Kristina Nordlander

Partner at A&O

Speaker

Kristina has led high-profile international EU antitrust, merger and state aid cases for over two decades and is known for her deep understanding of how EU institutions work. She has a leading litigation practice in the Court of Justice of the EU.

Kristina regularly advises on a wide range of EU antitrust and merger issues, with the tech and life sciences sectors a particular focus. At her prior firm, Kristina was regular EU competition counsel on M&A, collaborations and tech transactions for a number of important clients in the technology space. Since joining A&O, she has advised on an acquisition of a NFT marketplace as well as a potential significant cross-border deal in the media/ad production space. In recent years, Kristina has focused in particular on the tech sector and antitrust investigations involving apps stores, online marketplaces and restrictions on online selling, big data concerns, video game distribution, access to online payment services, and advising several of the world’s leading tech platforms impacted by the EU’s recently adopted Digital Markets Act (DMA).

Kristina frequently speaks at or moderates tech-focused antitrust panels at leading IBA, ABA, GCR or other industry conferences. She is an acknowledged thought leader in the antitrust field and among other accolades, has been recognised in Global Competition Review’s Women in Antitrust 2021, 2016, 2013 and 2009 and as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal: Competition 2022.