Elina Koustoumpardi

Primary location

8 Finsbury Circus
London, EC2M 7EA, UK

Elina Koustoumpardi

Principal

Elina Koustoumpardi is a senior consultant in the European Competition Practice. She has more than 15 years of experience in the application of economic theory and empirical techniques to competition law cases.

Her work includes advising clients in:

  • Complex merger investigations before the European Commission, the UK Competition and Markets Authority, and other jurisdictions. She has advised on merger cases including Novo Holdings/Catalent, Microsoft/Activision, CVC/Ethniki, LSE/Refinitiv, Nexi/SIA, Novelis/Aleris, among others.
  • Abuse of dominance and anticompetitive agreements investigations and appeals before the courts. Her recent experience includes cases involving excessive pricing, disparagement as well as pay for delay in pharma, exclusionary abuses in beer, chipsets, packaging materials, and other sectors.
  • Litigation, involving the estimation of damages arising from anticompetitive agreements and abuse of dominance cases.

She has worked on cases in a range of industry sectors with significant expertise in the pharmaceutical sector.

Education

  • B.A. Politics, Philosophy & Economics, University of Oxford
  • M.Sc Economics, University College London

Cases

Microsoft / Activision

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Ethniki / CVC

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Nexi / SIA

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London Stock Exchange Group/Refinitiv

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Flynn/Pfizer

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Novelis/Aleris

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TEVA/Mylan

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Phenytoin Sodium

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Abbott/Alere

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Telenor (Margin Squeeze)

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Coffee

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News Articles

CAT approves class action settlement agreement in maritime cartel

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EC unconditionally approves $16.5bn acquisition of Catalent by Novo Holdings

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European Commission fines Teva €462.6 million for antitrust abuse

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European Commission clears Cooper’s acquisition of Viatris’ European OTC business

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CMA announces it will clear Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard

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European Commission closes investigations into retail alliances

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CMA clears Capco’s acquisition of Shaftesbury

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EC unconditionally clears CVC’s acquisition of Ethniki

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ICA clears merger between Nexi and SIA

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EC clears Novelis’ $2.6 billion acquisition of Aleris, subject to conditions

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Publications

Excessive pricing cases in the pharmaceutical industry

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