Dr. Tobias Gawaz

+49 (0)711 60187-260
tobias.gawaz@oppenlaender.de

Lawyer Tobias Gawaz is team member of the antitrust team awarded by JUVE.

Tobias Gawaz was born in Stuttgart in 1993 and grew up near Tübingen. He studied law at the University of Freiburg and Jagiellonian University in Krakow and completed his legal clerkship in Stuttgart, working for leading commercial law firms.

Tobias Gawaz has been a lawyer at OPPENLÄNDER Rechtsanwälte since 2022 and is a member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V. (Antitrust Law Study Association). Since 2023, he has also been a lecturer at EBS University for Business and Law in Wiesbaden/Oestrich Winkel.

In 2025, Tobias Gawaz received his doctorate from Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. He wrote his dissertation in the field of merger control law under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Florian Bien (Chair of Global Business Law, International Arbitration, and Civil Law).

Languages: English

Expertise

Tobias Gawaz advises and represents medium-sized and major companies in the various areas of antitrust law. That includes in particular advising on antitrust compensation proceedings, questions of market abuse and in the context of national and European mergers. In addition, he advises on antitrust law-compliant contract drafting. Tobias Gawaz is a lecturer at the EBS University Law School Wiesbaden.

Expertise areas

News

20. November 2024

Legal 500 Germany Awards 2025: OPPENLÄNDER nominated

OPPENLÄNDER was nominated as ‘Antitrust Team of the Year’ in antitrust law. Prof Dr Albrecht Bach and Dr Andreas Hahn are also on the shortlist for ‘Antitrust Lawyer of the Year’.

20. February 2024

Legal 500: OPPENLÄNDER receives the Germany Awards 2024 for antitrust law

OPPENLÄNDER was honoured by Legal 500 with the Germany Awards 2024 for antitrust law.

19. February 2024

Chambers and Partners Global Guide 2024 ranks OPPENLÄNDER in competition law

Chambers and Partners Global Guide 2024 ranks OPPENLÄNDER as Band 3 law firm for competition law! For 17 years, our competition law practice is part of this guide.

18. August 2023

JUVE nominates OPPENLÄNDER as law firm of the year for antitrust law

We are delighted with our antitrust team, which has once again been nominated for this award. We see this as a clear confirmation of the successful work in the interest of our clients.

09. March 2023

OPPENLÄNDER defends DSGV against antitrust damages claims (EC-Cash)

OPPENLÄNDER represented the DSGV - Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband (German Savings Banks and Giro Association) against dozens of plaintiffs in antitrust damages proceedings based on allegedly excessive EC cash fees. The Berlin Regional Court dismissed most of the claims in their entirety and awarded damages in only a few cases, which, however, amounted to a total of only 0.7% of the total claim asserted.

27. January 2023

OPPENLÄNDER strengthens antitrust law with new lawyer

Attorney-at-law Christian Geyer joins OPPENLÄNDER's antitrust team around partner Dr. Christoph Wolf as of January 16, 2023.

Vita

Doctorate

2025
Lecturer at the EBS Law School Wiesbaden since

2023
Admitted as lawyer since

2022
Legal traineeship in Stuttgart

2019 - 2021
Studies in Freiburg and Krakau

2013 - 2019