Nikolinakos & Partners Law Firm specialises in handling dawn raids and other forms of cartel investigations, alongside providing pre-merger and competition compliance advice. The practice is especially well versed in the TMT and pharmaceutical sectors, where it acts on behalf of domestic and international clients. Managing partner Nikos Nikolinakos is an expert in overseeing competition litigation cases before the regulatory authorities and administrative courts. Dina Kouvelou primarily focuses on antitrust matters. Alexis Spyropoulos is also highlighted as a key contact.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘This is an absolutely impressive competition law team. A standout antitrust team due to its high responsiveness, professionalism, and deep knowledge of the area. It is the absolute best to go firm, especially in the field of regulated industries. They have developed a first-rate reputation in – and are highly recommended for – antitrust litigation, merger control, cartel enforcement and complex antitrust investigations. This competition law practice provides excellent strategic guidance on complex matters in an efficient and convincing manner.’

  • 'Dina Kouvelou is a leading competition/antitrust legal counsel. She is highly experienced, very responsive, and personable. She is fantastic at balancing business interests against legal risks. She is highly recommended for merger control, state aid and antitrust litigation. She simplifies complex legal issues, provides to-the-point advice, and has exceptional skills as a litigator and strategist. Nikos Nikolinakos has impressive competition law expertise and experience and possesses a business understanding. He is an excellent strategist, detail-oriented, and strong in technical legal analysis. I strongly recommend him for abuse of dominance litigation, cartel, and state aid matters. Alexis Spyropoulos is an experienced competition law practitioner, with excellent commercial awareness. He provides clear and well-explained advice and is always practical, responsive, and accurate. I recommend him for merger control and state aid issues.’

  • ‘This is an impressive competition law team that is super responsive and provides great client service. They are highly competent, target-oriented and effective. This competition practice brings exceptional client service and offers a pragmatism and client-centric understanding. I recommend them for their expertise in merger and acquisition reviews, investigations, and litigation.’

  • ‘Nikos Nikolinakos is excellent to work with. He is professional, personable and always responsive to my enquiries. Apart from a competition law expert, he is a vastly experienced telecoms and technology lawyer. He is exceptional, particularly when it comes to client service, pragmatism and business acumen.'

  • ‘This is an impressive competition law practice. We value their commercial approach, their in-depth knowledge of complex matters and their ability to retain sight of the big picture. They have substantial experience and profound expertise, focusing lately on emerging digital technologies such as AI and robotics. They are highly professional with excellent practical implementation. Excellent availability and short response times.’

  • ‘Nikos Nikolinakos is an excellent problem solver and highly efficient in applying competition law in technology-related sectors. He is mostly active in the areas of telecoms, media, artificial intelligence, robotics and other emerging digital technologies.'

  • 'Dina Kouvelou has extensive expertise and experience in competition law and technology-related matters, and is extremely responsive and proactive. More importantly, she is capable of handling complex long-term strategies as well as routine tasks with a high level of attention.’
  • ‘This competition law practice is outstanding and formidable. They have an experienced, responsive and talented competition law team that provides pragmatic advice on complex matters. Their main expertise focuses on abuse of dominance, antitrust litigation, merger control, and cartels matters. The group collectively has an impressive strong track record of acting for companies mainly in the technology and telecoms sectors.'

Key clients

  • Vodafone S.A.
  • Airbnb Inc.
  • Fiber2All S.A.
  • Meta (Facebook), Inc.
  • Twitter (X), Inc.
  • Intrakat S.A. / Rural Connect S.A.
  • National Technical University of Athens – Netmode Lab
  • Vantage Towers Greece
  • Victus Networks S.A.
  • Huawei Technologies S.A.
  • GRID Telecom Greece S.A.
  • Innovis Pharma S.A.
  • Digital Realty Group

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Practice head

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Nikos Nikolinakos, Dina Kouvelou

Other key lawyers

Alexis Spyropoulos