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.

According to Chambers, our team, Prof. Dr. Albrecht Bach, Dr. Matthias Ulshöfer, Dr. Andreas Hahn, Dr. Donata Beck, Dr. Ulrich Klumpp, Dr. Christoph Wolf, Dr. Florian Schmidt-Volkmar, Dr. Martin Fink, Dr. Simon Schmauder, Dr. Natalie Seitz, Dr. Joachim Ott, Dr. Christopher Réti, Tobias Gawaz, Simon Gollasch, Christian Geyer and Annika Witte Paz, „work(s) very fast and (is) very client-orientated. They really are specialists in cartel law.” and have “high expertise and great experience”.

Special congratulations to our partner Prof. Dr. Albrecht Bach, once again ranked as Band 1 lawyer for competition law. Chambers quotes one of his clients with “Albrecht Bach has strong antitrust expertise and is a pleasure to work with.”

Prof. Dr. Albrecht Bach

+49 (0)711 60187-150
bach@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Matthias Ulshöfer

+49 (0)711 60187-290
ulshoefer@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Andreas Hahn

+49 (0)711 60187-120
hahn@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Donata Beck

+49 (0)711 60187-214
beck@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Ulrich Klumpp

+49 (0)711 60187-172
klumpp@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Christoph Wolf

+49 (0)711 60187-174
wolf@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Florian Schmidt-Volkmar

+49 (0)711 60187-262
schmidt-volkmar@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Martin Fink

+49 (0)711 60187-176
fink@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Natalie Seitz

+49 (0)711 60187-240
natalie.seitz@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Joachim Ott

+49 (0)711 60187-236
joachim.ott@oppenlaender.de

Dr. Tobias Gawaz

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

Christian Geyer

+49 (0)711 60187-209
christian.geyer@oppenlaender.de

Annika Witte Paz

+49 (711) 60187-249
annika.witte-paz@oppenlaender.de

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OPPENLÄNDER again receives JUVE TOP 50 Commercial Law Firm (Wirtschaftskanzlei) Award

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