Gabriela da Costa is a partner in the London office of K&L Gates’ antitrust, competition, and trade regulation practice group. She advises consumer brands in luxury, fashion, electronics, homewares, beauty, and other sectors on complex competition law questions relating to their go-to-market strategies in the EU and UK, including optimized system design and execution, wholesale pricing, online marketplace policies, direct-to-consumer structuring, customer-competitor dealings, and system enforcement (including litigation). Gabi has defended the distribution models and practices of major brand owners in challenges by both European competition authorities and third parties, leading to the closure of several investigations and lawsuits without fines or damages.

Gabi is ranked as a Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal and a Next Generation Partner in the Legal 500.