Alix Anciaux
Associate
aanciaux@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Antitrust & International Competition
- Antitrust Policy & Regulation
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- EU/UK Competition
- Health Care & Life Sciences
- Health Care Antitrust
- Intellectual Property
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Film, Television & Digital Media
- Semiconductors
- Telecom, Media & Technology
Biography
- Advises on all aspects of U.K. and EU competition law, focusing on merger control proceedings, abuse of dominance and cartel investigations.
Alix is an associate in the antitrust & competition practice of the London office.
She advises clients on all aspects of EU and U.K. competition law, including merger control, abuse of dominance, cartel investigations, intellectual property, and antitrust policy and regulation. Her experience spans a wide variety of industries, including technology, health care, transport and financial services.
Prior to joining Akin, Alix worked as an associate in the Brussels office of another leading international law firm.
Representative Work
- Broadcom on the global antitrust aspects of its $61 billion acquisition of VMware, including before the European Commission (EC) (approved in Phase 2 with commitments).
- Zoetis in the EC’s formal investigation into abuse of dominant position.
- NVIDIA on the Italian Competition authority’s “call-in” and referral to the EC of NVIDIA’s acquisition of Run:ai (unconditional approval in Phase 1).
- IBM on the global antitrust aspects of its €2.1 billion acquisition of Software AG’s webMethods and StreamSets business, including before the EC (unconditional approval in Phase 1).
- A complainant in the EC’s formal investigation into anticompetitive practices of Meta.
- Adevinta in €14 billion Buyout Led by Blackstone and Permira Holdings Limited before the EC.
- BNP Paribas Group on the merger control aspects of a combined €3 billion deal involving its AG Insurance stake sale and its investment in Ageas.
- Thales on the global merger control aspects of its offer for Gemalto.
- Google in connection with its gatekeeper obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
- Glaxosmithkline in the merger control aspects of transactions before the EC and other global competition authorities.
- Booking Holdings in the merger control aspects of transactions before the EC and other global competition authorities.
- A cloud gaming platform provider in an abuse of dominance investigation before the EC.
- NVIDIA, IBM, Broadcom and other technology firms on a range of competition law considerations.
- Vivendi in the acquisition of Lagardère before the EC (approved in Phase 2 with commitments).
EducationLL.M., University College, London, with distinction, 2020
LL.B., University of Maastricht, with first class honors, 2019
LL.B., The Australian National University, 2018
LL.M., University College, London, with distinction, 2020
LL.B., University of Maastricht, with first class honors, 2019
LL.B., The Australian National University, 2018
Bar AdmissionsBrussels
Law Society of Ireland
Solicitor, England and Wales
Brussels
Law Society of Ireland
Solicitor, England and Wales
Speeches and Publications
- Intel: General Court Confirms Previous Findings on the Merits but Reduces Fine, Cleary Antitrust Watch blog, December 2025.
- EU Merger Guidelines Consultation – Views on Efficiencies, Cleary Antitrust Watch blog, November 2025.
- EU Merger Control – Revolution or Reset?, EU Law Live, July 2025 (co-authored with N. Levy).
- GenAI and Copyright in the EU: Looking Ahead, Cleary AI and Technology Insights blog, July 2025.
- GenAI Output: Technical Solutions and Challenges, Cleary AI and Technology Insights blog, July 2025.
- GenAI Inputs: Understanding Training Data and Rights Reservations, Cleary AI and Technology Insights blog, June 2025.
- Beyond Training Sets: EUIPO Study Insights on GenAI and Copyright, Cleary AI and Technology Insights blog, June 2025.
- The European Commission Launches Wide-Ranging Review of EU Merger Guidelines, Cleary Antitrust Watch blog, May 2025.
- When the Rubber Hits the (Digital) Road: Developments Regarding the Digital Markets Act Since March 2024, Cleary Antitrust Watch blog, February 2025.
- Training Artificial Intelligence Models on Synthetic Data: No Silver Bullet for Intellectual Property Infringement Risk in the Context of Training AI Systems—Part 1, Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law, September – October 2024 (co-authored).
- Training AI models on Synthetic Data: No silver bullet for IP infringement risk in the context of training AI systems (Part 4 of 4), Cleary AI and Technology Watch blog, February 2024.
- Training AI models on Synthetic Data: No silver bullet for IP infringement risk in the context of training AI systems (Part 3 of 4), Cleary AI and Technology Watch blog, January 2024.
- Training AI models on Synthetic Data: No silver bullet for IP infringement risk in the context of training AI systems (Part 2 of 4), Cleary AI and Technology Watch blog, January 2024.
- Training AI models on Synthetic Data: No silver bullet for IP infringement risk in the context of training AI systems (Part 1 of 4), Cleary AI and Technology Watch blog, December 2023.
- Première évaluation de la réaction européenne en matière d’aides d’Etatsuite à la pandémie de Covid-19, Journal de Droit Européen, January 2022 (co-authored).
- Pull a robot out of the hat: Should works created by Artificial Intelligence be protected by copyright law? (UK Intellectual Property Office, 2021); discussed by former Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Floyd and U.K. IPO’s head of Copyright Operations Margaret Haig, during UCL Laws’ “AI and Copyright: What Next?,” July 9, 2021.
- Pull a robot out of the hat: Should works created by Artificial Intelligence be protected by copyright law?, SSRN, 2021.
