Thomas Funke
Thomas Funke helps corporate clients succeed in antitrust litigation and other business-critical competition law matters.
His experience of over 20 years includes cartel damages litigation before the European Court of Justice and the German Supreme Court. Representing retail groups, consumer goods manufacturers and claims funders, Thomas secured decisions in Akzo v Commission (T-345/12), CDC v Commission (T-437/08) and Hydrogen Peroxide (C-352/13). He leads one of the largest damages actions against the European truck cartel.
Thomas defended key players from the automotive, banking, travel and technology sectors in German and EU antitrust investigations. He secured merger clearances for large retail and life sciences transactions. The European Commission retained him to defend merger clearances of the E.ON/RWE asset swap against third-party challenges in the CJEU (C-464/23).
A leading competition expert for the automotive sector, he led projects involving the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation and vehicle-generated data.
An active member of the ABA Antitrust Section Leadership, Thomas has spoken at the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting and served as Vice Chair of the ABA Global Private Litigation Conference in 2025. He is a Co-Chair of the Cambridge Forum for European Competition Litigation.
Thomas has published on the EU block exemptions, antitrust procedure, energy regulation, vertical restraints, merger control and private enforcement.
He is recommended in Chambers Global, Best Lawyers, Lexology, and all other leading directories. JUVE ranks him among Germany’s leading antitrust litigators.
Thomas joined Geradin Partners in 2025 from an international law firm, where he served as global co-head of the Antitrust, Regulation and Competition group.
- Dr. iur., magna cum laude, Bonn University (2003)
- LL.M., Fulbright Scholar, University of Virginia (1999)
- Université de Lausanne, Studienstiftung Scholar, (1994-95)
- Bonn University, Studienstiftung Scholar (1992-98)
Thomas Funke helps corporate clients succeed in antitrust litigation and other business-critical competition law matters.
His experience of over 20 years includes cartel damages litigation before the European Court of Justice and the German Supreme Court. Representing retail groups, consumer goods manufacturers and claims funders, Thomas secured decisions in Akzo v Commission (T-345/12), CDC v Commission (T-437/08) and Hydrogen Peroxide (C-352/13). He leads one of the largest damages actions against the European truck cartel.
Thomas defended key players from the automotive, banking, travel and technology sectors in German and EU antitrust investigations. He secured merger clearances for large retail and life sciences transactions. The European Commission retained him to defend merger clearances of the E.ON/RWE asset swap against third-party challenges in the CJEU (C-464/23).
A leading competition expert for the automotive sector, he led projects involving the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation and vehicle-generated data.
An active member of the ABA Antitrust Section Leadership, Thomas has spoken at the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting and served as Vice Chair of the ABA Global Private Litigation Conference in 2025. He is a Co-Chair of the Cambridge Forum for European Competition Litigation.
Thomas has published on the EU block exemptions, antitrust procedure, energy regulation, vertical restraints, merger control and private enforcement.
He is recommended in Chambers Global, Best Lawyers, Lexology, and all other leading directories. JUVE ranks him among Germany’s leading antitrust litigators.
Thomas joined Geradin Partners in 2025 from an international law firm, where he served as global co-head of the Antitrust, Regulation and Competition group.
- Dr. iur., magna cum laude, Bonn University (2003)
- LL.M., Fulbright Scholar, University of Virginia (1999)
- Université de Lausanne, Studienstiftung Scholar, (1994-95)
- Bonn University, Studienstiftung Scholar (1992-98)