Christian Mayer
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Competition/European Law
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+43 (0)1 383 60 514Share profile
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About
Provided by 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.
Chambers Review
Europe
Christian Mayer often assists clients from the energy and media sectors with merger control filings, sector inquiries and the competition compliance aspects of distribution agreements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He understands the scale of the problem and gives to-the-point advice."
"He is pragmatic, smart and collegial."
"He speaks a language that is understood in the company. He gets to the heart of the matter and is focused on the essentials."
"He understands the scale of the problem and gives to-the-point advice."
"He is pragmatic, smart and collegial."
"He speaks a language that is understood in the company. He gets to the heart of the matter and is focused on the essentials."
