Christian Ehmer

Christian Ehmer is a Partner at RBB Economics. Having joined the firm in 2004, he has twenty years’ experience in providing economic advice on competition matters. Christian has led RBB Economics teams on a wide range of litigation matters and competition law investigations, across a broad spectrum of industries and in a variety of jurisdictions.

Christian has given expert witness testimony in numerous cases, both before the European Commission in the context of merger investigations as well as before national courts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the context of litigation cases.

Christian has significant expertise in cartel matters and other litigation and arbitration cases involving both Article 101 and Article 102 disputes. He has advised on (and testified in) cases before the European Commission, the French Competition Authority, the German Bundeskartellamt and the relevant German appellate courts, as well as Austrian and Dutch courts. This has included acting as an expert on behalf of both claimants and defendants.

Outside of litigation, Christian has a broad range of experience in merger investigations, covering both horizontal and non-horizontal aspects. He has advised clients on such matters before the European Commission, various European national authorities (including Germany, the Netherlands and the UK) and on global cases. High-profile clients include Aurubis/Metallo, Google, Sika/MBCC, REWE/Real, Veolia/Hofmann, Mayersche/Thalia, Allianz/ControlExpert, Covestro/DSM, Rentokil/Cannon, Douglas, Whirlpool/Indesit, Prosegur/Brink’s, Unitymedia/KBW, Merck, T-Mobile/Orange UK and Statoil/Conoco Phillips.

Christian’s experience spans a wide range of sectors, including energy, transport, automotive, telecommunications, media & broadcasting services, pharmaceuticals, advertising, financial services, manufacturing, fast moving consumer goods, building materials, online search services, raw materials, and automotive fuels retailing.

Christian is regularly identified as an expert in the field of competition economics in practitioner guides such as Who’s Who Legal. He studied economics at Maastricht University and at the University of California, Berkeley. As a German national, he is fluent in German, English and Dutch.