Pénélope Agosta
Pénélope Agosta is an associate, in the Competition team of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Paris.
She focuses her practice on French and EU antitrust litigation and competition law, representing clients before both EU and French authorities and courts. Her work spans behavioural investigations (including cartels, abuse of dominance, and other restrictive agreements) as well as merger control, with experience across a broad range of sectors, including tech industry, life sciences, defence, and consumer products. She has also developed strong expertise in procedural issues arising in competition investigations, particularly with respect to the protection of companies’ rights of defence during investigations conducted by the French Competition Authority and the European Commission.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- advising a leading player of the digital industry in a French Competition Authority investigation into alleged abuse of dominance, as well as in the subsequent appeal against the French Competition Authority's decision before the Paris Court of Appeal.*
- representing a global pharmaceutical group in its appeal before the Paris Court of Appeal against a French Competition Authority decision concerning a potential abuse of collective dominance*
- acting for a global medical device manufacturer in a cartel investigation initiated by the French Competition Authority and in the related appeal challenging the Authority’s dawn raids*
- supporting a global animal health company in a complaint before the European Commission regarding a potential killer acquisition*
- representing a French defence company on its acquisition by two major international defence industry players before the European Commission*
- representing a global food‑packaging manufacturer in a cartel investigation before the French Competition Authority and in the subsequent appeal before the Paris Court of Appeal*
* Experience prior to joining the firm
Sectors
Background
Penelope joined the Competition practice of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Paris in January 2026. Before that, Pénélope worked as an associate at Dechert Paris. She previously trained in the competition departments of several leading international law firms, at the European Commission, and in a telecom‑sector company.
