Max Klasse

Practice Areas

German and European antitrust and competition, merger control and EU State aid law

Antitrust: internal investigations, cartel proceedings, compliance and behavioural matters

Merger control, including complicated cases with remedy packages

State aid: representation of companies and State authorities before the EU courts, recently counsel to the German Federal Government before the European Court of Justice

Sector experience: pharmaceuticals, healthcare, chemicals, media and telecoms, FMCG, transport and logistics

Career

BLOMSTEIN founding partner (2016)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cologne, London and Brussels (2005-2016)

Professional Memberships

Admitted to the Bar in Germany (Rechtsanwalt)

German Association of Antitrust Lawyers (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht)

Berlin Roundtable EU State aid law (Berliner Gesprächskreis zum Europäischen Beihilfenrecht)

American Bar Association (Antitrust Section)

Publications

Regular publications on aspects of German and European antitrust and EU State aid law

Co-author/author of various legal textbooks, e.g.

- Münchener Kommentar zum Wettbewerbsrecht, Säcker, Meier-Beck (eds.);

- Beck’sches Prozessformularbuch;

- State Aid and the Energy Sector, Hancher, de Hauteclocque, Salerno (eds.);

- European State Aid Law, Heidenhain (ed.);

- German Chapter in GCR Cases & Precedents: Vertical Restraints

- Chapter on Information Exchange in Germany, in: Marosi/Soares (eds.), Information Exchange and Related Risks

Personal

Humboldt University Berlin

PhD degree (Dr. iur., summa cum laude), University of Cologne