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Kaarli Eichhorn

Kaarli Eichhorn

Jones Day, Belgium

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Kaarli Eichhorn has acted on a significant number of high-profile and politically sensitive merger and antitrust matters globally for more than 20 years. He has substantial experience in competition law, international regulation, government affairs, foreign investment screening, and sanctions. His experience includes energy, oil & gas, transportation, telecommunications, consumer products, aerospace, life sciences, financial services, and media. Prior to Jones Day, Kaarli was global executive counsel of competition law & policy at General Electric (GE). During his 10-year tenure at GE he advised on hundreds of international transactions and led the merger review clearance processes globally for GE's acquisitions of Alstom ($10.6 billion), Avio ($4.3 billion), Lufkin ($3.3 billion), and Dresser ($3 billion) and divestments of NBCU ($30 billion) and upward of $200 billion of GE Capital assets. He handled a significant amount of GE's counseling, training, guidance, internal investigations, and audits within the company's business divisions internationally. In 2020, Kaarli was elected vice chair of the board of AmCham EU and re-elected in 2022, a position he held until November 2023. He has held several other AmCham EU leadership roles and is currently vice chair for competition and the Ukraine Task Force. He is a prior member of the board of European Justice Forum, a former vice chair of the In-House Competition Counsel Association, and member of the BusinessEurope Competition Committee. He is a non-governmental advisor at the International Competition Network. Kaarli leads Jones Day's Nordic practice.

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