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Jürgen Schindler

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Jürgen Schindler

Partner
Antitrust & Competition
Brussels

Advises clients on complex global, EU and German merger control, cartel and abuse of dominance cases. Litigates before the European courts.

Jürgen leads our European antitrust practice. He has extensive experience in complex global, EU and German merger control, cartel and abuse of dominance cases. His practice spans sectors including energy, finance, tech, shipping, airlines, raw materials, chemicals, pharma, and consumer and industrial products. He also litigates before the European courts in Luxembourg.

Jürgen advises clients around the globe and is admitted to practice in New York, Belgium and Germany. He is a Non-Governmental Adviser to the International Competition Network of around 140 competition authorities, and regularly contributes to their cartel and merger working groups. 

Clients quoted by Chambers say he is “an exceptional competition lawyer” who is “able to provide meaningful feedback and advice in a very short period of time.”

Jürgen previously completed an internship with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition and worked as an International Fellow at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Experience

Jürgen’s representations before joining Davis Polk include the following:

  • Google in numerous unilateral conduct investigations in Europe and Asia-Pacific
  • Advent International in numerous merger control proceedings
  • Saudi Aramco in numerous merger control proceedings
  • General Electric in numerous merger control proceedings

Insights

Lexology Panoramic: Private M&A 2025

Recognition

Chambers Europe and Global – Competition: EU – Belgium

Chambers Global – Competition: EU – Belgium, Foreign expert in Germany

Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) – Competition, Global Elite Thought Leader

JUVE, Brussels – EU Law/Competition

Education

LL.M., Antitrust Law & Economics, Georgetown University Law Center
  • with distinction
Second Legal State Exam, Hanseatic High Court
LL.M., European Competition Law, College of Europe
  • magna cum laude
First Legal State Exam, University of Hamburg
Master, International and European Law, Université de Toulouse

Prior experience

  • Partner, Allen & Overy, 2012-2023
  • Associate, Allen & Overy, 2008-2012

Qualifications and admissions

  • Brussels EU-List
  • Frankfurt am Main Bar, Germany
  • State of New York
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