturing
August Debouzy secured a significant victory before the General Court of the European Union in annulment proceedings brought by Dassault Aviation against the provisions of the EU Green Taxonomy that excluded the manufacture of business aircraft from the list of "transitional" economic activities.
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The “Omnibus” package: what are the EU’s new sustainability rules?
On February 26, the European Commission presented a series of proposals aimed at simplifying the sustainability rules placed on in-scope companies. As per
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Recasting the existing EU SPC regulations and introducing a unitary SPC: recent progress and future steps
La Commission européenne a proposé une réforme des Certificats Complémentaires de Protection (CCP) pour les médicaments, avec un CCP unitaire et une refonte du règlement existant. Le Parlement européen a adopté ces textes le 28 février dernier. L'EUIPO examinera les demandes de CCP, avec des mécanismes de contrôle et de recours. Les textes intègrent la jurisprudence de la CJUE pour assurer la cohérence. Les prochaines étapes incluent des discussions avec le Conseil de l'Union européenne dans le cadre des trilogues. Les élections européennes ne devraient pas interrompre le processus législatif.
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The Digital Market Act on the move
On March 7th, 2024, the DMA became fully enforceable. On September 6th, 2023, the European Commission designated Alphabet, Meta, Apple, Amazon, ByteDance a
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Reform of the status of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The European Parliament[1] and the Council of the European Union adopted,[2] on February 27th, 2024 and March 19th, 2024 respectively, their position on th
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Illumina/Grail case: the Advocate General of the Court of Justice proposes setting aside the decision by the General Court
The Illumina/Grail saga warrants attention because it concerns fundamental principles of EU law [INTERVIEW WITH PR. D. BOSCO]: in his very dense opinion, A
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DSA –Amazon case: the EU’s interests prevail over commercial interests
On April 25th, 2023,[1] the European Commission designated Amazon Store (“Amazon”) as a “very large online platform” (the “Decision”) under the regulation
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Green Claims Directive: agreement in Parliament
On March 12th, 2024, the European Parliament adopted, in plenary session, its position on the green claims directive (the “Directive” or “Green Claims Dire
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CS3D: green light from the Council
The corporate sustainability due diligence directive (“CS3D”), proposed by the European Commission on February 23rd, 2022,[1] should be adopted before the
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UPC already in infringement of article 6 ECHR ?
Is the UPC appeal court so in its youth that it has not yet learned to count up to 5 (at least without the help of its technically qualified judges) ?
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