Dr Alex Petrasincu > Hausfeld Rechtsanwälte LLP > Berlin, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Hausfeld Rechtsanwälte LLP
Walter-Benjamin-Platz 6
10629 Berlin
Germany

Work Department

Hausfeld Rechtsanwälte LLP, Speditionsstr.21-23, D-40221 Düsseldorf

Position

Partner

Career

Dr. Alex Petrasincu is a Partner at Hausfeld in Berlin and Düsseldorf, specializing in EU and German competition law and competition litigation. He advises on all contentious and non-contentious aspects of competition law.

Alex is specialized in representing parties in cartel damages actions before the German courts, and has advised on damages actions in various jurisdictions. Alex has represented parties in and advised on actions before numerous German District Courts, Courts of Appeals, the German Constitutional Court, as well as the European Court of Justice. In addition, Alex has particular experience in conducting internal investigations and representing clients in cartel investigations by the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office.

Having studied in Düsseldorf, Paris X-Nanterre, Münster, and at Columbia Law School, Alex holds a Ph.D. and an LL.M. in competition law. He frequently gives lectures and writes articles on German and EU competition law. Alex is admitted to the bars in Germany and New York.

Prior to joining Hausfeld, Alex worked in the antitrust practice groups of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Cologne and Brussels, and Jones Day in Düsseldorf for several years. Before his admission to bar, Alex clerked at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition, and was a Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University Law Center.

Languages

German, English, French, Romanian

Memberships

German Association of Antitrust Lawyers (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht), American Bar Association

Education

Bar Exam, New York

LL.M., Columbia University (Harlan-Fiske-Stone-Scholar)

Dr. iur., Westfälische Wilhelms University, Munster

Bar Exam / 2. State Exam, North Rhine-Westphalia

– Distinction

LL.B. / 1. State Exam, Dusseldorf

– Distinction

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation

(Firms to watch)

Under the leadership of Alex Petrasincu und Wolf von Bernuth, Hausfeld Rechtsanwälte LLP represents both plaintiffs and defendants, particularly in cartel and capital market disputes.

Germany > Antitrust

(Leading individuals)

Alex PetrasincuHausfeld Rechtsanwälte LLP

Hausfeld Rechtsanwälte LLP advises on various antitrust law topics, such as merger control, compliance and distribution antitrust law, although a traditional strength remains the representation of claimants in cartel damages compensation proceedings and the related enforcement of damages claims; the team is well versed in dominance abuse matters in the digital antitrust space, where the practice also increasingly acts in the defense of clients. Alex Petrasincu and Ann-Christin Richter are experienced in antitrust law as well as internal investigations; Thomas Höppner impresses with expertise in dominance abuse and damages claims.