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Competition: EU

Belgium

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Provided by Kyriakos Fountoukakos

Europe

Practice Areas

- Competition, Regulation and Trade

- Merger Control

- Antitrust

- Competition Litigation

- Foreign Direct Investment

Career

Kyriakos is the managing partner of our Brussels office. Kyriakos focuses on Competition, Regulation, and Trade, and deals with all aspects of European Union and United Kingdom competition law. Kyriakos has more than two decades of experience in competition law. He was formerly a European Commission official at the Directorate General for Competition’s Merger Task Force and a Référendaire (legal assistant) in the cabinet of the President of the General Court of the EU. Kyriakos’s clients value his understanding of economic issues, and his insider knowledge gained at the European Commission and at the General Court. Kyriakos advises international clients in sectors including TMT, pharma, energy and mining, consumer products, financial services and insurance, manufacturing, rail, and air transport on a range of areas including merger control (mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures), cartels, antitrust investigations and advice, distribution agreements, dominance, and competition litigation before the EU courts. Kyriakos works closely with the firm's network to provide advice on multi-jurisdictional transactions and investigations. He is particularly active in advising clients in Japan and manages the firm's cross-border Japan competition practice.

For additional information on Kyriakos 's professional background, please visit: https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/k/kyriakos-fountoukakos

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Competition: EU - Belgium

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Herbert Smith Freehill's managing partner of global competition, regulation and trade, Kyriakos Fountoukakos, moves up in the rankings this year following impressive market feedback. He has notable experience in merger control filings made in support of a wide variety of cross-border M&A and JV transactions, notifying prominent deals before the EC as well as coordinating filings across jurisdictions. He additionally represents clients in antitrust investigations and appeals against European Commission decisions. He also manages the firm's cross-border Japanese competition practice.

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