Miroslav Georgiev | People | Arnold & Porter

Miroslav Georgiev specializes in all aspects of EU and German competition law, as well as global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) reviews.

Miroslav joined the firm's Brussels competition team in 2025. Before that, he spent five years at leading international law firms in Brussels and Cologne (Germany), focusing on merger control, FDI screening proceedings, and EU litigation. He completed his legal clerkship (Referendariat) in Germany, with placements at the Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), a Magic Circle law firm in Düsseldorf (Germany), and an international law firm in Auckland (New Zealand). At Duke Law School, Miroslav was awarded the Justin Miller LL.M. Award for Leadership and Community Participation.

As a lawyer, Miroslav advised an international IT conglomerate on the acquisition of a direct competitor before the European Commission. He also represented an international waste management company in securing conditional clearance for the acquisition of a German mid-sized company in Phase II proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office. In FDI proceedings, he has advised multiple clients on transactions before national authorities across Europe, most notably successfully negotiating the conditional clearance of two separate acquisitions of German defense manufacturers.

Focus Areas

Experience

IBM on European and other international antitrust and foreign direct investment approvals in connection with its €2.1 billion acquisition of Software AG’s webMethods and StreamSets business.*
Johnson Control on European and other international antitrust approvals in connection with the €7.4 billion sale of its HVAC business to Bosch.*
Veolia Environnement S.A. on its referral from the European Commission to the German Bundeskartellamt and the subsequent conditional antitrust approval in connection with its acquisition of the mid-sized waste management company Hofmann Group.*
The Chemours Company on European and other international antitrust approvals in the creation of a joint venture with BWT FuMA-TECH.*
Natura & Co. on European and other international antitrust approvals in connection with its £207 million sale of The Body Shop to the international private equity group Aurelius.*

Decathlon on European antitrust approvals in connection with its acquisition of Bergfreunde, an online retailer specializing in mountain sports, climbing and outdoor equipment.*
Ardian, a major private equity fund, on German antitrust approval in connection with its minority acquisition into the German energy provider EWE AG.*
Cohort plc (a UK listed company) on German antitrust and foreign direct investment approvals in connection with the acquisition of Wärtsilä ELAC Nautik GmbH.*
First Sensor AG on German and other international antitrust and foreign direct investment approvals in connection with the takeover by the technology group TE Connectivity Ltd.*
Berliner Glass Group on German and other international antitrust approvals in connection with its sale to the Dutch technology group ASML.*

*Reflects experience at previous employer.

IBM on European and other international antitrust and foreign direct investment approvals in connection with its €2.1 billion acquisition of Software AG’s webMethods and StreamSets business.*
Cohort plc (a UK listed company) on German antitrust and foreign direct investment approvals in connection with the acquisition of Wärtsilä ELAC Nautik GmbH.*
First Sensor AG on German and other international antitrust and foreign direct investment approvals in connection with the takeover by TE Connectivity Ltd.*

*Reflects experience at previous employer.

A major multinational telecommunications company on questions concerning State aid in the 5G sector.*
A major Chinese energy company on questions concerning State aid and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.*
A third-party complainant against the subsidizing of a semiconductor factory in the European Union.*
A Member State in its State aid notification to the European Commission concerning aid to energy companies.*

*Reflects experience at previous employer.

A member of the air freight cartel in follow-on cartel damage proceedings in German courts.*
International Skating Union in its appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Union against the landmark decision of the European Commission under Article 101 TFEU (C124/21 P).*
The insolvency administrators of Grundig, Loewe and Metz in follow-on cartel damage proceedings before the Regional Court of Nurnberg and the Higher Regional Court of Nurnberg (1st and 2nd instance) and settlement negotiations.*
A German wholesale supplier of sports shoes in a supply dispute against a leading sportswear manufacturer before German courts under Article 102 TFEU and the German dominance rules in Sections 19, 20 of the German Competition Act (Regional Court of Cologne and Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf, decision of 14.04.2021, case U (Kart) 14/20).*
A major German electricity company in its defence against alleged anti-competitive behaviour arising out of electricity supply agreements.*

A major German technology company in the proceedings to recognize a U.S. court decision in Germany in violation of German ordre public due to competition law infringements.*
The Single Resolution Board (SRB) in dozen court proceedings at the level of the General Court of the European Union against multiple financial institutions in connection with the ex-ante contributions for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to the Single Resolution Fund (T-478/19 (NRW.Bank v. SRB), T413/20 (Norddeutsche Landesbank – Girozentrale v. SRB), T-431/20 (UniCredit Bank v. SRB), T428/20 (Norddeutsche Landesbank – Girozentrale v. SRB), T-402/21 (UniCredit Bank v. SRB), T403/21 (Norddeutsche Landesbank – Girozentrale v. SRB), T-412/21 (Norddeutsche Landesbank – Girozentrale v. SRB), T-405/22 (UniCredit Bank v. SRB), T-407/22 (Norddeutsche Landesbank – Girozentrale v. SRB), T430/22 (Nordea Bank v. SRB), T-431/22 (Nordea Kiinnitysluottopankki v. SRB), T-432/22 (Nordea Rahoitus Suomi v. SRB)).*

*Reflects experience at previous employer.

Perspectives

June 27, 2025

EU’s Court of Justice Issues Preliminary Ruling on Provision of EU Treaty Prohibiting Dominant Companies from Abusing Their MarketPower (pdf)

Volume 2, Number 5, The Global Trade Law Journal

April 11, 2025

The CJEU’s Preliminary Ruling on Art. 102 TFEU in Alphabet and Google v. AGCM

Advisory

Credentials

Education

LL.M., Business Law, Duke University School of Law, 2021
German Bar Exam (Assessorexamen), Higher Regional Court of Cologne, Germany, 2019
German Law School Exam / Masters of Laws, Competition Law, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University Bonn, 2016

Admissions

California
Brussels, Belgium (E-list)
German Attorney, authorized to represent before all German Courts (except for the Federal Court of Justice in civil matters) and before the courts of the European Union

Clerkships

District Court of Bonn, Germany February 1, 2017 - June 30, 2017

Activities

Member, Antitrust Lawyers Association for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht)
Member, Foreign Direct Investment Association for Germany (Forum Investitionsprüfung)

Languages

German
Bulgarian
English
Russian
Spanish