Loukia Kopitsa is an associate in the Antitrust and Competition Team based in London.
Loukia has experience across a wide range of EU and UK competition law matters, including multijurisdictional merger control, foreign direct investment, industry investigations and general competition compliance.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Loukia has worked on the following matters:
NortonLifeLock on its c.$25 billion combination with Avast.
Global Infrastructure Partners in its $12.5 billion acquisition by BlackRock, Inc.
Rocket Software on the acquisition of OpenText’s application modernization and connectivity business.
Bain and Diversey on the sale of Diversey to Solenis for $4.6 billion.
Bain Capital Private Equity on the acquisition of a controlling stake in Eleda.
Bain Capital Private Equity in its joint ownership agreement with BC Partners for the €3 billion acquisition of Fedrigoni, a leading global producer of self-adhesive labels and fibre-based packaging products.
Bain Capital Private Equity on the €955.3 million public takeover of Caverion Corporation.
Bain Capital Private Equity and US LBM on the sale of a stake in US LBM to Platinum Equity.
Blackstone on its sale of Ulterra Drilling Technologies to Patterson-UTI Energy.
Patient Square Capital on its $7.1 billion acquisition of Syneos Health, Inc. together with Elliott Investment Management and Veritas Capital Management.
Victoria’s Secret & Co. on its acquisition of Adore Me, Inc.
MSD Partners on its strategic business combination with BDT & Company.
Express, Inc. on its transformative strategic partnership with WHP Global.
TA Associates in its investment in Kofax, a provider of intelligent automation software to facilitate digital workflow transformations.
TA Associates-backed Aptean, a global provider of mission-critical, industry-specific enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain software, on its definitive agreement to receive a strategic investment from Insight Partners and TA Associates.
Advising multiple clients on competition law compliance.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Loukia worked on the following matters:
Advising a sports body on the competition law aspects of its media rights strategy.
Advising a number of brands on their European distribution arrangements.
Advising an electric vehicle manufacturer on the CMA’s market study into electric vehicle charging.
Advising a public transport operator on a contemplated merger.
Advising a fiduciary management provider on the acquisition of a competitor.
Advising an energy company on third-party access rights to a gas infrastructure.
Acting for a pay-TV provider on its acquisition by a major telecommunications company.
Advising a fund on the acquisition of a Greek olive oil company.
