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Stavroula Vryna

Stavroula Vryna

Partner

Partner
Stavroula Vryna

Stavroula Vryna specialises in competition law, working across London and Brussels. She has extensive experience advising businesses on international merger control, foreign direct investment, complex antitrust investigations and competition law compliance across a wide range of sectors including technology, financial services, infrastructure, transport & logistics, healthcare and others.

Stavroula regularly advises clients on the implications of Tech regulation, such as the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU Data Act, and the UK Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC).

Stavroula is a member of the firm's Tech Group.

Tech Group

The world is being disrupted by tech. Technology today is all-pervasive, impacting every area of business in every industry sector, globally.

  • Cisco Systems on its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk 
  • Delivery Hero in the successful settlement of the European Commission's cartel investigation into online food delivery 
  • AWS on all aspects of the CMA's high-profile market investigation into the supply of cloud services in the UK
  • BlackRock on its recent strategic acquisitions of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), HPS Investment Partners and data provider, Preqin
  • Mastercard on its $2.65 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company, Recorded Future
  • WT Microelectronics Co., Ltd. On its US$3.8 billion acquisition of Future Electronics, Inc 
  • Spotify as the formal complainant in the European Commission’s investigation against Apple for anti-competitive conduct on the App Store
  • Mastercard on ‎its $3.2 billion acquisition of the Nets corporate services business
  • Spotify in relation to the CMA's market study into music streaming

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Contact details

Career & qualifications

  • University of Athens (Law) 2011
  • University of Athens (LLM, Public Law) 2013
  • Admitted as a lawyer to the Athens Bar 2014
  • University College London (LLM, Competition Law) 2014
  • Joined Clifford Chance 2015
  • Partner since 2023

Professional bodies

  • Athens Bar Association

Awards and citations

  • Up and Coming
    Chambers & Partners UK Guide 2026: Competition Law
    Next Generation Partner

    Legal 500 UK 2026: EU and Competition
    Global Competition Review's 40 Under 40 2024
    Profiling the next generation of leading antitrust practitioners
    Future Leader

    Lexology Index 
    “She has the most excellent manner. She's really good at getting in the weeds, gets through complicated detail quickly and provides excellent advice.”
    Chambers & Partners UK Guide 2026: Competition Law
    “Stavroula Vryna - unparalleled expertise in tech.”
    Legal 500 UK 2025: EU and Competition
    Global Competition Review's 40 Under 40 2024
    Profiling the next generation of leading antitrust practitioners
    Next Generation Partner

    Legal 500 UK 2024: EU and Competition
    "Stavroula Vryna -  unparalleled expertise in tech."
    Legal 500 UK 2024: EU and Competition