Heike Schweitzer

Joint Chair RSCAS / Department of Law
Professor of Competition Law

Tel. [+39] 055 4685 882 / 818 / 306
Fax [+39] 055 4685 730
Email Heike.Schweitzer@eui.eu 

Secretary/Administrative Assistant at RSCAS: Mia Saugman 
for seminars and Ph.D. supervisees: Marlies Becker 

Robert Schuman Centre
Via delle Fontanelle 19
50014 San Domenico di Fiesole - Italy

Appointed October 2006; Part-time professor until the end of June 2010

Fields of Research 

• Competition Law (European, German, US, international)
• Regulated Industries (telecommunications and media, energy, postal sector)
• Public enterprises and enterprises charged with services of general interest
• State aid law
• Public Procurement Law
• Corporate Law and Corporate Governance, capital market law (EU, German, English, US in comparative perspective)
• Contract law (EU, German, English, US in comparative perspective)
• Mergers & Acquisitions

Languages 

German, English (fluent); Spanish, French (passive)

Current Seminars at the EUI 

• Competition, Innovation & Intellectual Property Rights  (with W. Kerber) 
• Corporate Governance and (In-)Efficient Capital Markets. A Fresh Look in Times of Crisis 

Current Research Projects 

• The interaction of law and economics in competition law
• The application of EU competition rules in the Member States - comparative European competition cases
• The setting of compatibility standards and EU competition law
• Cross-border mergers and acquisitions in Europe - the legal framework and policy responses to acquisitions in strategic industries (project together with Mark Thatcher, LSE)
• The private law of cross-border mergers and acquisitions
• The role of the market and the role of the state: spontaneous orders, framework rules and the public interest
• Competition and consumer protection in financial markets
• Competition and innovation: interfaces between competition and intellectual property law