Dr. Andreas Boos has been advising his clients for more than 20 years in all areas of German and European antitrust law and, for many years, also in investment control (FDI).
He defends clients in investigations by the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission and represents clients before German and European courts. In the area of merger control, he advises on strategically difficult transactions, complex private equity structures, and joint ventures. Last but not least, he has many years of experience in antitrust damages proceedings—on both the plaintiff and defendant sides—in distribution antitrust law, in abuse proceedings (with a focus on BigTech abuse cases), and in preventive compliance consulting. In addition, Dr. Boos also advises on German investment control law and coordinates investment control notifications worldwide.
Dr. Andreas Boos is ranked by international trade media (e.g., Wirtschaftswoche, Handelsblatt, and Who’s Who Legal) as one of the leading antitrust lawyers in Germany. For many years, he has been a frequently recommended lawyer for antitrust law in JUVE (Handbook 2025/2026: “Good instinct for complex issues, clear communication, fast response time – excellent cooperation,” client; “Go-to guy for antitrust law,” competitor).
Andreas has professional proficiency in the languages of German and English.
He studied Law at the University of Freiburg and was awarded Doctor of Laws in competition law in 2002. Internships at international law firms in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Brussels, London and New York. Established and developed the Antitrust & Competition practice group of Milbank LLP (Munich). 2012-2021 Chair of the Munich regional division of the German Competition Law Association (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht). 2004-2012 Guest lecturer at Columbia University New York. Partner at BUNTSCHECK since 2018.
PUBLICATIONS
GERMANY: MERGER CONTROL 2025, IN:
ICLG International Comparative Legal Guide (together with T. Mühlbach)
GERMANY: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT REGIMES 2025, IN:
ICLG International Comparative Legal Guide (together with M. Buntscheck, T. Mühlbach, and M. vonDewall)
PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT IN DIGITALMÄRKTEN, IN:
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2024/2025, p. 539 f.
GERMANY: COMPETITION LITIGATION 2025, IN:
ICLG International Comparative Legal Guide (together with M. Buntscheck, T. Mühlbach and E. Grünwald)
SCHADEN BEI ANDEREN KARTELLRECHTSVERSTÖẞEN, IN:
Kamann/Ohlhoff /Völcker, Handbuch Kartellverfahren und Kartellprozess, 2nd edition 2024
GERMANY: MERGER CONTROL 2024, IN:
ICLG International Comparative Legal Guide (together with T. Mühlbach)
GERMANY: ANTITRUST LITIGATION, IN:
Chambers, Global Practice Guide, 2023 (together with M. Buntscheck, T. Mühlbach, M. Malkus)
§19A GWB – DAS NEUE WERKZEUG DES BUNDESKARTELLAMTES GEGEN BIG TECH UND DEREN ÖKOSYSTEME, IN:
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2020/21, p. 636 f.
INTERNE UND EXTERNE KRISENKOMMUNIKATION, IN:
Rübenstahl/Hahn/Voet van Vormizeele, Kartell Compliance, 1st edition, 2020
SELEKTIVER VERTRIEB NACH DEM COTY URTEIL DES EUGH: WAS IST MARKENHERSTELLERN KARTELLRECHTLICH ERLAUBT?, IN:
JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2018/19, p. 613 f.
DOES THE EU INVESTIGATION INTO GOOGLE SHOPPING REPRESENT A NEW ERA OF DOMINANCE SCRUTINY?, IN:
Leading Internet Case Law, 2017, 2-5 (together with M. Lichtenegger)
GERMANY – THE MERGER CONTROL REGIME
7th Edition 2017 (together with A. Rinne)
REZENSION ZU KERSTING/PODSZUN: DIE 9. GWBNOVELLE: KARTELLSCHADENSERSATZ – DIGITALE ÖKONOMIE – FUSIONSKONTROLLE – BUSSGELDRECHT – VERBRAUCHERSCHUTZ, IN
WuW 2017, 443-444
SCHADENSERSATZ WEGEN KARTELLRECHTSVERSTÖSSEN – EIN ÜBERBLICK AUS DER PRAXIS, IN
Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsstrafrecht und Haftung im Unternehmen 2016, 145-155 (together with T. Mühlbach)
ENTDECKUNG EINES KARTELLRECHTSVERSTOSSES – WAS TUN?, IN
Handelsblatt 2015 (together with A. Rinne)
EU PARLIAMENT PASSES MOTION ON UNBUNDLING SEARCH ENGINES, IN:
ecommerce law & policy, Volume: 16 Issue: 12 (December 2014)
BAGATELLBEKANNTMACHUNG, IN:
Handbuch der EU-Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung, 2nd edition, 2012 (together with A. Rinne)
THE APPLICATION OF THE GERMAN AND UK DE MINIMIS REGIMES IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE—A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, IN:
European Competition Law Review Issue 2010, 231-238 (together with G. Christian and T. Pries)
TAKTIK IN KARTELLVERFAHREN – BEDEUTENDE WEICHENSTELLUNGEN FÜR DEN VERFAHRENSVERLAUF, IN:
Deutscher Anwaltsspiegel 2009, 8-10 (together with A. Rinne)
ANMELDEVERFAHREN BEI EINER UNTERNEHMENSTRANSAKTION, IN:
Jura, Staufenbiel 2007/2008, 34
DIE ENTSCHEIDUNG „HABET/LEKKERLAND“ DES BUNDESGERICHTSHOFS, IN:
ZWeR 2004, 431-454 (together with O. Steffens)
DIE FREIEN BERUFE UND DAS KARTELLRECHTLICHE EMPFEHLUNGSVERBOT,
Duncker & Humblot 2003