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Nikolaos Peristerakis
Work Department
Antitrust, Competition, and Trade regulation
Position
Nikolaos Peristerakis is a partner in the firm’s Brussels office. He is a member of the Antitrust, Competition & Trade Regulation practice group.
Nick has more than 20 years of experience advising and representing clients in merger control and antitrust investigations. He has handled the EU and global merger clearance process for hundreds of public M&A, joint venture and private equity transactions. He has also led or co-led numerous high-profile Phase I remedy and Phase II cases before the European Commission and globally. Nick has also handled several complex antitrust and abuse of dominance matters before the European Commission. Key matters include the representation of a leading semiconductor company in the first interim measures case in more than two decades imposed by the European Commission in an abuse of dominance proceeding, and the representation of a major Wall Street bank in the European Commission’s Credit Default Swaps investigation (GCR Behavioral Matter of the Year in 2016). Nick has represented clients in a wide range of sectors, technology, digital platforms, semiconductors, telecoms, media, aerospace, basic industries, consumer goods, food
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
The international trade team at K&L Gates GP, headed by sanctions and foreign direct investment specialist Mélanie Bruneau and trade regulation expert Nikolaos Peristerakis, offers ‘practical and flexible advice’ to clients active across the technology, industrial, and pharmaceutical sectors. A further key contact is Francesco Carloni, who assists multinational clients with foreign direct investment matters and sanctions compliance across industry segments including energy and consumer goods. Former practice head Philip Torbøl departed the firm in December 2023.
Belgium > Competition: EU and global
K&L Gates GP‘s ‘dynamic and competent’ antitrust, competition, and trade regulation practice works closely with colleagues in the US and globally on complex merger control matters, including remedies, joint ventures, and third-party interventions. The team is co-headed by Mélanie Bruneau, Francesco Carloni, and Nikolaos Peristerakis: Carloni and Peristerakis are key names for merger control proceedings, with Bruneau is the go-to for healthcare industry clients, and Peristerakis noted for his experience in abuse of dominance.