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Christian Filippitsch

Christian Filippitsch

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Christian advises clients from strategic planning to closing on mergers, joint ventures, restructurings and public takeovers and on competition compliance issues in Europe (cooperation agreements, licensing, sales/marketing) and defends clients in cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, state aid cases and in regulatory matters.

He advises on all aspects of EU and international competition and merger control law, EU state aid and public procurement as well as regulatory law. He also focuses on Third Energy Package implementation and other legislation related to the Internal Energy Market, including public procurement rules.

Christian has represented international and national clients before the European Commission and the German and Austrian competition authorities in the energy, transport, automotive, consumer goods and electronics, petrochemicals and other sectors.

Christian is a partner of our Antitrust and Competition practice in our Brussels office with more than 20 years of experience.

Christian is admitted as a lawyer in Austria and registered with the Bar Associations in Frankfurt and Brussels. A native German speaker, he is fluent in English.

Christian regularly authors publications on competition law and is a regular speaker at conferences on a wide range of competition law and regulatory topics.

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Competition: EU - Belgium

Band 6
Band 6

Individual Editorial

Christian Filippitsch has notable experience acting on the defendant side of EC abuse of dominance investigations, as well as representing clients in appeals against authority decisions. He also regularly advises on multi-jurisdictional merger filings that include EC notifications. He is admitted to practice in Germany and additionally assists with national merger control and FDI filings before the German authorities.

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad - Germany

Expertise Based Abroad
Germany, expertise based abroad in Belgium

Individual Editorial

Christian Filippitsch has notable experience in acting on the defendant side of EC abuse of dominance investigations. He also regularly advises on multi-jurisdictional merger filings that include EC notifications. He is admitted to practice in Germany and additionally assists with national merger control and FDI filings before the German authorities.

Competition: EU - Belgium

Foreign Expert
Foreign expert in Germany

Individual Editorial

Christian Filippitsch has notable experience acting on the defendant side of EC abuse of dominance investigations, as well as representing clients in appeals against authority decisions. He also regularly advises on multi-jurisdictional merger filings that include EC notifications. He is admitted to practice in Germany and additionally assists with national merger control and FDI filings before the German authorities.

Strengths

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  • We fully trust in his expertise.

    Competition: EUChambers Global Guide
  • Christian Filippitsch has an impressive knowledge of competition law, is very service-oriented and always finds the most effective solution.

    Competition: EUChambers Global Guide
  • He has an impressive knowledge of competition law. He is very service-oriented and always finds the most effective solution.

    Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based AbroadChambers Global Guide

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