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	Dr. Assimakis Komninos
Download vCard Expertise Antitrust International Arbitration Commercial Litigation Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Awards White & Case Collects Four IFLR European 'Deal of the Year' Awards and a National Award	Local Partner Brussels T: + 32 2 239 25 55 F: + 32 2 219 16 26 E: *Practice Experience* Assimakis (Makis) Komninos advises on questions of EU and Greek competition law, EU law, international arbitration and litigation and private international law. His practice focuses on complex cases of abuse of dominance and restrictive agreements, as well as on procedural and legal questions arising in EU and national administrative and civil proceedings, including arbitration proceedings with antitrust elements. He rejoined White & Case in September 2011 after serving for two years between 2009 and 2011 as a Commissioner and Member of the Board of the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC). As a Commissioner, he sat on the HCC Board in over twenty antitrust and merger cases. He also headed the Greek delegation at OECD and ICN meetings. In 2010 he was appointed by the Minister of Development a member of the Group of Experts that worked on the preparation of the 2011 new Greek Competition Act. He was involved before the European Court of Justice in Syfait v. GlaxoSmithKline and Lélos v. GlaxoSmithKline (parallel trade of pharmaceuticals - abuse of dominance), and in GlaxoSmithKline Services v. Commission (parallel trade of pharmaceuticals - Article 101). He was also involved before the EU General Court in Microsoft v. Commission (compulsory licensing of interoperability information), GlaxoSmithKline Services v. Commission (parallel trade of pharmaceuticals - application of Article 101), Chalkor Metal Works v. Commission (copper plumbing tubes) and Public Power Corporation v. Commission (Greek lignites). He has also represented or advised clients in proceedings before the Cypriot, French, Greek, Kosovan and Romanian competition authorities and Belgian, Bulgarian, Cypriot, French, Greek, Latvian and Spanish appellate courts, and has particular expertise in arbitration cases involving EU and national competition issues and in private antitrust litigation cases in national courts. Dr. Komninos is currently a visiting fellow of the Centre for Law and Governance in Europe at University College London (UCL), where he teaches EU competition law. He often gives speeches and seminars on EU competition law, arbitration and Greek law and is a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN). Other matters in which Dr. Komninos has been involved include: Representing Aegean Airlines in merger notification proceedings before the European Commission in Aegean/Olympic II. Representing a number of Greek casinos before the EU General Court in an appeal against a state aid decision. Advising a major international company active in the coffee market in abuse of dominance proceedings and litigation in national courts and competition authorities. Advising companies active in car rental services in cases involving excessive pricing practices by airports. Representing a major Greek mobile telephony company in an abuse of dominance (margin squeeze) proceeding before the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT). Representing a company active in the cement industry before a Balkan competition authority. Representing a major company active in the soft drinks market before the Athens Administrative Court of Appeal against a 2006 HCC infringement decision. Advising sovereign and corporate clients on the Eurozone crisis and on Euro-exit risks. Representing a Greek company active in the salted snacks market in a complaint before the HCC against a dominant company. Working on the legal defence of Rambus's European Commission case on the alleged failure to disclose patents in the context of standard-setting for "Dynamic Random Access Memory" chips (DRAMS). Advising major pharmaceutical companies on their distribution systems. Working on the EU competition law side in two major ICC arbitration cases involving liquefied natural gas supply and digital TV services. Advising the major companies of a services market on EU competition law limitations of industry association