Elena Chutrova

Kirkland & Ellis International II LLP

Overview

Elena Chutrova is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Team in the Brussels office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

Elena’s practice focuses on complex antitrust matters, with a focus on merger and FDI control, antitrust investigations and litigation before EU and French courts.

Elena’s work has covered various sectors, including transport, space, manufacturing and industrial services, luxury goods, media and entertainment, technology and private equity.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

“EU Merger Guidelines Consultation – Our Views on Competitiveness & Resilience”, Antitrust Watch, September 2025

“French Competition Authority Fines Apple €150 Million for Abusive Implementation of Privacy Framework”, Antitrust Watch, April 2025

“France Set to Increase Merger Control Notification Thresholds”, Antitrust Watch, April 2025

“How the Draghi Report May Impact EU Merger Control”, Concurrences, February 2025

“The French Competition Authority fines 11 companies involved in four infringements revealed by criminal searches in the pre-cast concrete sector”, Antitrust Watch, May 2024

“French Competition Authority Sanctions Rolex with a record fine for prohibiting online sales”, Antitrust Watch, December 2023

“Meta: Court of Justice Confirms that Competition Authorities Can Assess GDPR Compliance in Abuse of Dominance Cases”, LexisNexis Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report, October 2023

“CK Telecoms (Case C-376/20): Call for Return to Orthodoxy Accepted by the Court of Justice”, Antitrust Watch, July 2023

“The EU Court of Justice holds that resale price maintenance is not automatically a restrictionn of competition by object”, Concurrences, June 2023

“The EU Commission launches a consultation seeking feedback on its antitrust procedural framework”, Concurrences, June 2022

Recognition

Law360, Burton Award for “Distinguished Legal Writing”, 2026

Women in Law & Leadership, 2024

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2018, Brussels (EU List)
  • 2017, Avocat à la Cour (France)

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Macedonian

Education

  • Sciences Po ParisMaster in Economic Law2015
  • College of Europe, BrugesLL.M., European Law2013
  • Sciences Po ParisBachelor in Social Sciences2012
  • Université de Bourgogne, DijonLL.B., French Law2012