Kasia Berestecka

Lawyer – Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright

Kasia is an EU competition and State aid lawyer based in Brussels and one of the leading members of the NRF State aid and Foreign Subsidies Regulation practice.

She has 15 years of experience in EU law, gained in both private practice and in the EU institutions. Kasia advises clients on a broad range of EU law issues with a particular focus on EU competition, State aid and foreign subsidy control matters, as well as EU regulatory law.

Her experience includes the representation of clients before the EU courts and proceedings before the European Commission in State aid investigations, cartel and abuse of dominance proceedings, as well as providing advice on different legal aspects of clients’ business activities in the EU.

Kasia also represents clients in merger clearance proceedings before the European Commission, as well as the Polish Competition Authority (UOKiK).

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Notification of concentrations under the FSR

Practice Notes

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation creates a new regime and provides the European Commission with powers to intervene to tackle foreign subsidies distorting competition in the EU internal market. This Practice Note provides an overview of the EU’s regime for M&A transactions. It sets out the key elements relating to the regime, including the mandatory notification and approval requirements for acquisitions of significant EU businesses, the European Commission’s ability to conduct its own investigations into potentially problematic foreign subsidies.

Competition

Public procurement filings under the FSR

Practice Notes

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation creates a new regime and provides the European Commission with powers to intervene to tackle foreign subsidies distorting competition in the EU internal market. This Practice Note provides an overview of the EU’s regime for public tender processes. It sets out the key elements relating to the regime, including the mandatory notification and approval requirements for public tender processes and he European Commission’s ability to conduct its own investigations into potentially problematic foreign subsidies.

Competition

Practice Area

Competition

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Contributing Author

Experience

Deloitte Legal (April 2022 - April 2024)
Single Resolution Board (August 2015 - March 2022)
White & Case LLP (March 2012 - July 2015)

Qualifications

Barreau de Bruxelles (E-List), Belgium (2025)
Adwokat (lawyer) admitted in Poland (2014)

Education

College of Europe (Bruges) LLM (2010–2011)
Université Paris Nord 13, UFR de Droit, sciences politiques et sociales (2009–2010)
Jagiellonian University (2005–2010)
Columbus School of Law of the Catholic University of America Jagiellonian University of Krakow (2008–2009)

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