Markus Röhrig

Competition, Antitrust; Compliance, Crisis Management and Investigation; Insurance Industry.

Markus advises clients on European and German competition law. He defends companies in cartel cases, which may entail very substantial fines that can sometimes pose a threat to a company's financial viability. Recently, Markus was involved in several of the European Commission’s automotive parts and capacitor cases. Markus has substantial expertise with respect to leniency applications and settlement negotiations, both at a European and German level, and litigation before the European courts in Luxemburg. Markus frequently advises clients in merger control cases before the European Commission and the Federal Cartel Office, and coordinates merger control approval processes for them world-wide. Recent high-profile work includes the European Commission Phase II investigations of Knorr-Bremse’s proposed acquisition of Haldex and E.ON’s takeover of innogy. Over the years, Markus has assembled broad expertise in the insurance and insurtec sectors. He is a trusted competition law and merger control advisor to many insurance companies. Recently, he acted for Generali (sale of the life insurance business to Viridium) and for AXA (restructuring of ROLAND).

University of Cologne (Dr iur); Georgetown University Law Center (LLM).