Dr. Konrad Riemer

Konrad Riemer advises on all aspects of German and European competition law. His practice focuses in particular on merger control, advice on cooperation between competitors, distribution systems, and the competition law requirements imposed on dominant companies. In addition, he advises companies on energy law and regulatory requirements, in particular on unbundling and tariff regulation.

Konrad Riemer has many years’ experience in advising companies in the energy, transport and retail sectors. He has represented companies in merger control proceedings before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, and regularly appears in court. As part of his regulatory advisory work, he represents companies before the Federal Network Agency and state authorities.

Konrad Riemer is a founding partner of LEITFELD Rechtsanwälte. Prior to this, from 2015 to 2021, he worked as a lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in the competition law practice (Energy Sector Group).

Konrad Riemer studied law at the University of Tübingen and completed his legal training in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart. He was a research assistant at the Chair of Competition Law at the University of Tübingen and obtained his doctorate there on the topic of ‘Investment obligations of electricity transmission system operators’. His doctoral thesis was awarded the Reinhold and Maria Teufel Prize by the University of Tübingen. Whilst working on his doctoral thesis, Konrad Riemer also tutored in the fields of law of the European Union, constitutional law and administrative law. He is a member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht.

Konrad Riemer speaks German and English.

Konrad Riemer regularly publishes articles on competition law and regulatory topics, including Chapter 16 – Energy, in: Korah, Competition Law of the European Union, 2nd ed. (co-authored with Ulrich Scholz) and Chapter 21 – Energy Law, in: Becker/Sölter, Public Law in Transactions. In addition, he regularly gives lectures on competition and regulatory law. He is recommended by JUVE as a lawyer in the energy sector, listed by Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers in the categories Competition / Antitrust Law and Energy Law, and ranked by WirtschaftsWoche among the “most renowned lawyers for competition law”.