Christian Horstkotte heads Baker McKenzie's German/Austrian antitrust practice and is based in the Firm's Dusseldorf office. Christian has 18 years' experience advising on antitrust and competition law. He regularly lectures and has articles published. Christian is an active member of the German Association of Antitrust Lawyers and is listed as a leading antitrust lawyer in various publications and rankings, e.g., Chambers, GCR, JUVE, The Legal 500 and Wirtschaftswoche. He is described as one of the leading antitrust lawyers of the younger generation (JUVE 2018/19). Christian joined Baker McKenzie in 2011 as a partner. Prior to that, he practised in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Brussels and Dusseldorf offices. Before qualifying as a lawyer, he worked at a major German bank in Frankfurt. Christian completed his legal education at the universities of Berlin, Bologna and Goettingen.