Ms Joanna Christoforou > Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Ms Joanna Christoforou
Work Department
Antitrust
Position
Joanna Christoforou is a partner in the antitrust practice at Morgan Lewis. Joanna has experience representing clients in EU and UK competition matters before the European Commission, the European Court, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, and antitrust authorities in other jurisdictions. She defends clients in relation to investigations, competition disputes, cartels, dawn raids, dominance, pricing, discounts, promotions, parallel trade, and refusals to supply. For more information, view Joanna’s bio at https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/joannachristoforou.
Career
Joanna also acts in relation to mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and joint ventures, and provides advice in the application of competition law to a wide range of commercial agreements and practices. Joanna works across a broad range of industries, including retail, grocery, financial services, commodities, and healthcare.
Languages
English; Greek
Memberships
Member, Law Society Competition Section
Education
Cambridge University, Downing College, 1992, BA and MA (Cantab), Law; Cambridge Judge Business School, 1993, Postgraduate Diploma, Management Studies; Cambridge University, Downing College, 1994, LLM
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
(Leading individuals)Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP houses a ‘formidable team of experts‘ who leverage their international strength to advise notable clients, including Mercedez Benz Trucks, AstraZeneca UK, and Teva Pharmaceuticals. Practice head Frances Murphy is ‘simply outstanding’ and equipped to handle a broad spectrum of issues, including allegations of abuse of dominance, cartel investigations, and civil proceedings concerning damages. The ‘highly accomplished and effective’ Joanna Christoforou represents a broad-range of clients across the life sciences and technology industries in matters concerning abuse of dominance investigations, and appeals before the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court; and Leonidas Theodosiou often acts for global corporates in merger control matters, in addition to handling state aid investigations.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Competition litigation London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing