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Lambros Kilaniotis
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- Work 020 3060 6033
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Work Department
Competition/competition litigation.
Position
Lambros heads the competition team at RPC and also leads the cross-practice competition litigation team. Lambros practices in all aspects of EC and UK competition law. He has considerable experience in contentious competition matters such as market investigations, cartel investigations (including dawn raids) and competition litigation (including follow on damages actions), as well as providing non-contentious strategic competition advice and advising on mergers. He is a solicitor advocate with higher rights of audience and represents clients in oral hearings before the European Commission and national competition authorities/tribunals.
Career
Trained Herbert Smith; qualified 2000; Herbert Smith 1998-2010; PwC Legal (director) 2010-13; RPC 2013; partner 2014.
Languages
Greek.
Education
Lanition Lyceum, Cyprus; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (1992 MA Law; 1993 LLM); College of Law, London.
Leisure
Tennis; ballet; cinema; wine; music.
London: Corporate and commercial
EU and competition
Within: EU and competition
The 'strong' RPC offering is noted for its experience in pricing and competition advisory matters, with a ‘very responsive’ service. Head of team Lambros Kilaniotis is ‘exceptionally good to work with and highly intelligent’; he advises on CMA and EU investigations (including dawn raids), CAT and High Court litigation and merger control matters in his portfolio. Kilaniotis is supported by the ‘always extremely responsive and commercial’ senior associate Melanie Musgrave , who works closely with significant clients including ASOS and Coca Cola. Highlights included Kilaniotis and Musgrave working with the firm’s corporate team in respect of Sports Direct’s sale of its rights to the Dunlop brand and related wholesale and licensing businesses to Sumitomo Rubber Industries and the pair providing strategic competition advice to RSA in relation to its commercial arrangements. Recent changes saw Chris Ross promoted to partnership, while Jonathan Cary returned to London after a three year stint in the firm’s Asia offices.
London: Dispute resolution
Competition litigation
Within: Competition litigation
RPC's competition litigation group is led by 'commercially-minded' Lambros Kilaniotis who has 'a reputation for achieving favourable settlements' in a variety of competition disputes. Promoted to partner in May 2017, Chris Ross specialises in follow-on damages claims for both claimants and defendants. Catherine Percy is currently representing NHS Scotland, the Department of Health and the Regional Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland, in an action for damages brought against Servier arising from potential infringements of EU competition law concerning the cardiovascular drug, Perindopril.