Management

Dr Ulrich Classen

Dr Ulrich Classen is director of CDC. 

After his graduation from Freiburg and Mainz University in Germany, Dr Classen worked for three years with the German Federal Cartel Office. At the same time he received his doctorate for a thesis in antitrust law. Since 1986 he is also a partner of Classen Rechtsanwälte, a German law firm. Dr Classen is a consultant and lawyer to commercial groups and notably medium-sized enterprises in administrative law, tort law and private law matters in the field of antitrust. Together with Frank H Weinand, Dr Classen has established CDC by launching the first company of the group in 2002.

Languages: German, English

Frank Weinand

Frank H Weinand is a board member of CDC. 

He graduated from Catholic University Louvain-la-Neuve in 1984 and was admitted to the Brussels Bar in the same year. Mr Weinand is also the managing partner at De Wolf & Partners in Brussels. Mr Weinand has specialised knowledge and extensive experience in international contract law. His work focuses on mergers and acquisitions, the establishment of joint ventures and corporate law. He has gained much practical experience in trans-border business transactions between Belgium and German-speaking countries.

Languages: German, French, English, Dutch

Seamus Maye

Seamus Maye is a board member of CDC.

After his graduation at University College in Dublin, Mr Maye was involved in the Irish concrete and quarry sector for years. He has extensive knowledge about structures and behaviour of the international cement, concrete, asphalt and quarry industry.



Languages: English

Team

Dr Till Schreiber, LL.M.

Dr Till Schreiber is a Legal Counsel with CDC.

He studied law at the universities of Bonn, Cologne, Barcelona and London (University College) and published a doctoral thesis on international competition law. Before joining CDC, Dr Schreiber has worked as an attorney for six years in the antitrust and competition group of a leading international law firm in this field in Brussels, Cologne and Madrid. In this function Dr Schreiber has advised international companies from a broad range of industry sectors on all aspects of European and international competition law. Since joining CDC in 2007 Dr Schreiber has focused on all areas of private enforcement and has also published articles in this respect.

Languages: German, English, Spanish, French and Dutch

Dr Martin Seegers, Maître en Droit

Dr Martin Seegers is a Legal Counsel with CDC.

He studied law in Cologne, Paris and Washington, D.C. Dr Seegers gained professional experience in the antitrust and competition practice group of a leading international law firm in this field in Cologne and London. In 2001 Dr Seegers was working five months with the European Commission, Competition Directorate (Basic Industries, Energy and Cartels Unit), in Brussels. Following the Second State Examination in 2003 Dr Seegers published a doctoral thesis and articles on damage claims under European and international law and subsequently joined CDC. He is focusing on all aspects of private enforcement.

Languages: German, English and French

Dr Carsten Krüger, LL.M.

Dr Carsten Krüger is a Legal Counsel with CDC.

In addition to his law studies in Bayreuth, Dr Krüger has also completed studies in business and economics with emphasis on competition (‘Business Lawyer (Univ. Bayreuth)’). He further obtained a LLM in International Competition Law and Policy from the University of East Anglia in Norwich. His doctoral thesis is about contribution among jointly and severally liable antitrust defendants. Dr Krüger has gained his professional experience in several law firms specializing in antitrust and competition law,  also acting as a defending counsel in legal antitrust proceedings for the imposition of administrative fines. He assists CDC since 2005.

Languages: German and English

Volker Abele, Business Lawyer (Diploma)

Volker Abele is a Case Manager with CDC.

He studied international business law at the universities of Erlangen/Nuremberg and Rennes and wrote his final diploma thesis on damage claims under European and German competition law. Before joining CDC Mr Abele has worked on company-wide compliance projects.

Languages: German, English and French

Jakob Rüggeberg, MSc

Jakob Rüggeberg is an Economic Consultant with CDC.

He studied economics at the Universities of Maastricht, Hamburg and Toulouse and graduated with a master thesis on the economics of private enforcement in 2005, published by the NMa (Dutch Competition Authority) as the best economics thesis of the year in the Netherlands. He earned practical experience working at a leading economics consulting firm and is currently finishing his doctoral thesis in economics at the University of Amsterdam. His PhD research is published in peer-reviewed journals and focuses on the economics of private enforcement and effective mechanisms of compensation.

Languages: German, English, Dutch and French

Ben Bornemann, LL.M., Business Lawyer (Diploma)

Ben Bornemann is a Case Manager with CDC.

He studied business law and economics in Augsburg and Chicago and wrote his diploma thesis about the interaction of damage claims and leniency programmes in competition law. Before joining CDC Mr Bornemann worked for multinational companies and as a research associate.

Languages: German, English and Spanish

Tihana Meic, MSc

Tihana Meic is a Case Manager with CDC.

She graduated as the top 3 % student of International Economic Studies at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. During her studies she specialised in International Competition policy. Her master thesis deals with the pro-collusive effects of the EU leniency programme in fight against the cartels. Apart from the economic background she successfully passed a master's level European Competition Law course. Before joining the CDC team, she worked as an intern at the European Commission, Competition Directorate (Cartels unit), as well as a professional associate at the Representative office of the Croatian Chamber of Economy in Brussels.

Languages: Croatian, English, French, German and Dutch

Ilona Louis, Industriekauffrau, Betriebswirtin (TAP), Management Assistant (TAP)

Ilona Louis is a Management Assistant with CDC

She began her career in the automobile industry. After this Ms Louis worked for three years in the marketing department of a leading German logistics company. She gained further experience as a management assistant for a lobbying association in Bonn and Mainz. Ms Louis joined the CDC team in 2004.

Languages: German and English

The CDC team has further members working in house, in particular in the fields of statistics, programming and software engineering. They ensure the appropriate preparation and analysis of complex transaction, company and market data. Apart from that, CDC has established relationships with external experts such as economists and lawyers.

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