Dr Thomas Knapowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate, Germany
Dr Thomas Knapowski advises clients on all aspects of German and European competition law and merger control.
He represents and advises national and international clients on all competition law and merger control aspects before the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office and before courts. He advises clients on the implementation of antitrust compliance programs and on the set up of contracts with regard to antitrust issues.
With additional expertise in programming and designing digital tools to support our legal work, Thomas is focussed to provide up-to-date solutions to legal problems.
Thomas studied law in Bonn and Auckland, New Zealand. During his doctorate and his legal traineeship, he specialised in competition law with stages at the German Federal Cartel Office in Bonn and several international and national law firms in Düsseldorf and Cologne. He joined Osborne Clarke in 2020.
Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world
The digital transformation and the decarbonisation of our economy and our society will create numerous challenges and opportunities. I seek to ensure that this transformation will be compliant with competition law.
ITELYUM Group
Osborne Clarke advised ITELYUM - a leading national group in the circular economy and international player in the management, recycling and valorisation of industrial waste, controlled by Stirling Square Capital Partners LLP with the participation of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG - in the context of its internationalisation policy, through the acquisition in Germany of control of Safechem Europe GmbH, based in Düsseldorf, a European leader in safe and sustainable solvent solutions and high value-added services for surface cleaning applications, serving more than 5,000 customers worldwide (including China, the UK, the US and Mexico, thanks to subsidiaries located in those countries). Read more.
