Dr Christian Bahr > Fieldfisher > Dusseldorf, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Fieldfisher
GRÜNSTR. 15
40212 DÜSSELDORF
Germany

Work Department

Regulatory and Trade

Position

Dr Christian Bahr is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office. Following his admission to the bar in 1997 he worked as competition lawyer in Brussels, Dusseldorf and Hamburg.

He advises his clients on all aspects of EU and German competition law, including cartel investigations of the German Bundeskartellamt and the European Commission, leniency applications, abuse of dominance cases, private cartel damage claims, vertical and horizontal co-operations (including distribution, licensing and R&D agreements), as well as on German, EC and multijurisdictional merger control. Further to this he advises on the design and implementation of compliance programmes and represents clients before German and European courts.

He is recognized by JUVE, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Who’s who Legal Germany, GCR International Who is Who of Competition Lawyers as well as “Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt”.

Languages

He advises his clients in German and English.

Memberships

He is a member of the German Association of Competition Law and of the Steering Committee of the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Law.

Personal

He is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences and has published numerous articles on German and European competition law. He is a co-author of a leading German commentary on German and European competition law (Langen/Bunte).

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Antitrust

Fieldfisher‘s team is experienced in antitrust proceedings before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission, internal investigations and civil damages compensation claims. The practice also assists with vertical as well as horizontal agreements and advises on compliance and merger control proceedings, which are a focus of Michael Adam and Christian Bahr. The latter jointly heads the team with Sascha Dethof, who is well versed in digitisation issues.