Ulrich Quack > WilmerHale > Berlin, Germany > Lawyer Profile

WilmerHale
FRIEDRICHSTRASSE 95
10117 BERLIN
Germany
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Work Department

Antitrust and Competition; Germany; Antitrust Litigation; International Arbitration; Energy, Environment and Natural Resources

Position

Partner

Career

Ulrich Quack chairs the German Antitrust and Competition Practice and co-chairs the German Energy Industry Group. Mr. Quack has practiced both EU and German antitrust, competition and merger control law for nearly 30 years and has advised and represented German and international clients in numerous proceedings before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, in appeal proceedings before the German and European courts, in private antitrust litigation, and in cartel investigations. His practice encompasses all aspects of EU and German antitrust, competition and merger control law and covers a wide range of industries.

One focus of Mr. Quack’s practice is the energy sector, specifically the natural gas industry. In the energy sector, Mr. Quack advises and represents producers, suppliers and infrastructure operators in particular on German and EU energy regulation and antitrust, competition and merger control law. His long-standing experience in the energy sector dates back to the beginning of the liberalization of the German energy markets in the early 1990s.

Professional Activities

Mr. Quack is a member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (Antitrust Law Society in Germany).

Languages

English, German

Memberships

Berlin

Education

First State Exam, Freie Universität Berlin, 1983

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Antitrust

WilmerHale‘s antitrust team is experienced in antitrust proceedings, where it primarily represents large players in cartel damages proceedings as well as national and cross-border antitrust administration and fine proceedings; here, the team acts in both the defense against and the enforcement of claims. Another mainstay is merger control support, thanks to the close cooperation with the locations in Brussels, London and the US. The team is jointly led by Ulrich Quack (merger control),  Stefan Ohlhoff and Hans-Georg Kamann, the latter two are both experienced in cartel damages.