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Kristina Nordlander

Partner

Kristina has a leading EU antitrust, litigation and regulatory practice with a particular focus on big tech and life sciences. 

She has previously worked in New York and Brussels as well as London, and has over two decades of experience using her advocacy skills to represent clients on antitrust investigations, mergers, challenges and complaints before the European Commission and on high-profile proceedings before the EU courts in Luxembourg.

Known for her understanding of how EU institutions work, Kristina has a strong practice focus on EU competition law enforcement issues impacting the digital single market, online selling, mobile and electronic payments and other technology. She advises numerous online marketplaces and platforms on EU antitrust matters on new digital regulations like the EU Digital Markets Act. She has a successful track record of using EU law tools such as free movement rules, litigation and infringement procedures to secure and improve market access for her clients. Kristina’s court experience includes litigating alleged antitrust violations, disputed product classifications/restrictions, market access, data protection/transparency and legal privilege issues. She also has extensive expertise in EU state aid law, particularly in relation to tax.

Kristina is an acknowledged thought leader in the antitrust field and regularly writes and speaks on antitrust issues. Among other accolades, she 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.

In addition, in 2017, Kristina was named as a ‘Top 10 Innovator’ in Europe by the Financial Times for Court of Justice litigation using EU free movement rules to open up markets to an online pharmacy.

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

In 2008, Kristina founded the Women’s Competition Network (WCN), an international professional forum for senior competition law and policy professionals, with a membership of over 2,000 women. The WCN aims to provide a platform for high-level discussion of competition law and policy developments, to facilitate and strengthen networking and to mentor and promote the advancement of women in the field. 
 
Other leadership roles include:
Officer of IBA Antitrust Committee 

Member of Editorial Board, Competition Law & Policy Debate Member of Editorial Board, International Chemical Regulatory and Law Review

Member of Editorial Board, Global Competition Review

Member of Board of Trustees, Academy of European Law (ERA)
 

Recognition
She is knowledgeable, trusted, and responsive.
Who's Who Legal
Kristina really knows her stuff and is a practical lawyer.
Who's Who Legal

Awards

  • The International Law Office’s Client Choice Award for “Life Sciences” in 2019 and “Competition & Antitrust (European Union)” in 2018
  • Inclusion in the Financial Times’ “Top 10 Innovators” list in the FT European Innovative Lawyer Awards 2017 
  • LMG Women in Business Law award for “Best in Competition and Antitrust” in 2015
  • Global Elite Thought Leader – WWL Competition 2022
  • Thought Leader – WWL Competition 2022

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-Law, New York, 1998

Associated member of the Brussels Bar (E list), 1999

Advokat, Sweden, 2004

Academic

Harvard Law School, LL.M. (Fulbright Scholar): 1998

University of Stockholm, LL.M.: 1996

University of Hamburg, LL.M. in Law and Economics: 1995

Languages

English, Swedish, French
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.