Christian Horstkotte

Christian Horstkotte counsels clients on all aspects of German and European antitrust law. He represents clients with 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 Investment proceedings and filings under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation. He has specific expertise in the automotive, chemical, metals, energy, financial services, construction, and logistics industries.

• Various clients in a number of 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
• “Thought Leader” in Competition by Who's Who Legal Global  and Germany
• Recommended by Who’s Who Legal Global and Germany
• "He is one of the key players in the market." – Who's Who Legal Global Competition
• “He has a great commercial approach” - Who's Who Legal Global
• Recommended by Global Competition Review Global Elite
• “Acritas Star” by Acritas Sharplegal
• Listed among most renowned lawyers for antitrust in Germany by WirtschaftsWoche 

• Second State Law Examination (bar exam), Wiesbaden
• Legal Clerkship (Referendariat), in Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Speyer and Brussels
• Commerzbank AG, Legal Consultant
• First State Law Examination, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany

• 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