With 20 years of experience in all areas of German and European competition law, Dr. Andreas Boos is one of the leading competition lawyers in Germany, according to international publications such as Wirtschaftswoche, Handelsblatt and Who’s Who Legal.
In his legal career, he has defended numerous clients in cartel investigations by the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission, and represented clients before the German and European courts. In the field of merger control, Andreas has expertise in strategically challenging transactions, complex private equity structures and joint ventures. Andreas also has extensive experience in competition-law damages claims (on both the claimant and the defence sides), distribution law, abuse proceedings and preventative compliance consultation. Andreas also advises clients on German Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) law and coordinates FDI filings worldwide.
Andreas has professional proficiency in the languages of German and English.
He studied Law at the University of Freiburg and was awarded Doctor of Laws in competition law in 2002. Internships at international law firms in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Brussels, London and New York. Established and developed the Antitrust & Competition practice group of Milbank LLP (Munich). 2012-2121 Chair of the Munich regional division of the German Competition Law Association (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht). 2004-2012 Guest lecturer at Columbia University New York. Partner at BUNTSCHECK since 2018.
PUBLICATIONS
GERMANY: MERGER CONTROL 2024, IN:
ICLG International Comparative Legal Guide (together with T. Mühlbach)
GERMANY: ANTITRUST LITIGATION, IN:
Chambers, Global Practice Guide, 2023 (together with M. Buntscheck, T. Mühlbach, M. Malkus)
§19A GWB – DAS NEUE WERKZEUG DES BUNDESKARTELLAMTES GEGEN BIG TECH UND DEREN ÖKOSYSTEME, IN:
JUVE-Handbuch 2020/21, S. 636 f.
INTERNE UND EXTERNE KRISENKOMMUNIKATION, IN:
Rübenstahl/Hahn/Voet van Vormizeele, Kartell Compliance, 1st edition, 2020
SELEKTIVER VERTRIEB NACH DEM COTY URTEIL DES EUGH: WAS IST MARKENHERSTELLERN KARTELLRECHTLICH ERLAUBT?, IN:
JUVE-Handbuch 2018/19, p. 613 f.
DOES THE EU INVESTIGATION INTO GOOGLE SHOPPING REPRESENT A NEW ERA OF DOMINANCE SCRUTINY?, IN:
Leading Internet Case Law, 2017, 2-5 (together with M. Lichtenegger)
GERMANY – THE MERGER CONTROL REGIME
7th Edition 2017 (together with A. Rinne)
REZENSION ZU KERSTING/PODSZUN: DIE 9. GWBNOVELLE: KARTELLSCHADENSERSATZ – DIGITALE ÖKONOMIE – FUSIONSKONTROLLE – BUSSGELDRECHT – VERBRAUCHERSCHUTZ, IN
WuW 2017, 443-444
SCHADENSERSATZ WEGEN KARTELLRECHTSVERSTÖSSEN – EIN ÜBERBLICK AUS DER PRAXIS, IN
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsstrafrecht und Haftung im Unternehmen 2016, 145-155 (together with T. Mühlbach)
ENTDECKUNG EINES KARTELLRECHTSVERSTOSSES – WAS TUN?, IN
Handelsblatt 2015 (together with A. Rinne)
EU PARLIAMENT PASSES MOTION ON UNBUNDLING SEARCH ENGINES, IN:
ecommerce law & policy, Volume: 16 Issue: 12 (December 2014)
BAGATELLBEKANNTMACHUNG, IN:
Handbuch der EU-Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung, 2nd edition, 2012 (together with A. Rinne)
THE APPLICATION OF THE GERMAN AND UK DE MINIMIS REGIMES IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE—A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, IN:
European Competition Law Review Issue 2010, 231-238 (together with G. Christian and T. Pries)
TAKTIK IN KARTELLVERFAHREN – BEDEUTENDE WEICHENSTELLUNGEN FÜR DEN VERFAHRENSVERLAUF, IN:
Deutscher Anwaltsspiegel 2009, 8-10 (together with A. Rinne)
ANMELDEVERFAHREN BEI EINER UNTERNEHMENSTRANSAKTION, IN:
Jura, Staufenbiel 2007/2008, 34
DIE ENTSCHEIDUNG „HABET/LEKKERLAND“ DES BUNDESGERICHTSHOFS, IN:
ZWeR 2004, 431-454 (together with O. Steffens)
DIE FREIEN BERUFE UND DAS KARTELLRECHTLICHE EMPFEHLUNGSVERBOT,
Duncker & Humblot 2003