meetings. Advising a major energy company on EU merger control and EU competition issues. Advising a non EU government on EU agricultural policy issues, in particular on imports of butter to the EU. Conducting EU competition compliance audits for major companies in the construction materials, cosmetics and food and drinks markets. Advising a bank on questions of EU state aid law and on their relevance to an ICC arbitration proceeding. Representing United States Council for International Business (USCIB) in its application to intervene before the European Court of Justice in the legal professional privilege Akzo case. *Bars and Courts* Brussels Bar (E list), 2004 Athens Bar (Greek Supreme Court), 1997 *Education* LLB, University of Athens, Greece, summa cum laude, 1988-1992 LLM, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK, Onassis Foundation Scholar, 1993-1994 LLM, New York University School of Law, USA, Onassis Foundation & Fulbright Scholar, 1994-1995 PhD, European University Institute, Italy, 1998-2003 *Professional Associations and Memberships* Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) European Law Institute (ELI) Hellenic Branch of the International Law Association (ILA) Hellenic Association of European Law International Bar Association (IBA) Vice-president of the Brussels Chapter of the EUI Alumni Association 2007-2009: Executive director and finance officer of the Institute for Studies in Competition Law and Policy (IMEDIPA) Member of the Advisory Committee of the Competition and Regulation European Summer School (CRESSE) *Selected Recent Publications* Click here for a full list of publications. Books: EC Private Antitrust Enforcement, Decentralised Application of EC Competition Law by National Courts, Hart Publishing, Oxford/Portland, 2008 Associate Editor, EC Competition Law: A Critical Assessment, Hart Publishing, Oxford/Portland, 2007 (General Editors: Giuliano Amato & Claus-Dieter Ehlermann) Co-editor, The Euro: Law, Politics, Economics, The British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, 2003 (with Jean-Victor Louis) Articles: "Abuse of a Dominant Position," Competition Law, Dimitris N. Tzouganatos (Ed.), Nomiki Vivliothiki, Athens, Pages 455-542, 2013 (with Ioannis Lianos) (in Greek) "Non-pricing Abuses," Competition Law, Dimitris N. Tzouganatos (Ed.), Nomiki Vivliothiki, Athens, Pages 543-642, 2013 (with Ioannis Lianos) (in Greek) "Arbitration and EU Competition Law", International Antitrust Litigation, Conflict of Laws and Coordination, Jürgen Basedow, Stéphanie Francq & Laurence Idot (Eds.), Hart Publishing, Oxford/Portland, Pages 191-222, 2011 "Arbitration and EU Competition Law in the Post-Modernisation Era," EU and US Antitrust Arbitration, Blanke & Landolt (Eds.), Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn, Pages 433-487, 2011 "Chapter 11: The Procedure in the Network," Competition Law of the European Community, Korah (Ed.), Matthew Bender, New York, Pages 11-1 – 11-75, 2010 (with Lefkothea Nteka) "IP Rights in the EU Microsoft Saga," Competition Law and the Enforcement of Article 102, Etro & Kokkoris (Eds.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, Pages 83-98, 2010 (with Katarzyna Czapracka) "EC Competition Law and Parallel Trade in Pharmaceutical Products," The Reform of EC Competition Law, New Challenges, Kokkoris & Lianos (Eds.), Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn, Pages 377-408, 2010 (with Anthony Dawes) "Quantifying Antitrust Damages: Towards Non-binding Guidance for Courts," Study Prepared for the European Commission, December 2009 (with Oxera and Walter Beckert, Eric van Damme, Mathias Dewatripont, Julian Franks, Adriaan ten Kate & Patrick Legros) "Chapter 10: The Procedure Before the Commission," Competition Law of the European Community, Valentine Korah (Ed.), Matthew Bender, New York, Pages 10-1 – 10-121, 2009 (with Anthony Dawes) "A Missed Opportunity: Why the Guidance Paper Does not Increase Predictability or Advance the Debate," Concurrences, 2009(2), Pages 23-26 (with James Killick) "Arbitration and Damages Actions post-White Paper: Four Common Misconceptions," Global Competition Litigation Review, 2(1), Pages 16-28, 2009 (with Markus Burianski) "The EU White Paper for Damages Actions: A First Appraisal," Concurrences, 2008(2) Pages 