Franz Stenitzer is partner and heads the firm’s Competition & Antitrust | EU Law practice group. His work builds on more than fifteen years of experience in advising clients on all aspects of competition law and antitrust-related matters. His practice includes, in particular, cartel investigations and antitrust proceedings before competition authorities as well as private cartel damages litigation. Franz also regularly advises companies on competition law aspects of distribution systems and cooperation agreements and supports clients in the field of antitrust compliance and prevention. His expertise also covers Austrian and European merger and foreign direct investment (FDI) control as well as EU state aid law and the review of foreign subsidies (FSR). Before joining JWO | Deloitte Legal, Franz worked as an independent attorney specializing in competition and antitrust law and practiced competition law at several leading international and Austrian law firms.

He is fluent in German, English and French.

Franz is recognized in several renowned industry rankings as a leading competition law expert. He is the author of numerous publications in his field of expertise.