Carsten heads CDC’s litigation activities from the firm’s Kaiserslautern office. He has been with CDC almost since the very beginning. Working in collaboration with the firm’s external legal advisers, he has successfully coordinated and managed various high-profile antitrust damages cases before national and European courts. As a recognised expert in private-law antitrust matters, he is also involved in CDC’s Europe-wide policy work.

Carsten is a fully qualified lawyer admitted to the German Bar. Before joining CDC, he gained professional experience at several law firms specialising in antitrust and competition law, where he also acted as defence counsel in antitrust proceedings concerning the imposition of fines. He is a frequent speaker at conferences (including at prestigious expert panels organised by national competition authorities, the American Bar Association, the Verein für Socialpolitik in Germany and the Forum für Zivilrecht in Austria), a co-founder and former board member of the Competition Litigation Forum (C-L-F) in Germany, and co-author of a handbook on private antitrust enforcement. In addition, he has published various specialist articles, including on the subject of class actions, which have been cited by courts on several occasions.

Carsten studied both law and economics in Bayreuth. In Norwich, he obtained the degree of Master of Laws in International Competition Law and Policy (LL.M., with distinction and Law School Prize 2003/04). For his doctoral thesis on the joint and several liability of cartel members, the University of Münster awarded him a doctorate in law (Dr. jur., summa cum laude).

A native of Berlin, he is interested in politics and history, audiobooks and films. Often, however, he simply tries to keep his head above water whilst swimming laps in the pool.