Georg Weidenbach
Partner, Antitrust & Competition
Georg Weidenbach is a partner in Willkie’s Antitrust & Competition Department and Litigation Department. He is based in the Firm’s Frankfurt office.
Georg focuses on European and German antitrust law. He advises clients on complex merger control cases, cartel investigations and related cartel damage claims, compliance programs and audits, antitrust related distribution and abuse of dominance matters.
Georg is regularly recommended by leading legal publications and directories, including JUVE, Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers, Chambers and The Legal 500. He regularly publishes on antitrust matters in legal publications.
Georg is fluent in German and English.
Experience
- Recognized by JUVE Handbook as one of the leading antitrust advisors in Germany under 50, 2016, 2017, 2020-2023
- Recognized by JUVE Handbook as one of the leading antitrust advisors in Germany over 50, 2024
- Recognized by Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers in Germany™ for Competition / Antitrust Law and Litigation 2018, Competition/Antitrust Law 2021/2022, Competition/Antitrust Law 2022/2023, Competition/Antitrust Law 2023/2024, Competition/Antitrust Law and Litigation 2024/2025
- Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers™ for Competition / Antitrust Law, Hessen, Germany, 2020/2021
- Selected by Lawdragon as among the "500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers,” 2025
- Recognized by The Legal 500 Deutschland as a “Leading Individual” for Antitrust in Germany, 2021-2025
- Recognized by The Legal 500 EMEA as a “Leading Individual” for Antitrust in Germany, 2021-2025
- Recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a “Global Leader” and “National Leader” for Competition Law, 2024
- Ranked by Chambers Global for Competition/European Law – Germany, 2021-2023, 2025
- Ranked by Chambers Germany for Competition/European Law, 2025
- Ranked by Chambers Europe for Competition/European Law – Germany, 2013-2024
- Recognized by the WirtschaftsWoche as a Top Lawyer in Antitrust in Germany, 2020-2023
- Recommended by Kanzleimonitor as leading lawyer for antitrust in Germany, 2020-2022
- Founding Member, Kartellrechtsforum Frankfurt am Main (Association of Antitrust Lawyers in Frankfurt)
- Co-author, “German Draft Bill Reflects Trend Toward New Antitrust Tools,” Law360, October 19, 2022
- Co-editor, Kartellrechtliche Schadensersatzklagen, Frankfurt am Main, 2018/2021
- Authored chapter on antitrust compliance in Handbuch Compliance-Management, Berlin, 3rd edition, 2020
- Authored chapter on antitrust limits in commercial contracts in Münchener Vertragshandbuch, Vol. 2, Wirtschaftsrecht I, Munich, 8th edition, 2020
Credentials
Education
University of Konstanz, J.D., 2001 University of Oxford, Mag. jur., 2000 University of Konstanz, Law Degree, 1998