Thorsten has a broad competition law practice covering merger control proceedings, abuse of dominance and cartel investigations, compliance trainings/audits, follow-on damage claims litigation and aspects of the day-to-day business. He represents clients before the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office, and the European and German courts.
In merger control, Thorsten has been involved in numerous high-profile cases including A. P. Møller-Mærsk/CMA CGM/MSC ("P3"); Applied Materials/Tokyo Electron; Arla Foods/MUH; BHP Billiton/Rio Tinto; Carl Zeiss/EQT/Sola; E.ON/Endesa; GEA/Lentjes; KLA-Tencor/ADE; OMV/MOL; Shell/RWE Dea; Siemens/Bayer Diagnostics; Telefónica/E-Plus; and VW/MAN.
Thorsten frequently represents companies and board members in cartel proceedings. He has represented clients in the following investigations: chipboard, decorative paper, fittings, freight forwarding, hydrants, luxury cosmetics, mattresses, motors, ophthalmic lenses, PU-foam, rail track and switches, road asphalt, sausages, specialist mining services, sugar, trading of heavy fuel oil for sea going ships, sanitary ware wholesaling, steel, trading of specialized building materials, trucks, and wallpaper.
