
Frank Montag
About
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Practice Areas
Frank is a partner based in the Freshfields Brussels office. He draws on over 30 years’ experience to defend his clients’ interests in EU and multijurisdictional competition procedures and investigations. A competition lawyer with authority, he benefits from a global reputation and extensive knowledge of the world’s competition law regimes. Frank’s practice has brought him before the European Commission, Germany’s Bundeskartellamt and other key global authorities, including the US DOJ and FTC and China’s Mofcom, in some of the most complex merger transactions and investigations into anti-competitive practices. He is also an experienced litigator before the European courts in Luxemburg.
Career
Partner (1990), office managing partner (1990-2000), Co-head Global Competition Practice (2000-2006), Chairman Finance & Risk Committee (2009-2015), member Partnership Council (2016-); ICN Non-Governmental Advisor (2002-); advisory board Max Planck Institute for Competition and Innovation (2006-).
Professional Memberships
Admitted to Brussels and Düsseldorf Bars;
Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (chair 2006 - 2018);
IBA;
ABA International Cartel Task Force;
Member of the board of editors of Zeitschrift für Wettbewerbsrecht (Journal of Competition Law)
Publications
'Münchner Kommentar zum Wettbewerbsrecht' (2nd.ed. 2015); board of editors Journal for Competition Law (ZWeR); numerous publications and speeches.
Personal
Universities of Bonn (Dr iur, 1984) and Georgia, US (LL.M., 1982).
Chambers Review
Europe
Frank Montag has a well-established reputation as a top Brussels-based competition lawyer. He is best known for his merger control work, having handled notable highlight mandates on behalf of manufacturers of cargo-handling machinery and suppliers of life sciences products. He is also German law-qualified and a sought-after adviser to well-known German companies seeking merger clearance from the FCO and EC. He offers additional experience in abuse of dominance investigations and appeals against cartel decisions.
Top-ranked practitioner Frank Montag has a well-established reputation as a leading Brussels-based competition lawyer. He is a sought-after adviser to well-known German companies seeking merger clearance from the FCO and EC. He offers additional experience in abuse of dominance investigations and appeals against cartel decisions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is one of the greatest cartel lawyers."
"Frank Montag is very pragmatic, business-oriented and really just an authority on pan-European projects."
"His superb quality and subject matter expertise stand out."
"He is one of the greatest cartel lawyers."
"Frank Montag is super pragmatic, business-oriented and really just an authority on pan-European projects."
"His superb quality and subject matter expertise stand out."
"He is one of the greatest cartel lawyers."
"Frank Montag is very pragmatic, business-oriented and really just an authority on pan-European projects."
"His superb quality and subject matter expertise stand out."
"He is one of the greatest cartel lawyers."
"Frank Montag is super pragmatic, business-oriented and really just an authority on pan-European projects."
"His superb quality and subject matter expertise stand out."
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