The combination of professional knowledge and skills is unequalled by any other Austrian lawyer.
Christine Dietz
Partner, Mag.a, LL.M. (London)
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English, French, GermanChristine Dietz is a partner in the firm's Competition Law Team and has 20 years of experience in advising Austrian and international clients from a large number of industries on all questions of Austrian and EU antitrust and competition law.
She focuses on
- Austrian and EU merger control
- Austrian and EU antitrust and competition law
- compliance and investigations, eDiscovery audits
- EU state aid law
Christine is listed by Chambers Europe 2025 as one of the leading lawyers in Competition/European Law, is ranked as "leading individual" in Legal 500 (2024) and is recognized as a “WWL Thought Leader” in the current edition of Who’s Who Legal (WWL).
She began her career as a legal assistant with Llewelyn Zietman in London and Neil Wilkof & Co Advocates in Tel Aviv and joined Binder Grösswang in 2001. Christine Dietz studied law in Vienna and at the Université Panthéon-Assass in Paris (Mag. iur. 1996) as well as at King's College in London (LL.M. 1998).
She is a member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht and the International Bar Association (IBA).
Christine is co-editor and co-author of the first standalone commentary on Austrian merger control, which was published in April 2024.
- Advising an d representing clients in numerous merger proceedings in Austria an before the European Commission as well as advising clients in regard to such proceedings before other national competition authorities
- Advising and representing clients in competition law leniency proceedings
- Advising and representing clients in competition law proceedings regarding the imposition of fines
- Advising clients on competition law matters, inter alia, in regard to the following areas: food, steel, transport, construction material, consumer goods, energy, logistics, gambling, insurance et al.
- Advising clients in competition law proceedings regarding the abuse of a dominant position
- Advising clients on competition law matters in the fields of banking and finance, e.g., concerning payment cards, mergers and cooperation agreements in the banking sector
- Compliance training, eDiscovery audits
- Advising clients in EU state aid law matters
Profile
Christine Dietz is a partner in the firm's Competition Law Team and has 20 years of experience in advising Austrian and international clients from a large number of industries on all questions of Austrian and EU antitrust and competition law.
She focuses on
- Austrian and EU merger control
- Austrian and EU antitrust and competition law
- compliance and investigations, eDiscovery audits
- EU state aid law
Christine is listed by Chambers Europe 2025 as one of the leading lawyers in Competition/European Law, is ranked as "leading individual" in Legal 500 (2024) and is recognized as a “WWL Thought Leader” in the current edition of Who’s Who Legal (WWL).
She began her career as a legal assistant with Llewelyn Zietman in London and Neil Wilkof & Co Advocates in Tel Aviv and joined Binder Grösswang in 2001. Christine Dietz studied law in Vienna and at the Université Panthéon-Assass in Paris (Mag. iur. 1996) as well as at King's College in London (LL.M. 1998).
She is a member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht and the International Bar Association (IBA).
Christine is co-editor and co-author of the first standalone commentary on Austrian merger control, which was published in April 2024.
Experience
- Advising an d representing clients in numerous merger proceedings in Austria an before the European Commission as well as advising clients in regard to such proceedings before other national competition authorities
- Advising and representing clients in competition law leniency proceedings
- Advising and representing clients in competition law proceedings regarding the imposition of fines
- Advising clients on competition law matters, inter alia, in regard to the following areas: food, steel, transport, construction material, consumer goods, energy, logistics, gambling, insurance et al.
- Advising clients in competition law proceedings regarding the abuse of a dominant position
- Advising clients on competition law matters in the fields of banking and finance, e.g., concerning payment cards, mergers and cooperation agreements in the banking sector
- Compliance training, eDiscovery audits
- Advising clients in EU state aid law matters
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