Dimitris Vallindas

Dimitris Vallindas is counsel in the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in the firm's Brussels office.

Areas of Practice

Dimitris advises on all areas of European and Greek competition law. He is a responsive lawyer focusing on the clients’ needs to provide cost-effective and tailor-made solutions that work.

In particular, he has significant experience in handling and coordinating complex multi-jurisdictional cartel and merger cases. Having frequently worked with top quality local counsel, he knows how to navigate through the complex issues that arise in such situations. Dimitris also has in-depth expertise in all types of State aid matters, including R&D, environmental, rescue and restructuring, risk-capital and privatisation cases. He has been frequently involved in litigation both at national and EU level. Dimitris’ expertise covers several industry specific sectors, including the sectors of aviation, telecommunications, rail transport and energy.

Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Dimitris was an academic assistant in EU law at the University of Aix en Provence in France. He then moved to Brussels, where he spent some time in a State aid unit of DG Competition (European Commission). After DG Competition, he switched to private practice and worked for three international law firms specializing in competition law before joining Sheppard Mullin.

Honors

•Legal 500 Belgium, EU and Global Competition Law, 2020

Insights

Articles

•Recent EU State Aid Judgements Offer Mixed Results
Tax Notes International, 10.07.2019

Case Law Editor, CoRe (European Competition and Regulatory Law Review), 2017

“State aid in power purchase agreements concluded pre-accession: the requirement for the Commission to carry out a global assessment in the context of the private investor test”, to be published.

“Stanleybet v Commission: The Inadmissibility of Actions for Annulment Against Rejection of Complaints Based on Article 106(1) TFEU, Read in Conjunction with Article 102 TFEU”, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, vol. 6, no 3, March 2015

P. Anestis and D. Vallindas, “The Greek lignite case - The General Court overturns two key European Commission decisions”, Competition Law Insight, 13 November 2012, p. 11.

B. Kurcz and D. Vallindas, “Can general measures be ... selective? Some thoughts on the interpretation of a State aid definition”, Common Market Law Review, volume 45 (2008), issue 1, pp. 159-182.

“The French Judiciary Supreme Court accepted, in principle, that violation of EC State aid provisions may constitute unfair competition, paving the way to State aid damages proceedings”, commentary of Cour de cassation, chambre commerciale, 15 Juin 1999, Etablissements J. Richard Ducros v. Societe Construzioni Metalliche Finsider Sud, e-Competitions, State Aids-I, N 13359, 2007, available at www.concurrences.com

“The Paris Commercial Tribunal ruled that a recipient of State aid could not be held liable for not having verified whether the aid had been notified”, commentary of Tribunal de commerce de Paris, 7eme chambre, 07 Decembre 1999, Union francaise de l'express international v. La Poste, e-Competitions, State Aids-I, N 13359, 2007, available at www.concurrences.com

Antitrust Law Blog Posts

• COVID-19 is Not a “Get Out of Jail Free Card” from EU Competition Law, March 24, 2020
• COVID-19 Outbreak and Adjusted EU State Aid Control, March 23, 2020
• International Arbitration, Investment Protection and EU State Aid Rules: the General Court of the EU Annuls the European Commission’s State Aid Decision in the Micula Case, June 24, 2019

Global Trade Law Blog Posts

• 2018 EU Trade, Regulatory and Competition Trends, February 8, 2018

Media Mentions

•Romania Can Pay $250M Arbitral Award, EU Court Says
Law360, 06.18.2019
•State Aid Know-How 2018
Global Competition Review, 09.13.2018
•2018 EU Competition & Regulatory Trends
Sheppard Mullin EU Competition Alert, 01.24.2018

Events

•EU Merger Control Conference
05.23.2019

• Breakfast with Europe Webinar Series
12.21.2017

• Breakfast with Europe Webinar Series
11.16.2017

• Breakfast with Europe Webinar Series
09.21.2017

• Breakfast with Europe Webinar Series
07.20.2017

• Breakfast with Europe Webinar Series
11.03.2016

• Breakfast with Europe Webinar Series
10.06.2016