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George Sakkopoulos
Associate
Antitrust and Competition
Washington, D.C.
gsakkopoulos@wsgr.com

D202-973-8958

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George Sakkopoulos is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on antitrust law.

George clerked for the Honorable Silvia L. Carreño-Coll of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and externed at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Experience

George Sakkopoulos is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on antitrust law.

George clerked for the Honorable Silvia L. Carreño-Coll of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and externed at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Education
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2024

    Bradley Scholar, Georgetown Center for the Constitution; Executive Editor, Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy

  • LL.M., International Business and Commercial Law, University of Manchester, 2021

    With Distinction; Editor, Manchester Review of Law, Crime & Ethics

  • LL.B., University of Manchester, 2020

    First Class Honors; Editor, Manchester Review of Law, Crime & Ethics

Admissions
  • Bar of the District of Columbia
Credentials
Education
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2024

    Bradley Scholar, Georgetown Center for the Constitution; Executive Editor, Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy

  • LL.M., International Business and Commercial Law, University of Manchester, 2021

    With Distinction; Editor, Manchester Review of Law, Crime & Ethics

  • LL.B., University of Manchester, 2020

    First Class Honors; Editor, Manchester Review of Law, Crime & Ethics

Admissions
  • Bar of the District of Columbia

Select Publications

  • Author, “The Robinson-Patman Act: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Law Which Must Be Enforced (and Should Be Repealed),” 71 Wayne Law Review (forthcoming)
  • Author, “A Rendezvous with Destiny: The President's FTC Removals and the Rule of Law,” 74 Cleveland State Law Review 217, 2025
  • Author, “The Unqualified Right to Unilaterally Refuse to License,” 70 Wayne Law Review 621, 2025
  • Author, “The Right to Refuse to Deal, the Essential Facilities Doctrine, and the Digital Economy,” 55 St. Mary's Law Journal 1035, 2024
  • Author, “The Program for Making America and Europe Beautiful: Hipster Antitrust and U.S. and E.U. Antitrust Law and Policy,” 10 Manchester Review of Law, Crime & Ethics 191, 2021
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Select Publications

  • Author, “The Robinson-Patman Act: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Law Which Must Be Enforced (and Should Be Repealed),” 71 Wayne Law Review (forthcoming)
  • Author, “A Rendezvous with Destiny: The President's FTC Removals and the Rule of Law,” 74 Cleveland State Law Review 217, 2025
  • Author, “The Unqualified Right to Unilaterally Refuse to License,” 70 Wayne Law Review 621, 2025
  • Author, “The Right to Refuse to Deal, the Essential Facilities Doctrine, and the Digital Economy,” 55 St. Mary's Law Journal 1035, 2024
  • Author, “The Program for Making America and Europe Beautiful: Hipster Antitrust and U.S. and E.U. Antitrust Law and Policy,” 10 Manchester Review of Law, Crime & Ethics 191, 2021
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