Portrait of Isaure d’Estaintot

Isaure d'Estaintot : Analyst

Isaure is a member of Oxera’s Competition team. She has worked on merger cases, projects involving antitrust damages actions, and public policy evaluation. Before joining Oxera, she was a PhD researcher at the European University Institute (Italy), focusing on the enforcement of EU competition law in labour markets. She also previously worked for the French National Lottery (FDJ).

Isaure speaks English, French, and Italian.

Tel: +32 4903 02742

Isaure's specialisms include:

Selected
professional experience

  • Study for a French ministry on the impact of the BQP (Price-Quality Shield system) in the DROM-COM (2024)

  • Advised a buyer during a merger in the hospital sector before the French Competition Authority (2024)

  • Advised a European regulated company active in the water sector (2023–24)

  • Advised on the damages assessment resulting from the behaviour of companies found guilty of collusion (2023–24)

Selected
publications

  • d’Estaintot I. (2024) ‘Updating the antitrust paradigm for labour’, Collective study on ‘Natural persons in EU competition law’, Revue des Affaires Européennes, Bruylant.

  • d’Estaintot I. (2024), ‘Antitrust policy and EU labour markets: lessons from the US and comparative prospects’, PhD thesis, European University Institute.

  • d’Estaintot I. (2022), ‘Considering worker welfare? A capability assessment of antitrust’, in V. Šmejkal (ed.), EU antitrust: hot topics and next steps, pp. 383–400, Charles University Faculty of Law, DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/74640.

Qualifications

  • Thesis on Competition Law (European University Institute, Italy)

  • LL.M. in Comparative, European and International Laws (European University Institute, Italy)

  • Master 2 in Law and Market Regulation (Paris Dauphine University, France)

  • Bachelor and Master 1 in Law, Economics and Management as public servant (École Normale Supérieure de Rennes, France)

  • Agrégation (French competitive exam) in Economics and Management