Natasha Tardif

Paris
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Natasha is a British and French national. She studied law in both the UK and France, and has worked in law firms in New York, Paris, and London.

Natasha co-leads Reed Smith’s European, Competition, and Regulatory department, and is the managing partner of the Paris office. She is also a former member of the Executive Committee, the firm’s global management body.

Natasha focuses on litigation and advice with respect to issues in European and French government regulations, including competition law, distribution law, consumer law, and regulatory rules.

She notably assists global leaders before EU and French courts and authorities (the European Commission, the French Competition Authority, anti-kickback and anti-corruption authorities, and data privacy agencies).

She has developed particular knowledge of litigation, notably unfair competition cases, unfair trading rules, and more generally, commercial litigation.

Natasha regularly secures significant reductions of fines imposed by enforcement agencies as well as the annulment of investigation measures. She intervened in one of the rare cases of obstruction alleged by competition authorities, and obtained before the French Constitutional Council the unconstitutionality – and therefore the abrogation – of a French legal provision sanctioning obstruction.

Natasha is a lecturer at Paris and Abu Dhabi Sorbonne University, Queen Mary University, Seton Hall University School of Law, INSEAD, the University of Paris Cité, Paris II Assas, and Paris-Dauphine. She also regularly publishes articles in relation to her experience in various business sectors, gives interviews, and is often invited to speak at international conferences in the United States, London, Brussels, and Paris.

Natasha was awarded the International Bar Association’s Outstanding International Woman Lawyer Award for 2024. The prestigious award recognises those who have demonstrated excellence in their field and have influenced other women to pursue legal careers.

Qualifikationen

Université de Paris I Panthéon–Sorbonne, Maîtrise, Business law and International law
Brunel University

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Französisch
Deutsch
Persian

Auszeichnungen

Natasha Tardif receives IBA’s Outstanding International Woman Lawyer Award, 2024
Received the Silver Prize (Plume d’Argent) in the Economic and Legal Issues of Tomorrow – Professional Press category, for her article “Digital Markets Act: a European headache for companies”, published on Lesechos.fr
Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers™ in France for Competition/Antitrust Law, 2020-2024; Litigation, 2023-2024; and Regulatory Practice, 2024
Winner of the 2019 International Advisory Experts Award in Competition Law within France
Ranked in the EU, Competition and Distribution category of The Legal 500 EMEA, 2020: “The competition team is jointly led by Marc Lévy and Natasha Tardif, who are both ‘very skilled and easy to work with’. They have a good understanding of business needs”.
Ranked in the Healthcare and Life Sciences category of The Legal 500 EMEA, 2020

Interviews

25 July 2025 IA Act: réguler l’intelligence artificielle en Europe – Lexbase
21 July 2025 One-on-One with Natasha Tardif: Reed Smith Paris Grapples with US PolicyShifts, AI and Antitrust Demands – Law.com
10 April 2025 La crainte du gendarme de la concurrence – Les Echos
04 April 2025 Natasha Tardif: Un parcours international au service de l’excellence juridique – Ourama
24 February 2025 Créer l’alchimie est le cœur de ma fonction – La Lettre des Juristes d’Affaires
6 February 2025 Parentalité et avocats. Infertilité, quand le débat n’est plus stérile – Décideurs Juridiques
04 February 2025 La santé: la dynamique se poursuit en 2025 et pourrait s’accélérer en 2026 – Le Magazine des Affaires
08 October 2024 L’entretien d’embauche – Editions France Lefebvre
20 December 2024 Le secteur de l’électroménager écope d’une nouvelle amende – l’Agefi
12 August 2024 Femmes afghanes acquises au statut de réfugiées: ce que va changer cette jurisprudence – Le Point
24 July 2024 AI explained: AI and antitrust – Tech Law Talks
8 July 2024 French Elections Yield Hung Parliament and Possible Tax Hikes – Law.com
29 March 2024 Reed Smith, un cabinet d’avocats très impliqué dans le secteur de la science et santé – l’Express
February 2024 Experts meeting – health care, La Santé continue de servir de valeur refuge pour les investisseurs – Magazine des Affaires
8 January 2024 Quels sont les objectifs des cabinets en 2024? – La Lettre des Juristes d’Affaires
December 2023 La gestion de carrière des avocats: défis et opportunités – La lettre des Juristes d’Affaires
15 September 2023 Fashion Briefing: Brands contend with compliance and data as legislation becomes reality – Glossy.com
11 September 2023 Big Tech buckles under – Commercial Dispute Resolution
11 April 2023 European regulators bare their teeth in battle against Big Tech dominance – Commercial Dispute Resolution
March 2023 Experts meeting – health care: Résilient et performant, le secteur de la santé fait face toutefois à de multiples défis – Magazine des Affaires
16 March 2023 How I Made Managing Partner: “Be Curious, Get Involved” – Law.com
February 2023 EU to Ease Antitrust Rules in Fight Against Climate Change – Law.com
December 2022 Reed Smith: montrer l’exemple – Juristes Associés
18 March 2022 Les femmes en cabinet – Juristes Associés
16 September 2021 Experts meeting: health care – Le Magazine des Affaires
September 2021 Algorithmic cartels – Expertises
29 July 2021 Strategy: the remarkable resilience of business firms – Décideurs
19 July 2021 Settle or Fight: Why Google bent on ad sales but is standing tough on neighboring rights – Legaltech News
5 July 2021 Interview in relation to the Digital Markets Act – Lexinside
7 March 2021 Natasha Tardif: a still singular profile among lawyers – Décideurs
21 July 2020 French Competition Authority fines 12 Deli Meat Makers For “Failed” Cartel – Law.com
16 June 2020 Europe’s Competition Watchdog Launches New Investigations into Apple – Law.com
10 March 2020 Interview with Natasha Tardif, co-managing partner of Reed Smith LLP in Paris – Journal Spécial des Sociétés
7 September 2017 Experts meeting: health care – Le Magazine des Affaires

Academic engagements

University of Paris
Seton Hall University School of Law
University Paris-Dauphine
University Paris II Assas
INSEAD Business School

Notable quotes

22 August 2024 Bruxelles précise son analyse des subventions étrangères faussant le marché intérieur – l’Afegi
April 2018 Contribution to the Lamy health care sector on the distribution of medicinal products: contractual aspects

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