Overview
Christoph is a partner in Linklaters’ Global Antitrust & Foreign Investment Practice, based in Düsseldorf. He has a particular expertise in complex and global merger control proceedings and also advises clients on foreign investment control proceedings in Germany and other jurisdictions globally.
Further, Christoph comprehensively advises clients in abuse of dominance and cartel proceedings before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office as well as in internal investigations in the context of potential competition law infringements. He is a member of Linklaters’ German “crisis management” group. Finally, he represents clients in competition litigation matters.
Christoph leads the Innovation and Efficiency Initiative within the Global Competition Practice of Linklaters. This initiative is working to constantly improve the services we can offer, whether by creating new innovative solutions or by driving efficiency in everything we do.
Work highlights
Christoph has advised and represented clients in many major competition and foreign investment matters. His recent experience includes:
- Carrier: advising on several transactions, including the €12bn acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions
- Covestro: advising on the contemplated €15bn takeover by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.
- Daimler Truck: advising on the separation of Mercedes Benz and the €24bn IPO and other transactions
- Deutsche Börse: advising on the planned €21bn merger with the London Stock Exchange.
- E.ON: advising on several transactions and representation in court proceedings, including the €43bn asset swap with RWE, involving remedies by the European Commission.
- Several clients: representation in antitrust proceedings before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, including in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors as well as insurance, consumer goods, chemicals, and financial products sectors, and internal investigations concerning possible violations of antitrust law and on compliance.
Quotation & Rankings
He is listed by Juve and Chambers as a frequently recommended advisor in the areas of antitrust law and investment control and is described as "technically excellent with a pragmatic approach" (Juve 2024/25) and "very experienced and well-connected" (Juve 2023/24), Handelsblatt and Wirtschaftswoche also regularly list him as one of the leading antitrust lawyers in Germany, as does Who’s Who legal. Further, he is recognised as one out of ten "distinguished advisers” in Financier Worldwide Power Players for Foreign Investment & National Security (2026).
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