Kyriakos Fountoukakos
Managing Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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Kyriakos Fountoukakos is the Herbert Smith Freehills Brussels office managing partner and EMEA Regional Head of Practice for Competition, Regulation and Trade. He has over 20 years of experience across all aspects of EU and UK competition law, including merger control, cartels, antitrust investigations and advice, distribution agreements, dominance and competition litigation before the EU courts, as well as foreign direct investment regulation.
Kyriakos has advised clients across a broad range of industries, including TMT, energy and mining, financial services, pharmaceuticals, transport and consumer goods. Kyriakos works closely with the Herbert Smith Freehills network to provide advice on multi-jurisdictional transactions and investigations. He has particular expertise through his background as an EU official, having held positions as a European Commission official with the Directorate-General for Competition’s merger task force and then as a legal assistant in the cabinet of the President of the General Court of the European Union.
