Ulrich Soltész

Partner at Gleiss Lutz

Speaker

Ulrich advises clients on European antitrust and state aid law, as well as on merger control and general European law. During the last 30 years he represented German and foreign companies before the European Commission and national competition authorities. Ulrich has litigated more than 70 cases before the Courts of the European Union.

Ulrich studied in Freiburg (Ph.D. 1997) and Brussels (LL.M. 1996). He has been a partner at Gleiss Lutz since 2002. Prior to joining the firm, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Freiburg. He has published many articles on competition and state aid issues and contributed to a number of books on these topics. He is frequently invited as an expert to speak at various international conferences and is the co-editor of the European Journal of Business Law (EuZW) as well as of the New Journal of Antitrust Law (NZKart). Ulrich was a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN) and a member of various associations, including the Berlin State Aid Forum (board member), the IBA, the ABA and the Association for the Study of Antitrust Law.

In the field of cartel investigations Ulrich has acted in a number of cases before the EU Commission, namely cement, citric acid, sodium gluconate, DRAMs, tires, smart card chips, industrial tubes, Austrian banks, Euro exchange fees, bathroom fittings, alloy surcharges, plumbing tubes, newsprint, starter batteries, construction chemicals, food delivery services, and others. This often included subsequent appeals in Luxembourg and follow-on claims.