Axel Schulz
White & Case LLP
Recognized since 2021
Düsseldorf, Germany
Competition / Antitrust Law
Axel is the Executive Partner of the Brussels office. He supports clients in a broad range of German and European Commission competition law matters.
Regularly called upon to head up teams of the Firm's lawyers, Axel is noted for his skill in coordinating advice across multiple offices and territories, to provide his clients with clear and creative solutions to their problems.
Axel's significant track record includes a number of high-profile competition cases, such as 'Toshiba v. Commission' – in which the General Court of the European Union annulled in full the €90.9 million fine imposed on Toshiba by the European Commission, for its alleged participation in the Gas Insulated Switchgear cartel. He also worked on Toshiba's Cathode Ray Tube appeal, as well as the oral hearings in T-113/07 before the European Court of Justice, and the Transformers (Case COMP/39.129) hearing before the General Court.
Axel offers clients the benefit of his significant experience in competition law, having handled merger control cases involving collective dominance and countervailing buyer power, as well as structural links issues in industries including aluminum, paper, energy, automotive, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
He is a particularly valued resource for clients in the pharmaceutical industry. He has developed a strong track record of helping clients with competition law issues in the fields of distribution, co-marketing, licensing and other kinds of vertical and horizontal cooperation agreements.
Axel's varied sector knowledge is matched by his deep understanding of the cross-border intricacies of competition and antitrust law. The international dimension to his practice enables him to guide both domestic and multinational companies through whatever competitive issues they face, regardless of their scale or multijurisdictional complexity.
Contact & Links
- Lawyer Page: https://www.whitecase.com/people/axel-schulz
Locations
- Graf-Adolf-Platz 15
Düsseldorf 40213
Germany - Wetstraat 62 rue de la Loi
Brussels 1040
Belgium
Languages
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
Bar Admissions
- Germany, Munich Bar
- Belgium, Brussels Bar (E list)
72 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
11 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America awards
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Germany™ 2023 for work in:
- Competition / Antitrust Law
Awards:
- Handelsblatt Best Lawyers 2021, Germany: Antitrust/Competition Law
- Recommended for Antitrust law, JUVE, 2016
- Mention: Competition: EU and global, Legal 500, EMEA 2016
- Leading Lawyer: Life Sciences, Who's Who Legal 2012
- Best Business Anticompetitive Practices Article, Antitrust Writing Awards 2012Institute of Competition Law
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