LAWYER PROFILE
Falk Schöning

Falk Schöning

Global 2026

Chambers ranking badge
Chambers ranking badge

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Competition: EU

Belgium

5 years ranked

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad

Germany

2 years ranked

About

Provided by Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Global

Practice Areas

Falk Schöning advises clients on all aspects of EU and German antitrust law, foreign investment control, FSR and export control. He focuses his practice on international cases which require coordination between different legal systems or representation vis-à-vis several regulators.

Falk regularly advises clients on structuring transactions, joint ventures or divestitures, and represents them in merger control, foreign investment control and FSR proceedings to ensure M&A transactions are successfully closed. He has extensive experience handling complex global mergers in front of the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office, and coordinating filings in jurisdictions globally. Falk has devised the strategy in multiple successful high-profile deals and procurements in the TMT, aerospace and defense, and chemicals sectors. He is praised by clients as solution-oriented, pragmatic and reliable.

Falk has substantial experience in the field of chemical and heavy industry sectors, where he deals with questions relating to supply chains, tolling agreements or joint R&D. Thanks to his first-hand experience of policymaking in Brussels and Berlin, Falk can also assist clients effectively in policy advocacy projects both in Germany and at EU level.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Global Guide

Competition: EU - Belgium

Band 6
Band 6

Individual Editorial

Falk Schöning has extensive experience handling complex global merger and FDI filings before the European Commission and, due to his dual-qualification, also before the German Federal Cartel Office. He is also adept at assisting with investigations into allegations of anti-competitive agreements.

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad - Germany

Expertise Based Abroad
Germany, expertise based abroad in Belgium

Individual Editorial

Falk Schöning has extensive experience in handling complex global merger and FDI filings before the European Commission and, due to his dual-qualification, before the German Federal Cartel Office. He is also adept at assisting with investigations into allegations of anti-competitive agreements.

Competition: EU - Belgium

Foreign Expert
Foreign expert in Germany

Individual Editorial

Falk Schöning has extensive experience handling complex global merger and FDI filings before the European Commission and, due to his dual-qualification, also before the German Federal Cartel Office. He is also adept at assisting with investigations into allegations of anti-competitive agreements.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • He is very thorough, easy to work with, smart, and understands our needs and knows what is needed to get the job done.

    Competition: EUChambers Global Guide
  • Falk Schöning stands out for his strategic and exceptional insight into competition law, particularly in matters involving cross-border regulatory complexities.

    Competition: EUChambers Global Guide
  • He is very pragmatic and easy to work with.

    Competition: EUChambers Global Guide
  • He is very thorough, easy to work with and smart. He understands our needs and knows what is needed to get the job done.

    Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based AbroadChambers Global Guide
  • Falk Schöning stands out for his strategic and exceptional insight into competition law, particularly in matters involving cross-border regulatory complexities.

    Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based AbroadChambers Global Guide
  • He is very pragmatic and easy to work with.

    Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based AbroadChambers Global Guide

Ranked Individuals at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader (306)

Africa-wide

Asia-Pacific Region

Belgium

Brazil

China

What success is built on

Chambers is the leading data and intelligence partner for the legal sector.

Explore thought leadership