Petra Nemeckova

Member of the Legal Service, European Commission, Brussels

Petra Nemeckova is a Czech and Spanish lawyer, currently working as a Member of the Legal Service of the European Commission. Among other tasks, she represents the Commission in a

number of Court cases, in particular in the field of State aid. Before, she practiced competition and European law in the Brussels offices of two renowned international law firms, Arnold &

Porter and Latham & Watkins. She graduated in Law from the Charles University (Prague, Czech Rep.) and in Law and Economics from the Seville University (Spain), holds a Master

Degree (LL.M.) in European Legal Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium) and a Post-graduate Diploma in Economics of Competition Law from the King’s College (London,

UK). In 2012, she also received her Doctorate (Ph.D.) in European & International Public Law from the Charles University in Prague. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars

related to State aid law and contributor to legal journals and publications on a regular basis.