Édouard Bruc is a litigator whose practice focuses on competition disputes, regulatory investigations, and complex commercial litigation. Dual-qualified as a Solicitor of England and Wales and an Avocat à la Cour in Paris, he has extensive experience advising clients across both common law and civil law jurisdictions.

Édouard represents clients in class actions, competition damages claims, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance matters, and other contentious disputes. His practice spans a broad range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, transport, batteries, digital markets, telecommunications, electricity and gas, and financial services. He has acted in proceedings before leading competition authorities, including the CMA, the European Commission, and the South African Competition Commission, as well as arbitral tribunals. His court experience includes proceedings before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, the UK Court of Appeal, the General Court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (including its Grand Chamber), and the European Court of Human Rights.

Recently, Édouard helped a client secure the first judicially-approved class action settlement in the UK, including a reversion mechanism. He also helped secure a tenfold reduction in a proposed fine against a trade association for an alleged cartel infringement in the battery sector. On the institutional side, he has been involved in large-scale banking litigation before the EU Courts (approximately 60 cases). In addition, he has significant litigation experience in subsidies/State aid cases (COVID-19, etc.) and is familiar with international tax rules, including OECD instruments and double taxation treaties.  He has also worked on some investment and commercial arbitrations.

Beyond his commercial practice, he maintains an active pro bono practice focused on freedom of expression, press freedom, privacy, and surveillance-related issues. In that capacity, he has contributed to a number of submissions before the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, among others.

Academically, he has a keen interest in class actions, the private enforcement of competition law, international arbitration, and due process issues in antitrust enforcement. He has published extensively in leading journals, including the Journal of International Arbitration, European Competition Journal, Oxford Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, European State Aid Law Quarterly, Revue des affaires européennes, and others. His work has been recognised through several distinctions, including the 2018 CISAC Academic Research Competition Award, first place in the 2018 Lamy Antitrust Moot Competition, and the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards in 2023 and 2026.