A determined and creative advocate, Niki is highly regarded for his sharp strategic mind and his exceptional ability to protect and advance his clients' interests in challenging competition cases.

Named Benchmark Canada’s Competition Litigator of the Year for 2024, and highly ranked in Chambers Global and other leading directories, Nikiforos (Niki) Iatrou is a partner in the firm’s Competition/Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group in Toronto, and a key member of the firm’s Competition and Litigation groups. With an emphasis on navigating complex competition law issues, Niki provides strategic counsel to clients facing Competition Bureau enforcement and high-stakes private litigation, helping to shape the landscape of competition law in Canada.

Formerly counsel to Canada’s Commissioner of Competition, Niki has an extensive background in specialized industries, working with leading clients such as Facebook, PayPal, eBay, Airbnb, Lululemon and Rakuten Kobo. He represents clients before the Competition Tribunal, the Federal Courts, and Superior Courts across Canada. His notable cases include defending Facebook in the Commissioner of Competition’s privacy investigation related to Cambridge Analytica and securing a critical injunction for Rakuten Kobo in Canada’s eBooks case. He has defeated class certification on behalf of trivago in relation to alleged deceptive marketing, and on behalf of Smucker in relation to an alleged cartel involving packaged tuna. Niki's innovative litigation strategies have set precedents, such as obtaining leave to bring a private action before the Competition Tribunal against music publishing companies and he led Canada’s leading case involving prevention of competition allegations in merger challenges.

Niki's intellectual leadership is evident through Litigating Competition Law in Canada, a first-of-its-kind textbook that Niki is the Editor of and that is now in its second edition. He is also a co-author, with former Supreme Court of Canada Judge Thomas Cromwell and Bryan Finlay KC, of Witness Preparation: A Practical Guide, now in its fourth edition. He frequently speaks at national and international conferences, and has held leadership roles in the Canadian and American Bar Associations' competition law sections. His experience at the Competition Bureau, where he led significant merger challenges and greenwashing cases, provides clients with unique insights, and an insider’s perspective of how the Bureau operates.

Niki obtained his LLB from the University of Ottawa and was called to the Ontario bar in 2006. He clerked for the Court of Appeal for Ontario and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. He is also an honorary member of Middle Temple, and a trustee of the Harold G. Fox Education Fund, providing advocacy training and opportunities for litigators and barristers from the UK and Canada.