RBB

Severin Haugg

Severin Haugg is an Associate Principal in RBB’s London office, where he has worked since joining RBB in 2015.

Over this period, he has advised on a range of competition issues, with a principle focus on private follow-on damage litigation cases before courts in Germany.

Since joining RBB, Severin has worked extensively on damage assessments in cartel matters in front of courts in Germany.

As well work on cartel matters, Severin also has experience in mergers raising both horizontal and vertical concerns and market investigations before the European Commission, and other national authorities worldwide, which include Sika/MBCC, Covestro/Koninklijke DSM, Discovery/Scripps and Comcast/Sky.

Severin holds a M.Sc. degree in Economics, with a major in competition and regulation, from NOVA School of Business and Economics, Lisbon and a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Mannheim, with a major in industrial organisation.

As a German national, Severin speaks German and English.

Selected Cases

  • Trucks cartel

    Damages litigation, Germany & Austria

  • Sugar cartel

    Damages litigation, Germany

  • Banking cartel

    Damage Assessment, Germany

  • Air freight cartel

    Damages litigation, Germany & The Netherlands

  • Wallpaper cartel

    Damages litigation, Germany

  • Flour cartel

    Damages litigation, Germany

  • Sika/MBCC

    Merger, EU & Multi-jurisdictional

  • Covestro/Koninklijke DSM

    Merger, EU & Multi-jurisdictional

  • Alphabet (Google)

    Market inquiry & Digital advertising, German Federal Cartel Office

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