Christian Horstkotte

Christian Horstkotte counsels clients on all aspects of German and European antitrust law. He focuses on complex merger control proceedings, cartel investigations, and proceedings before German and European competition authorities and courts, including follow-on litigation. Christian also advises clients in dominance matters, in the implementation of compliance programmes and with respect to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proceedings and filings under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR).

• Several clients in complex cartel investigations of the European Commission and the German Bundeskartellamt including appeal proceedings at the respective courts.
• Carlsberg in a German appeal court proceeding before the Higher Regional Court Dusseldorf in the beer cartel, having the court completely annul a EUR 62 million fine.*
• a German car parts manufacturer in a cartel investigation of the German Bundeskartellamt as well as follow-on litigation.

• "Leading Name" for Antitrust – JUVE
• "Excellent in complex merger control." – JUVE (client)
• Ranked for Competition/European Law in Germany – Chambers Global and Chambers Europe
• ‘Leading Individual’ for Antitrust – Legal 500 EMEA
• “The Best LawyersTM in Germany” for Competition/Antitrust Law
• Listed among most renowned lawyers for antitrust in Germany by WirtschaftsWoche
• Ranked as “Thought Leader” – Competition and “Thought Leader Germany - Competiton” by Lexology Index (previously Who’s Who Legal) 
• Recommended by Lexology Index Global and Germany
• "Christian is one of the best in this field", "A standout professional operating at a very high level" – Lexology Index (peers and clients)
• Recommended by Global Competition Review Global Elite
  
   

• Second State Law Examination (bar exam), 2002
• Legal Clerkship (Referendariat), in Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Speyer and Brussels, 2000-2002
• First State Law Examination, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
• Law studies at Free University of Berlin (Germany), Georg-August-University Göttingen, (Germany) and Università di Bologna (Italy), 1992-1997

• Düsseldorf, Germany

• English
• German
• Italian

• German Association of Antitrust Lawyers (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht)
• German Israeli Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Board of trustees of the Institute for Competition Law at the University of Düsseldorf
• Co-author of Frankfurter Kommentar zum Kartellrecht and several other antitrust publications