Overview
Kristina Nordlander has a leading EU antitrust, litigation, and regulatory practice, with a particular focus on technology and life sciences. She advises clients on complex EU competition law matters, including antitrust investigations, merger control, regulatory challenges, and litigation before the European Commission and the EU courts.
With more than two decades of experience, Kristina is known for her deep understanding of how EU institutions operate and for her strategic use of EU law tools to address competition and market access issues. Her practice focuses on competition law enforcement matters affecting the digital single market, online selling, mobile and electronic payments, app stores, antitrust aspects of AI and other technology-driven sectors. She regularly advises online marketplaces and digital platforms on EU antitrust compliance and on new regulatory regimes, including the EU Digital Markets Act.
Kristina has extensive experience of litigating alleged antitrust violations, market access disputes, product classifications and restrictions, data protection and transparency issues, and legal privilege matters. She also has significant expertise in EU state aid law, particularly in relation to tax.
She has worked in London, Brussels, and New York and is widely recognised as a thought leader in EU competition law.
Results
- Represented clients in antitrust investigations and complaints before the European Commission.*
- Acted in high-profile proceedings before the EU courts in Luxembourg challenging competition and regulatory decisions. *
- Advised online platforms and marketplaces on EU antitrust compliance and Digital Markets Act implementation.*
- Successfully used EU free movement rules and infringement procedures to secure and improve market access for clients.*
- Advised on EU state aid matters, including complex tax-related state aid issues.*
*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.
Recognitions
- Chambers Europe, Competition: EU – Belgium, 2011-2025
- Recognised in Global Competition Review, Women in Antitrust, 2021, 2016, 2013, 2009
- Named a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal: Competition, 2022
- Named a Top 10 Innovator in Europe by the Financial Times (2017) for Court of Justice litigation using EU free movement rules to open markets for an online pharmacy.
Community
- Regular speaker and writer on EU antitrust and competition law issues.
- Lecturer on AI and antitrust at Oxford University
- Officer of IBA Antitrust Committee
- ABA Vice Chair International Cartels Task Force
- Founder Women’s Competition Network
- Trustee Alliance for Lawyers at Risk
Credentials
Education
Harvard Law School LLM (Fulbright Scholar)
LLM Law & Economics from Hamburg, Gent and Vienna universities
Stockholm University
Admissions
Sweden
Brussels
New York
Languages
English, French, Swedish
