Kaarli H. Eichhorn

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Kaarli Eichhorn has acted on a significant number of high-profile and politically sensitive antitrust matters globally for almost 25 years. Kaarli is recognized in numerous legal directories, including Chambers and Legal 500 as a "Leading Individual" Competition: EU and Global.

He has substantial experience in competition law, FSR (Foreign Subsidies Regulation) and investment screening, EU regulation, and government affairs. His experience includes energy, oil & gas, transportation, telecommunications, consumer products, aerospace, life sciences, financial services, and media.

Prior to Jones Day, Kaarli was global executive counsel of competition law & policy at General Electric (GE). During his 10-year tenure at GE he advised on hundreds of international transactions and led the merger review clearance processes globally for GE's acquisitions of Alstom ($10.6 billion), Avio ($4.3 billion), Lufkin ($3.3 billion), and Dresser ($3 billion) and divestments of NBCU ($30 billion) and upward of $200 billion of GE Capital assets. He handled a significant amount of GE's counseling, training, guidance, internal investigations, and audits within the company's business divisions internationally. Chambers says: "based on his many years of in-house experience, he delivers concise, practical suggestions that can be implemented immediately."

Kaarli was vice chair of AmChamEU 2020-2023. He has held several other AmCham EU leadership roles and is currently AmChamEU vice chair for competition and the Ukraine Task Force.

He is a prior EJF (European Justice Forum) board member, former vice chair of the In-House Competition Counsel Association, and member of the BusinessEurope Competition Committee. He is a non-governmental advisor at the International Competition Network. He leads Jones Day's Nordic practice.