Christos Malamataris advises international companies on all aspects of EU competition law.

Christos draws on almost 15 years of experience helping clients navigate the full spectrum of competition law, including merger control, conduct cases, State aid, EU digital regulation, and related litigation.

Prior to rejoining Latham, Christos advised on merger control cases as a European Commission official at the Directorate General for Competition. In this role, he steered merger review in the pharmaceutical, financial services, semiconductor, and chemical industries. Christos also oversaw major EU merger control policy and legislative projects, including the revision of the EU Implementing Merger Regulation and the review of below-threshold transactions, including under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation. 

Christos worked as an associate at Latham and at another global firm before his tenure at the European Commission. 

A recognized thought leader, Christos regularly speaks and writes on EU competition law topics, such as abuse of dominance, including as a visiting lecturer at Brunel University in London and the University of Athens in Greece. 

Christos’ experience includes advising:

  • A technology company in relation to the Digital Markets Act 
  • Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company in the acquisition of Coca Cola Beverages Africa 
  • AbbVie in its acquisition of ImmunoGen
  • Microsoft in its acquisitions of LinkedIn, Nokia*, and Skype*
  • Broadcom in its proposed and abandoned US$130 billion takeover of Qualcomm
  • CVC in several of its transactions, including: 
    • The acquisition of Partner in Pet Food, a Hungarian supplier of pet food
    • The sale of Ethniki Asfalistiki, a Greek insurance company
    • The acquisition of Comarch, a Polish software provider
  • An online marketplace in an abuse of dominance investigation before the Greek competition authority
  • Valve in the European Commission’s video games investigation into geo-blocking 
  • FMC in its US$13 billion merger with Technip
  • Novartis in Pfizer’s acquisition of Hospira
  • Siemens in the US$7.6 billion acquisition of Dresser-Rand  
  • Eli Lilly in its US$5.4 billion acquisition of Novartis’ Animal Health business 
  • TripAdvisor in the European Commission's investigation into Google Search*
  • A pharmaceutical company in the Lundbeck case, the first European Commission investigation into patent settlement agreements* 
  • WABCO in State aid litigation before the EU Courts 
  • OMV Petrom on competition, State aid, and regulatory issues in relation to Romanian gas and electricity regulation
  • Belgian Post in a European Commission State aid investigation*
  • Energy companies in abuse of dominance and State aid matters*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham 

Bar Qualification

  • Brussels Bar - E List
  • Greece (Dikigoros)

Education

  • LLM, University of Cambridge, 2009
  • LLM, University of Athens, 2008
  • LLB, University of Thessaloniki, 2007

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Greek
  • French