Zoi Sazaklidou

Associate

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Zoi Sazaklidou is an associate in the Brussels office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP.  Her practice focuses primarily on European Community (EC) law, with a particular emphasis on competition law.  Her recent experience includes acting for a major Asian airline in the Commission’s investigation into price-fixing in the air cargo sector; assisting clients in connection with the European Commission’s inquiry into the business insurance sector; providing competition law compliance advice to a variety of trade associations and individual companies; advising companies in relation to multi-jurisdictional mergers; and providing European law support to the plaintiff of a private action for damages for competition law infringements in the Dutch courts.       

Before joining Steptoe, Zoi trained with the Financial Services Unit and the Transport Unit of Directorate General Competition of the European Commission in Brussels.  She had previously completed her two-year professional training with a well-known law firm in London where she concentrated in particular on EC competition and litigation work.

Noteworthy

• Co-authored the chapter on Greece in "A Practical Guide to National Competition Rules Across Europe", a book published by Kluwer Law International in 2007 (second edition)
• Wrote "Managing Change: An EU Regulatory Update,”an article about developments in EU competition policy and company law, published by  LIMRA International European Marketplace in May 2005

• Co-authored the chapter on Greece in "A Practical Guide to National Competition Rules Across Europe", a book published by Kluwer Law International in 2004 (first edition)

Select News & Events

• Competition Law360 Features Article by Steptoe EU Competition Lawyers

Publications

• ECJ Rules on GlaxoSmithKline's Parallel Trade Restriction
  September 16, 2008
• EU Competition Briefing - Recent European Court Rulings In Cartel Cases
  September 2008
• 4 Hurdles That Will Deter Private EU Antitrust Actions
  June 27, 2008, Competition Law 360°
• EU Settlement Plan Needs More Incentive
  June 23, 2008, Competition Law 360°
• EU Competition Briefing - Class Actions or Collective Redress?
  May 2008
• EU Competition Briefing - Class Actions or Collective Redress?
  Antitrust damages actions in Europe: A glimpse into the future
  May 2008
• Briefing: European Courts approach to cartels in financial services sector
  March 15, 2007
• Briefing: EU Competition Inquiry Reveals Complexity of Insurance Sector
  February 7, 2007

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Professional Affiliations

• Member, Competition Policy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Brussels