The Lexology Index has once again highlighted the professional excellence of our team in its latest 2026 Competition Report. 

All ten of our managing directors and directors from Berlin, Brussels, and London have been recognised for their outstanding expertise in the field. 

Hans W. Friederiszick and Rainer Nitsche continue to rank among the world’s leading competition economists, earning the Global Elite Thought Leader ranking. 

This year, Simone Kohnz joins Alexis Walckiers as a Thought Leader in competition economics. 

Bas Dessens, Thomas Hildebrand and Lars-Hendrik Röller have each received the Highly Recommended ranking. 

Congratulations also to Elżbieta Głowicka, Alena Kozakova and Anselm Mattes on their inclusion in this year’s Recommended section. 

The Competition Report also features many of our BRG Antitrust & Competition colleagues: Rosa Abrantes-Metz, Phil Alves, Dennis Beling, Mark Bosley, Aleksandra Boutin, Xavier Boutin, Robin Cantor, Kevin Christensen, Adina Claici, Jean-Gabriel Despeyroux, Konstantin Ebinger, David Evans, Laurent Eymard, Felix Hammeke, Greg Harman, Henry Kahwaty, David Kaplan, Kai-Uwe Kühn, James Langenfeld, Shireen Meer, Frédéric Palomino, David Parker, Francesco Lo Passo, Wojciech Pawlak, Dante Quaglione, Helen Kean Redpath, David Scheffman, Pablo Spiller, David Teece, Cleve Tyler. We are proud to be part of such a strong international team and look forward to continuing to deliver exceptional and robust economic work together in the years ahead. 

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