Bio

Strati Sakellariou-Witt is a partner in the White & Case global antitrust practice. Her practice focuses on international competition and antitrust law across a number of sectors such as energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, tech and transport. She has extensive experience in advising clients on antitrust and merger control aspects of complex cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures. She has represented clients in numerous high profile matters requiring merger control approvals both in Europe and worldwide, including, among others, Saudi Aramco's $69 billion acquisition of SABIC, DIC's acquisition of BASF's colour effects business, Zimmer’s acquisition of medical device manufacturer Biomet, Aegean Airlines’ acquisition of Olympic. She regularly represents clients in antitrust proceedings before the European Commission and antitrust authorities worldwide as well as the EU Courts. Her litigation experience includes landmark cases such as Toshiba v Commission (gas insulated switchgear); Chalkor v Commission (copper plumbing tubes); Toshiba v Commission (power transformers); and Toshiba v Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (ne bis in idem/parallel cartel investigations). Strati was named "Competition and Antitrust Lawyer of the Year" in Europe in 2021 and 2019 by Euromoney. She is listed as a "Rising Star" in Europe by Law.com in 2021, and was named "Rising Star" for Competition/Antitrust by Law 360 in 2020.