Ulla Schwager

Ulla Schwager holds the position of Deputy Head of DG COMP’s unit D.6 in charge of mergers relating to financial services, pharmaceuticals and chemicals. Since joining DG COMP in 2012, Ulla has worked in various positions in the field of EU merger control, ranging from handling of merger cases in the area of information, communication and media, managing of merger cases in basic industries, manufacturing and agriculture to merger case support and policy. Prior to joining DG COMP, Ulla worked for nearly 4 years as associate expert in UNCTAD’s competition and consumer policy branch, supporting developing countries and economies in transition in the design and implementation of competition law and policies. At the start of her professional career, Ulla worked for 2.5 years as a German qualified lawyer in the Brussels antitrust, competition and trade practice of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, LLP. As a graduate of the Franco-German legal studies organised by the university of Cologne and Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Ulla holds a maîtrise en droits français, and an LL.M of the university of Cologne. She subsequently passed the two German legal state exams in Berlin.