Thought Leaders

Hans W Friederiszick is a director, and one of the founders, of ECA Economics. Dr Friederiszick has more than 20 years of experience in advising clients in all fields of competition economics (cartels, merger cases, abuse of a dominant position and state aid cases) and has led teams of economists on international antitrust investigations. He was part of the first chief economist team of DG Comp.

Major engagements in recent years include: representation of Remondis, the leading German recycling company, in its attempted takeover of the Dual System Deutschland; supporting a buyer on the purchase of REAL stores from Metro AG; winning a framework contract on impact assessments of various state aid regimes (for the EU Commission); the takeover of some assets of Unitymedia by Vodafone; the Air Berlin/TUI joint venture, EU Phase I; the Holcim/Cemex West transaction, EU Phase II; the Holcim/Lafarge transaction, EU Phase I (merger); acting as an economic expert in the air cargo cartel case, German Court proceeding, for a group of international freight forwarders (private litigation); acting as an economic expert in the synthetic rubber cartel case, UK Court proceeding, for a group of European tyre manufacturers (private litigation); and the Visa/MasterCard litigation regarding interchange fees, UK Court proceeding, for a group of retailers (private litigation).

Hans W Friederiszick is a research fellow at ESMT Berlin, where he teaches on consumer and competition policy compliance. Recent research addresses the economics of regional state aid (chapter in Werner/Verouden’s EU State Aid Control: Law and Economics, Wolters Kluwer), selective distribution systems (Journal of Antitrust Enforcement) and the reverse privatisation in the German waste industry (NZKart).

Hans W Friederiszick is a director, and one of the founders, of ECA Economics. Dr Friederiszick has more than 20 years of experience in advising clients in all fields of competition economics (cartels, merger cases, abuse of a dominant position and state aid cases) and has led teams of economists on international antitrust investigations. He was part of the first chief economist team of DG COMP.

Major engagements in recent years include: representation of Remondis, the leading German recycling company, in its attempted takeover of the Dual System Deutschland; supporting a buyer on the purchase of REAL stores from Metro AG; winning a framework contract on impact assessments of various state aid regimes (for the EU Commission); the takeover of some assets of Unitymedia by Vodafone; the Air Berlin/TUI joint venture, EU Phase I; the Holcim/Cemex West transaction, EU Phase II; the Holcim/Lafarge transaction, EU Phase I (merger); acting as an economic expert in the air cargo cartel case, German Court proceeding, for a group of international freight forwarders (private litigation); acting as an economic expert in the synthetic rubber cartel case, UK Court proceeding, for a group of European tyre manufacturers (private litigation); and the Visa/MasterCard litigation regarding interchange fees, UK Court proceeding, for a group of retailers (private litigation).

Hans W Friederiszick is a research fellow at ESMT Berlin, where he teaches on consumer and competition policy compliance. Recent research addresses the economics of regional state aid (chapter in Werner/Verouden’s EU State Aid Control: Law and Economics, Wolters Kluwer), selective distribution systems (Journal of Antitrust Enforcement) and the reverse privatisation in the German waste industry (NZKart).