Christian Mayer

Practice Areas

Christian Mayer is one of the founding partners at SCHIMA MAYER STARLINGER Attorneys at Law (short sms.law). He advises and represents national and international companies on Austrian and international competition and antitrust law, including merger control. His practice also covers compliance and dispute resolution. Christian's industry knowledge and experience are particularly in-depth in the media, tourism, energy, aerospace, and automotive industries, as well as in the fields of health care and transportation.

Christian and his team are renowned for handling high-profile cases, including, but not limited to cartel investigations, immunity applications, on-site inspections, and complex merger filings - national, EU, or multi-jurisdictional, as well as in and out of court abuse of dominance and anti-trust cases. He frequently represents clients in competition law-related litigation, before competition authorities, national courts, and arbitral tribunals.

Professional Memberships

Vienna Bar Association, International Bar Association, Study Association Antitrust Law

Publications

Christian is the author of several guides and publications on topics within his fields of expertise.

Personal

He speaks German, English, and French.