Bianca Buzatu is an antitrust & competition associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Bianca’s practice focuses on EU and UK competition law. She has experience advising on a range of competition and regulatory matters including merger control, behavioral antitrust, and EU and UK digital markets regulation. She has represented clients before the European Commission, national competition authorities, national courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Experience
Representative Matters
Prior to joining Kirkland, Bianca was involved in the following matters:
Google in connection with the European Commission’s specification proceedings for Art. 6(11) of the Digital Markets Act
Google in connection with the European Commission’s investigation into its compliance with Art. 6(5) of the Digital Markets Act
Google in connection with the Competition and Markets Authority’s Strategic Market Status investigation in respect of general search and search advertising
Google on its ongoing compliance with the EU Digital Markets Act
Thales on the anticipated acquisition by Hitachi Rail of Thales' Ground Transportation Systems Business
Google on its appeal to the Court of Justice of the Euopean Union of the European Commission’s Google Shopping Decision
A defence company on its immunity application in connection with a suspected cartel
NVIDIA on its anticipated acquisition of Arm
Ecolab in connection with its appeal to the Competition Appeals Tribunal against the Competition and Markets Authority’s decision prohibiting Ecolab’s completed takeover of The Holchem Group Limited
Prior Experience
Associate, Cleary Gottlieb
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2021, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
