Biography: Competition

Dr Frank Montag is a senior partner in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) group, based in the Brussels office. A member of the Cologne and Brussels bars, Frank's practice focuses on European and German competition and trade law.

Recently named 'Global Competition Lawyer of the Year' by The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Frank has over 25 years' experience of guiding his international clients through some of Europe's most complex merger transactions and investigations into anti-competitive practices, including abuse of dominance and cartels. His practice also spans European State aid law and international trade proceedings, and he is an experienced advocate before the European courts.

Since June 2006, Frank has served as chairman of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (the Antitrust Lawyers Association for Germany, Austria and Switzerland), and was treasurer of the organisation from 1994 to 2006. He has been appointed non-governmental adviser to the delegation of the US Department of Justice (2003), the European Commission (2004 to 2005) and the Bundeskartellamt (2007 to 2010) at the International Competition Network (ICN) conferences. A frequent lecturer on the subjects of European, German and international competition law, he is also co-editor of Competition Law: European Community Practice and Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell) and of Münchner Kommentar zum Wettbewerbsrecht (Beck).

Frank is chairman of the firm's finance committee. He has held numerous other management positions in the firm including co-head of the global antitrust group (2000 to 2006) and managing partner of the Brussels office (1990 to 2000).

Frank graduated from the United World College of the Atlantic, Wales (IB 1976) and the universities of Bonn (Dr iur 1984) and Georgia (LLM 1982).

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) practice comprises over 50 partners and 250 members in total. Our ACT specialists are based in Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, the UK and the USA. Our coverage of Asia, Europe and the US enables us to advise our clients in competition cases involving many jurisdictions around the world.