Peter Alexiadis is a partner in the Brussels office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He has practised community law in Brussels since 1989, where his practice is split between competition law, intellectual property law and EU communications policy.  (For a detailed view of our EU competition law capabilities, please view our brochure, European Competition Practice [PDF])

Mr. Alexiadis' competition practice focuses on merger control, actions under Article 82 EC and vertical distribution and licensing practices (both before the European Commission and before national competition and regulatory authorities). 

He has acted as lead competition counsel to two of the world's largest announced mergers, Vodafone/AirTouch and WorldCom/Sprint.

His intellectual property practice consists primarily in advising clients on the interface between intellectual property rights protection and competition law, especially as regards innovative products and services.

Mr. Alexiadis' communications practice spans all aspects of regulation, policy and competition law affecting the sector, and is divided between advice for, and the defence of, private companies and counselling to government institutions regarding both policy development and enforcement strategy.

He lectures and writes regularly on issues of competition law and practice and communications policy, and is the EC Affairs editor of the European Intellectual Property Review, the International Company & Commercial Law Review and the Utilities Law Review.  The following are some of the more recent articles authored by Mr. Alexiadis:

"A Tale of Two Cities : The H3G Judicial Reviews in the UK and Ireland - Unwelcome Implications for the EU's Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications"   UK Competition Law Journal, June 2006.

Co-author of "Court upholds contentious prohibition" European Lawyer, March 2006.

Co-author of "The European Commission Consents to the Consolidation of Europe's Skies: The Air France/KLM Merger," Utilities Law Review, February, 2005.

Co-author of "Competition Scrutiny of Media and Broadcasting," Global Competition Review's European Antitrust Review, 2005.

Co-author of "ECJ Reprimands European Commission for 'Avoidable Errors,'" The European Lawyer, November 2004.

Co-author of "Vertical restraints: new directions in EU Policy," Global Competition Review's European Antitrust Review, 2004.

Co-author of "Revisiting Competition Law and Regulatory Analyses of Consolidations in the Communications Sector," Financier Worldwide, July 2004.

Co-author of "The Application of the Concept of Technology Neutrality Under the New ECNS Regulatory Framework," ECTA Review, 2004.
 
Author of "New Regulatory Framework: New Way of Thinking," Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Media and Telecommunication Lawyers, 2003.

Mr. Alexiadis frequently counsels government institutions in the European Union, Eastern Europe and the Asia-Pacific region on competition policy matters, especially as they affect the communications sector. He is widely acknowledged in the professional press as a leader in his field in both competition law and communications law: he was identified by Chambers Global (2008 edition) as a leader lawyer in Competition/Antitrust and TMT, is listed as one of the top 3 lawyers in the world on communications sector issues as recommended by The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers & Economists 2007; is one of the top 10 lawyers globally for Antitrust and Communications as recommended by Global Competition Review's "Who's Who" 2007; and was included among American Lawyer's "Star Laterals of the Year" for 2003.  He is “highly recommended” in the field of EU Telecommunications by Practical Law Company's Which Lawyer? 2008 Yearbook; he is also recognized as a leading lawyer in the field of EU Competition in the same publication. The 2008 edition of The European Legal 500 commends Mr. Alexiadis as “professional, precise and effective”.  He is also recommended for Competition/European Law and TMT in Chambers Europe 2008

Peter Alexiadis was ranked third globally amongst the most highly regarded individuals in The International Who's Who of Regulatory Communications Lawyers. He was hailed as an "exceptional" practitioner and "expert in EU communications policy".

Mr. Alexiadis is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales, the New South Wales Bar, the International Bar Association and the Brussels Bar (B List).