Andreas Mundt

Panellists of the fourth roundtable’s of the New Frontiers of Antitrust Conference came back on persistent difficulties to reconcile competition law, particularly Article 102 TFEU enforcement, with economic analysis and a "more effects-based approach". The President of the Bundeskartellamt (...)

The effective collection and exchange of information is crucial for the well-functioning of European antitrust enforcement in the context of the European Competition Network (ECN). Within the ECN, some national authorities still lack effective information-gathering tools. In the larger context (...)

This third roundtable of the conference “New frontiers of Antitrust” (Paris, 21 February 2014) was dedicated to “European Competition Network 10 years after & EC Regulation 1/2003: Can cooperation be extended to merger control and advocacy?”. The objectives for the authors of this roundtable (...)

Interview conducted by Jürgen Schindler et Ines Litzenberger, Allen & Overy, Brussels. Mr Mundt, you were appointed as president of the German Bundeskartellamt in 2009. In June of this year, the German Competition Law was revised. What are your reflections on the most recent developments in (...)

The fourth roundtable of the conference “New frontiers of Antitrust”, Paris, 10 February 2012, was dedicated to the distinction between anticompetitive object and anticompetitive effect. In the first contribution, Richard Whish, Professor at the King’s College of London, provides some introductory (...)

Interview conducted by Dirk Schroeder, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Cologne. Mr. Mundt, you were the first president of the Federal Cartel Office chosen from its ranks. Has that made your job easier? That’s correct, I joined the Bundeskartellamt back in 2000. Of course, my knowledge (...)