Lucia Stoican

Lucia has represented clients with complex Phase II merger control filings before the EU Commission, both as merging parties and third party intervenients. She has coordinated international deals that have entailed antitrust reviews in numerous jurisdictions requiring structural and/or behavioural remedies.

Other antitrust experience includes advising clients involved in EU Commission Article 101 and 102 investigations, as well as litigation before the EU courts.

Work highlights

• Tech client in its appeal at the EU General Court against an abuse of dominance decision of the EU Commission (ongoing)
• International Paper on the acquisition of its British rival DS Smith for USD 7.2 billion*
• Castlelake L.P. in the acquisition of a 32% non-controlling minority interest in SAS and its joint investment of USD 1,2 billion with the Danish State, Air France-KLM and Lind Invest*
• Korean Airlines in its acquisition of Asiana Airlines in case COMP M.10149*
• Bombardier in the sale of its transportation business to Alstom S.A. in case COMP M.9779*
• Bombardier as an interested third party in phase I and II merger control proceedings in the successful opposition to the Siemens/Alstom case*
• A confidential client in the successful opposition of the Air Canada / Transat case COMP M.9489 (withdrawn)*
• PTTGC in its EUR 4 billion acquisition of Allnex Holding in case COMP M.9779*
• Omnova in its $824 million acquisition by Synthomer plc, a specialty chemical company, in case COMP M.950*
• Various clients in the design and implementation of worldwide antitrust and GDPR compliance programs, as well as anti-corruption investigations into potential FCPA violations*
• Confidential client active in the IT sector in an alleged abuse of dominance case in EU Commission investigation.*

*Prior to joining Linklaters

Lucia joined Linklaters in 2024. Prior to joining Linklaters, Lucia worked for seven years at a leading American law firm in Brussels.

Lucia holds an LL.M. in EU Law from the College of Europe, Bruges, where she graduated top class. She obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Timisoara, Romania, where she graduated valedictorian.

She also studied for one year at the University of Montpellier, France.

Lucia qualified in Romania and is registered with the E-list of the Brussels Bar.

Lucia works in English, German, and French.

1) Stoican, Hladjk, "The German Facebook case – Towards an increasing symbiosis between competition and data protection laws", Competition Policy International, Antitrust Chronicle, Feb. 2019

2) Todino, Van de Walle, Stoican, "EU merger control and harm to innovation – A long walk to freedom", Antitrust Bulletin Dec. 2018

3) Amory, de Navacelle, “Beyond Alstom-Siemens: Is there a need to revise competition law goals? EU policy after Siemens/Alstom", Concurrences, Nov. 2019

4) Stoican, Werner, "The NOx Case - Still Trying to Fit in a System," European State Aid Law Quarterly, 17 (2018)