84-92 "Effect of Commission Decisions on Private Antitrust Litigation: Setting the Story Straight," Common Market Law Review, 44(5), Pages 1387-1428, 2007 "Article 234 EC and National Competition Authorities in the Era of Decentralization," European Law Review, 29(1), Pages 106-114, 2004 "New Prospects for Private Enforcement of EC Competition Law: Courage v. Crehan and the Community Right to Damages," Common Market Law Review, 39(3), Pages 447-487, 2002 *Selected Recent Speaking Engagements* Click here for a full list of speaking engagements. "The Recent Restructuring Drive and Competition Law", 7th International Conference on Competition Law and Policy, Institute of Studies in Competition Law and Policy (IMEDIPA), Athens, 7 June 2013 "EU Private Antitrust Enforcement: Retrospective and Prospective", Seminar on "Recent Case Law in Antitrust and the UCP Practice in Member States", organised by the OECD-GVH Regional Centre for Competition, Budapest, 17 April 2013 "Arbitration and Competition Law: Where Are We Now? - The Enforcement of Awards by National Courts", Annual Global Competition Law Review (GCLR) Conference, Brussels, 13 November 2012 "Private Enforcement: Specific Issues before the National Courts", European Competition Day Conference organised by the Cypriot Commission for the Protection of Competition in the context of the 2012 Cypriot Presidency of the European Union, Nicosia, 2 October 2012 "Latest Developments in Abuse of Dominance and the Role of National Competition Authorities", 6th International Conference on Competition Law and Policy, Institute of Studies in Competition Law and Policy (IMEDIPA), Bucharest, 28 June 2012 Speaker at Break-out Session of the Unilateral Conduct Working Group's Special Project on Settlements, 11th ICN Annual Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 19 April 2012 "After-markets and Article 102 TFEU", Conference of the Institute of Studies in Competition Law and Policy (IMEDIPA) on Specific Cases of Abuse of Dominant Position, Athens, 20 February 2012 "Arbitrating Antitrust Law Controversies in the Energy Sector", C5 Conference on Antitrust and Regulatory Risks in the Energy Sector, Munich, 25 January 2012 "The Impact of Private Enforcement on Leniency and on Cartel Investigations", speaker in the plenary session, ICN Cartel Workshop 2011, Bruges, 12 October 2011 "Relationship between Public and Private Enforcement," Integrating Public and Private Enforcement of Competition Law: Implications for Courts and Agencies, 16th EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop, Florence, 17-18 June 2011 Panellist at Roundtable of Authorities on Specific Issues in a National Context, European Competition Day, Budapest, 30 May 2011 Moderator of Break-out Session on "Investigating a Loyalty Discounts & Rebates Program," 10th ICN Annual Conference, The Hague, 20 May 2011 Chairman of Sessions III and IV of the Second Topic, "The Judicial Application of Competition Law," FIDE Congress, Madrid, 5 November 2010 "Pricing Policies for Pharmaceuticals in Europe and their Impact upon Parallel Importation," 81st Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group Conference, Athens, 30 September 2010 "The Courts, Cartels and Optimal Enforcement," 9th Conference of the Association of European Competition Law Judges, Athens, 29 May 2010 "Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules: Specific Issues," Annual Conference on European Consumer Law, Academy of European Law (ERA), Trier, 1-2 October 2009 "Parallel Trade Issues - The GlaxoSmithKline Cases and What They Mean for the Pharmaceutical Industry and Other Sectors," IBC Conference on Dominance and Pricing in Europe 2009, Brussels, 11 February 2009 *Languages* English French German Greek Italian *Citizenship* Greece	News White & Case Claims Significant Victory in Greek "Lignites" Case European Court Clarifies Law on Parallel Trade More... Publications European Commission adopts a package on private damages actions in antitrust cases ECJ dismisses Spanish and Italian challenge to EU-wide unitary patent system, but obstacles remain More... Events Rebates, Margin Squeezes: the equally efficient competitor test Articles 102 TFEU and 2 Law 3959/2011: Specific Abuses of Dominant Position More...

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