Overview
Christian Krohs is the European head of McDermott’s Antitrust Group and advises clients on all aspects of antitrust and competition law for more than 20 years. His practice includes representing clients in proceedings and litigation before German and EU antitrust authorities and courts, coordinating complex antitrust and merger projects before authorities worldwide, and handling compliance programs and investigations.
Christian has extensive experience, in particular, in relation to cartel investigations, cartel damages claims, as well as national, EU and international merger control projects. He has also advised numerous clients regarding questions of market dominance and its abuse as well as antitrust and anticorruption compliance.
Christian is an experienced lawyer who has spent many years in the antitrust and competition law departments of leaders international law firms in Germany, Brussels and London. He is a well-respected author of several publications and continues to comment on relevant topics of antitrust and competition law.
Results
- Represented defendants in long-term, multinational cartel investigations and proceedings, concerning, inter alia, electrical equipment, natural resources, natural gas, civil engineering, and food and consumer goods
- Advised regarding large, multinational alliances among competitors, including the organization and management of complex economic analyses regarding efficiencies and synergies
- Advised on merger control proceedings, in connection with numerous significant mergers such as Coop/REWE/CORE, Nagel-Group/Transthermos, Karstadt/Kaufhof, SIGNA/Sport-Scheck, Pfeifer & Langen/Rügenwalder
- Advised on a number of landmark cases in the energy sector, including long-term dominance abuse proceedings before the European Commission
- Advised on numerous compliance management projects for enterprises in the natural resources, food, retail trade, electrical/medical equipment, information technology (IT) and media sectors, among others
- Advised numerous clients on antitrust and anticorruption compliance as well as internal investigations
Recognitions
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, Germany: Antitrust and Competition Law, 2021-2025
- JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms, Recommended, Antitrust Law, 2022-2025
- JUVE, “The 50 Leading Minds in Investment Control”, 2024
- Global Competition Review 100, Recommended, 2024
Community
- Member of the German Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (German Antitrust Experts Association)
- Member of the ICC Global Competition Commissions
