Stephan Simon

Stephan Simon is a Senior Expert and case manager for mergers in the directorate dealing with service industries, in particular in transport and postal services. He has led the investigations in all container liner shipping mergers at EU level over the past five years. Prior to his current task he was a Deputy Head of Unit in the field of antitrust and has dealt with cases and complaints under both Article 101 and Article 102, with a particular expertise in the area of vertical restraints. Stephan joined the European Commission in 1995 when he took up a post in the unit of DG ECFIN dealing with competition and competitiveness.

Stephan studied law and economics at the University of St. Gallen, the London School of Economics and the University of Leicester. He obtained his Doctorate in 1996 from the University of St. Gallen and his LL.M. in European Union Law from Leicester University in 2001. He has widely published on merger control and antitrust issues and is an honorary professor at the Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, where he teaches the law and economics of competition policy.