Alex Petrasincu

Partner und Head of Competition & Litigation

Dr. Alex Petrasincu is Partner und Head of Competition & Litigation 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.

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