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Christian Ritz, LL.M. (USYD)

Senior Associate
Munich

Christian Ritz, LL.M. (USYD)
Email
christian.ritz@hoganlovells.com
Phone
+49 89 290 12 0
Fax
+49 89 290 12 222
Languages
English, French, German
Practice Group
Regulatory

National and international clients entrust Christian Ritz with their complex German and European competition law issues. Christian can assist you with his extensive experience in cartel authority investigations as well as merger control procedures and compliance issues. You may also seek Christian's advice on state aid law as well as regulatory issues. With a background in policy-making and government relations, Christian can assist you to get your voice heard at national as well as at EU level.

Prior to joining our firm, Christian practiced antitrust and competition law at the Berlin office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He also gained valuable experience in the EU public policy arena while working for Alber & Geiger in Berlin and Brussels.

Christian undertook his legal education at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Université Paris-Sud, France. He obtained a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from the University of Sydney, Australia. He trained with international law firms in Berlin as well as with the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. 

Christian regularly publishes on antitrust, regulatory and other related matters.

Practices

Industries

Areas of focus

Representative experience

Advising German DAX 30 company in dawn raids and cartel investigation by the German FCO.

Advising client regarding EU cartel investigation in the envelop cartel.

Advising major international beverages producer regarding horizontal and vertical cooperations.

Advising client in the financial sector regarding German and EU merger control.

Acting for major German corporation in the transport sector in dawn raids by the EU Commission.

Representing major US pharmaceutical company in preliminary ruling proceedings before the CJEU.

Advising ECB and National Central Bank in proceedings before the General Court and the CJEU.

Advising major German OEM in the automotive sector regarding worldwide distribution agreements.

Advising German energy utility in abuse of dominance investigation by the German FCO.

Education and admissions

Education

  • Second State Exam in Law, Appellate Court of Berlin, 2012
  • LL.M., University of Sydney, 2010
  • First State Exam in Law, University of Bonn, 2009

Memberships

  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (German Association for Antitrust Law)

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