Panos Kokkinidis is an associate in the Brussels office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice.

Panos advises clients on a wide range of EU competition law and regulatory issues, with a particular focus on merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI) control.

His experience covers several industry sectors, including IT, entertainment, automotive, pharmaceuticals, energy, and defense and aerospace.

Prior to joining Latham, Panos worked as a trainee at the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, where he focused on merger control issues in the transport sector.

A selection of Panos’ experience includes advising:

  • Paramount Skydance Corp. on its planned US$111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate
  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. on merger control and FDI aspects of: 
    • Its €2.7 billion acquisition of Hexagon’s design and engineering business
    • Its US$1.24 billion acquisition of BETA CAE, an engineering simulation software business
    • Its acquisition of Arm’s Artisan foundation IP business
    • Its acquisition of Secure-IC, a French leading embedded security IP platform provider
  • One Rock Capital on its US$2 billion acquisition of Constantia Flexibles and follow-on acquisition of rival Aluflexpack (EC Phase I clearance with remedies)
  • Coca-Cola HBC on its US$2.6 billion acquisition of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa
  • Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. on its US$2.7 billion acquisition the Off-Highway business of Dana Incorporated
  • CyberArk on merger control aspects of its US$1.54 billion acquisition of Venafi, a leader in machine identity management
  • Syneos Health, a biopharmaceutical solutions company, on merger control and FDI aspects of its US$7.1 billion sale to a consortium of private investment firm affiliates
  • Abcam, a biotech company, on FDI and merger control aspects of its US$5.7 billion sale to Danaher
  • A leading manufacturer of medical devices on behavioral aspects of its business activities

Bar Qualification

  • Brussels Bar - E List
  • Greece (Dikigoros)

Education

  • LL.M., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2022
  • LL.B., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2018

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • German
  • Greek