Bernd is a senior European competition lawyer, advising major national and international corporates, banks and institutions on all areas of competition and foreign direct investment laws, principally merger and anti-cartel related proceedings before the European Commission and national authorities, as well as unilateral conduct and state aid matters. He often coordinates merger control and foreign direct investment proceedings worldwide on global transactions. He has acted in a wide range of regulators in and outside Europe and conducted proceedings in English, French, German and Dutch. Bernd is an experienced litigator and has represented clients in more than hundred cases before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union. Bernd co-heads Linklaters’ global automotive sector team and is a professor for competition law at the College of Europe in Bruges.
2023 Awards
2022 Awards
2021 Awards
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EU foreign subsidies white paper seriesLinkingCompetition blog series, Nicole Kar, Natura Gracia, Jonas Koponen, Christoph Barth, Bernd Meyring, September 23, 2020
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The Digital Markets Act: Variations on the theme of competition policyLinkingCompetition blog series, Christian Ahlborn, Bernd Meyring, Annamaria Mangiaracina, Will Leslie, Eoin O’Reilly, Asimina Michailidou and Lodewick Prompers, February 1, 2021
Distinctions
Nominee, 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Mergers
Nominee, 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Digital
Nominee, 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Cross-border issues

