Kristina Nordlander
Partner
London
Brussels
Kristina Nordlander
Partner
London
Brussels
Contact details
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.
Office
London
One Bishops Square
London
E1 6AD
Brussels
Tervurenlaan 268A avenue de Tervueren
Brussels
1150
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as associated member of the Brussels Bar (E list): 1999
Admitted to the New York Bar: 1998
Admitted as Advokat at Swedish Bar: 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
Related articles
Publications: 13 September 2023
Antitrust and information exchange: a new framework for analysis in the EU and UK
The European Commission (EC) and the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have published new guidance on the assessment of cooperation between competitors. For the EU, this is contained in…
Publications: 13 July 2023
EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation takes effect with procedural rules clarified
Publications: 28 April 2023
Publications: 28 April 2023
Office
London
One Bishops Square
London
E1 6AD
Brussels
Tervurenlaan 268A avenue de Tervueren
Brussels
1150
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as associated member of the Brussels Bar (E list): 1999
Admitted to the New York Bar: 1998
Admitted as Advokat at Swedish Bar: 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
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 & accolades
Global Elite Thought Leader
WWL Competition 2022
Thought Leader
WWL Competition 2022
International Law Office’s Client Choice Award
“Life Sciences” in 2019 and “Competition & Antitrust (European Union)” in 2018
