Sascha Schubert
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Competition: EU
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About
Provided by Sascha Schubert
Practice Areas
Sascha is a partner in our antitrust, competition group, based in the Brussels office. His practice focuses on merger control and conduct investigations and he has over 10 years’ experience of complex European Commission proceedings.
He also has extensive experience representing clients before Germany’s Federal Cartel Office and is often called upon to advise on multi-jurisdictional investigations that involve competition authorities around the world. This experience enables him to offer clients a globally integrated approach to delivering regulatory clearances within ambitious timelines and coordinating successful defence strategies in cross-border investigations.
He works across all sectors with particular experience in the telecoms and tech industries, where he has represented clients successfully in a number of high-profile investigations. A focus of his behavioural practice is online distribution and the application of antitrust laws in the digital economy.
He speaks German, English and French.
Career
Freshfields partner since 2015.
Professional Memberships
Cologne Bar, Brussels Bar, Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht.
Personal
Educated at the University of Cologne and the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne); worked at the European Commission prior to joining Freshfields.
Chambers Review
Europe
As head of the firm's Brussels antitrust practice, Sascha Schubert handles sophisticated merger control and FDI matters for global corporates, earning him a promotion in the rankings this year. He also has notable experience in antitrust proceedings and compliance with EU regulations. His client list includes well-known companies in the telecommunications and technology sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is fantastic, has the knowledge, gets along with everybody and is a fantastic team player."
"Sascha Schubert is dynamic in his thinking and flexible in his approach while making sure the client gets the best legal, pragmatic and actionable advice."
"Sascha Schubert is very good, calm, measured and involved in complex matters."
"He is fantastic, has the knowledge, gets along with everybody and is a fantastic team player."
"Sascha Schubert is dynamic in his thinking and flexible in his approach while making sure the client gets the best legal, pragmatic and actionable advice."
"Sascha Schubert is very good, calm, measured and involved in complex matters."