KURZPROFIL
Dr. Alex Petrasincu is Partner and Head of Competition & Litigation at Hausfeld in Germany. He advises on all aspects of European and German competition law with a special focus on antitrust litigation.
Alex is specialized in representing parties in cartel damages actions before the German courts, and has advised on damages actions in various jurisdictions. Alex has represented parties in and advised on actions before numerous German District Courts, Courts of Appeals, the German Constitutional Court, as well as the European Court of Justice. In addition, Alex has particular experience in conducting internal investigations and representing clients in cartel investigations by the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office. His activities for companies affected by the truck cartel as well as for trading companies in the proceedings against German banking associations regarding the merchant fees for the electronic cash system have attracted special attention.
The business magazine Wirtschaftswoche and Handelsblatt have named him one of the leading German antitrust lawyers. In 2019 he was also awarded the Client Choice Award in the field of antitrust law in Germany by Lexology. For years, Alex Petrasincu has been listed as one of the leading German antitrust lawyers by the magazines Juve, Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal.
Having studied in Düsseldorf, Paris X-Nanterre, Münster, and at Columbia Law School, Alex holds a Ph.D. and an LL.M. in competition law. He frequently gives lectures and writes articles on German and EU competition law. Alex is admitted to the bars in Germany and New York.
AUSBILDUNG
Bar Exam, New York
LL.M., Columbia University (Harlan-Fiske-Stone-Scholar)
Dr. iur., Westfälische Wilhelms University, Munster
Bar Exam / 2. State Exam, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Distinction
LL.B. / 1. State Exam, Dusseldorf
- Distinction
ANWALTSZULASSUNG
Rechtsanwalt, Germany
Attorney-at-law, New York
AKTUELLES
VERANSTALTUNGEN
Speaker/Panelist, “New law, new lessons: Germany updates for the digital and damages age”, GCR Live, Düsseldorf, Germany, 16 November 2017
Speaker, “Implementation of the EU Damages Directive into Member State law” – Würzburg University, May 5, 2017
Speaker, “Offenlegungsregeln nach der 9. GWB-Novelle “ (Disclosure following the 9th Amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition), Arbeitstagung der Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (Working meeting of the German Association for Antitrust Law), Bonn, Germany, December 2016
Speaker, "Private Antitrust Enforcement in Europe - the Practioner's Perspective“, Düsseldorf Summer School on European Business Law, 5 August 2015
Speaker, "Verjährung von Kartellschadensersatzansprüchen“, Regionalveranstaltung Rheinland der Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, (Talk at meeting of the regional group Rheinland of the German Association for Antitrust Law on statute of limitations of cartel damage claims), Bonn, Germany, 11 May 2014
Speaker, "Follow-on Actions in Europe: The New Directive“, Kroll Ontrack Event, Brussels, Belgium, 25 September 2013
VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN
PERSPEKTIVEN
AUSZEICHNUNGEN
WAS ANDERE SAGEN
JUVE, 2023„vereinigt Know-how in Kartellrecht, Litigation u. Prozessoptimierung bei Massenverfahren“ (Kartellrecht) und „klare u. fundierte Beratung“ (Prozessführung)
Legal500 Deutschland, 2022"Exzellenter und innovativer Kartellrechtler"
Who is Who Legal, 2022"He is a superb litigation lawyer"
Who is Who Legal, 2022"Alex Petrasincu is very active and visible in the market"
Who is Who Legal, 2022"Alex is excellent to work with and is always one step ahead"
Who's Who Legal, 2021'He is excellent for private enforcement matters', 'Alex is one of the best claims litigators in Germany', 'He is a simply fantastic lawyer', 'Alex is clearly one of the leading practitioners at the German competition plaintiffs bar'.
Juve, 2020Klar und fundiert, persönlich angenehm (Kartellrecht). Klug und angenehm (Prozessführung).
Who's Who Legal, 2020'Intellectually sharp, very experienced and a rising star of the German profession', 'Strong pedigree of impressive cases; personal experience of extraordinary devotion to client'
Juve, 2019Effizient, stringent, fokussiert" (Mandant) – Taktisch klug (Wettbewerber)
Client Choice, 2019Alex Petrasincu is a very experienced lawyer; he gives realistic advice and his quality of work is outstanding.
Who's Who Legal, 2019'one of the leading experts in private damage claims' and is considered a 'very thorough, highly perceptive and service-minded' lawyer.
Juve, 2018Klare und fundierte Beratung (Kartellrecht)
