Career

Studied law in Jena. 2012 first State examination, 2015 second State examination. Legal traineeship at the District Court of Gera with stages in Gera and Brussels. 2015–2019 Parliamentary Assistant to Dieter‑​Lebrecht Koch, MEP at the European Parliament in Brussels with main focus on European labour and social security law.

Joined the firm in 2019.

Practice

Compliance, internal investigations, German and European competition law, merger control, EU law.

Member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht.

Ongoing advice to companies on antitrust compliance; implementation or monitoring of internal investigations in the private and public sectors; advising and representing companies and public authorities in antitrust damages proceedings, such as the truck cartel; representing national and international companies in antitrust and EU law complaint proceedings, in particular before the European Commission.

Publications

Schäfer, L. and Stirner, T. Ist die kenntnisunabhängige Verjährung in Kartellschadensersatzverfahren bald Geschichte? – auch in Dona Scripta 2023, Peter‑​Andreas Brand gewidmet. In: EuZW 2023, p. 833 ff.

Schäfer, L. and Stirner, T. Neue Entwicklungen zur Zuständigkeitsbestimmung nach § 36 Abs. 1 Nr. 3 ZPO in Kartellschadensersatzverfahren. In: WuW 2022, 195 ff.

Schäfer, L. Schadensersatzklagen bei Kartellverstößen nehmen zu. In: baumarktmanager 2020, 04.2020 p. 26 f.

Languages

German, English, French