Ellen Braun

Ellen Braun is head of Allen & Overy’s German antitrust practice. She specialises in EU and German competition law and has an active practice representing clients in competition proceedings before the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office and the courts. Her practice covers the full breadth of antitrust law and is geared towards long-term competition and antitrust strategies. She regularly advises on merger control (including multiple worldwide filings), and the structuring of cooperation, joint venture and distribution agreements; horizontal and vertical compliance risks (including forensic audits); and strategies to prevent or defend abuse complaints. She also designs and reviews compliance management programmes.