Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht E. V.

the aim of the studienvereinigung is "promoting scholarship in the field of national, european and international competition law" in the german-speaking world. membership of the association is open only to attorneys who work in the field of competition law. the studienvereinigung kartellrecht was founded by 14 competition lawyers in dusseldorf on 25 march 1965. in the fifty plus years since its formation, the studienvereinigung kartellrecht has grown from a small number of attorneys specialising in competition law to nearly 1400 members. since 2015, economists have been permitted to join as associated members. the current chairman of the studienvereinigung since december 2018 is dr. ingo brinker. in the early years of the studienvereinigung, the topics dealt with were limited to general competition law and the control of abusive practices, but by the early 1970s this was expanded to include merger control, which has since been a significant focus of the activities of the studienverei