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Katrin Schallenberg

Katrin Schallenberg

France 2026

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About

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France

Practice Areas

Katrin Schallenberg's practice focuses on European and French competition law. She is regularly assisting clients in large antitrust investigations by the EU Commission and French competition authority, both for abuse of dominance and cartel infringements.

Katrin splits her time between Paris and Brussels and has been involved in high-profile investigations in the banking, industrial, energy and IT sectors. She also has extensive experience in handling complex merger control cases.

Career

University of Vienna Law School (Master in Law) 2001

Georgetown University Law Center (LLM) 2002

Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2003

Admitted as an avocat in Paris 2005

Joined Clifford Chance 2005

Ecole Nationale d'Administration (Cycle des Hautes Etudes Européennes)2015

Partner since 2017

Personal

Speaks French, English and German.

Chambers Review

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Chambers France

Competition/European Law - France

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Katrin Schallenberg moves up the rankings this year due to an increasingly active practice. She is noted for her expertise in antitrust matters, including assisting with market inquiries and FCA investigations, often on behalf of clients in the TMT sector. She is equally well placed to handle the merger control aspects of transactions.

Editorial individuel

Katrin Schallenberg progresse dans le classement grâce à une pratique de plus en plus active. Elle est reconnue pour son expertise de dossiers d'antitrust, y compris les enquêtes de marché. Elle est également bien placée pour s’occuper de contrôle des concentrations et d'investissements directs étrangers dans le cadre des transactions.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • I find Katrin Schallenberg very pragmatic. She is very good at looking at things from the client's perspective, she puts clients at ease, which we appreciate. She is incredible.

    Competition/European LawChambers France
  • Katrin Schallenberg is well connected and practical.

    Competition/European LawChambers France
  • Katrin Schallenberg is very personable, on top of having great expertise and technical and legal knowledge.

    Competition/European LawChambers France
  • I highly recommend Katrin Schallenberg, who is an excellent lawyer. She is pragmatic and efficient.

    Competition/European LawChambers France
  • Katrin Schallenberg a un bon réseau et est pragmatique.
    Competition/European LawChambers France
  • Je trouve Katrin Schallenberg très pragmatique. Elle sait très bien se mettre à la place du client et elle le met à l'aise, ce que nous apprécions beaucoup. Elle est incroyable.
    Competition/European LawChambers France

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