Dieter Thalhammer is a partner and head of E&H’s Competition Law and Litigation Practice Groups. Dieter is a renowned expert in the areas of European and national competition law. He represents clients in cartel, abuse of dominance and merger control proceedings. Moreover, Dieter advises clients on the implementation of compliance programmes. Dieter is also an experienced litigator and during the last years has been involved in a large number of high profile court and arbitration cases, with a particular focus on litigating competition law cases. Dieter joined E&H as partner in 2005. Prior to that, Dieter worked for a leading international law firm in Vienna for six years. He also worked as an intern at the Legal Service of the European Commission. Dieter is the author of several articles on competition law and lectures at the University at Graz.