Full Bio
Victoria is Competition and Antitrust Law Partner and a member of the KG Life Sciences and KG TMT Groups. Her practice focuses on EU and Greek competition law and antitrust, EU law, regulatory and compliance, digital economy and market pricing regulations and controls.
Prior to joining KG Law Firm, Victoria has served, from 2012 to 2019, as Commissioner – Member of the Board of the Hellenic Competition Commission and before that as member of the Directorate General of Competition. Previously she worked as a lawyer, advising on matters of EU competition and commercial law, and as a stagiaire at the European Court of Justice. She has over twenty years of experience in EU and Greek competition law.
Victoria regularly advises on significant projects and represents international and Greek clients before the Competition Commission and other Regulatory Authorities (including EETT -Greek NRA- and DIMEA) and Administrative Courts, regarding, inter alia, antitrust investigations and dawnraids, settlements, distribution across a wide range of industry sectors, including mainly pharmaceuticals and medical devices, veterinary health, cosmetics, biocides, F&B, early life nutrition, consumer goods and retail sales, petrochemicals, energy and infrastructure sector, electronic communications, financial services, IT, digital economy/platforms.
She has in depth experience in substantive antitrust cases – cartels, decisions by associations of undertakings, vertical / distribution agreements and restrictive practices, abuse of dominance cases (exclusivity, rebates, predatory pricing, refusal to supply, discrimination, excessive prices), merger notification and control, FDI screening requirements, state aid, as well as of procedural issues / settlement, leniency, commitments, investigations, sector inquiries, procedures before administrative authorities.
She routinely supports with dawnraids / on-premise inspections and investigations of Competition Authorities, forensic reviews and internal audits, Authorities’ RFIs, sector inquiries and questionnaires and public consultation processes, as well as in the designing, implementation and training of antitrust compliance and policies, including internal procedures, trainings, manuals and other material to address regulatory and enforcement risks.
Victoria is Member of the Working Group on Evaluation of Judicial Systems of the Council of Europe and has substantial expertise from her participation in European and International organizations (European Competition Network, OECD, ICN). She is a member of the Board of the Women@Competition Greece initiative.
Victoria is consistently ranked in all major Legal Directories and is a regular contributor and author for some of the leading industry publications. She also lectures at international conferences and universities on her areas of expertise.
“Dedication, expertise, and commitment to client success. Partners like Victoria Mertikopoulou bring a unique combination of strategic insight with deep legal knowledge offering practical solutions to our most complex issues. She really knows her field of practice and stands out from every other lawyer we have worked on in competition matters.”
The Legal 500, 2025
