Christina Renner concentrates her practice on European Union (EU) and German merger control/foreign direct investment (FDI) and antitrust law, with experience in cartels and general behavioral matters, abuse of dominance, and EU state aid laws. Christina handles multijurisdictional merger, FDI, and foreign subsidy filings for a variety of clients and regularly advises on complex cross-border competition and EU regulatory compliance matters. She frequently counsels on a variety of EU cross-border trade issues, including EU sanctions and foreign subsidies.
Christina has an established EU regulatory practice that spans from traditional to virtual networks across a variety of industries, including energy, telecommunications, transportation, retail and ecommerce, life sciences, and digital markets. She regularly advises on EU privacy and cybersecurity matters across a broad range of sectors.
Christina also represents diverse international clients in antitrust investigations before the European Commission and other national competition authorities and in litigation before the European courts.
Before joining Morgan Lewis, Christina was a partner in and head of the Brussels office of a French boutique law firm. She is fluent in German, English, French, Spanish, and Italian, with a working knowledge of Dutch.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Antitrust
EU Trade & Sanctions
EU Regulatory
Litigation
Ranked, Competition: EU, Belgium, Chambers Global (2024)
Recommended, Competition: EU and Global, Belgium, The Legal 500 EMEA (2024)
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Competition, Law360 (2019–2021)
Co-chair, Brussels Regional Section of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht (member association of German-speaking antitrust lawyers) (2019–2021)
Recognized, Competition, Global Competition Review's Who's Who Legal (2019–2022)
Recognized, Thought Leader – Competition, Global Competition Review's Who's Who Legal (2022, 2023)
Member, National Board of the FDP Germany (German Liberal Party) (1999–2001)
Vice President, Young Liberals of Germany (1998, 1999)
Former Scholar, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)