Marieke Scholz

Belgium, Brussels

Head of Unit at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

Profession: Lawyer

Industry: Competition, Regulatory / Enforcement, Energy, ICT

About:

Head of Unit responsible for antitrust enforcement in the energy and environment sector of the European Commission's DG COMP. After some private practice in a Brussels law firm, Marieke joined the European Commission in 2007 where she has been working mainly on antitrust enforcement and policy with particular focus on the IT and telecommunications sector. Marieke graduated as a lawyer from Humboldt Universität Berlin and holds a MA in European Studies from Università di Siena.

languages

English, French, Italian, Spanish, German

Expertise:

AntitrustCompetition Policy

Experience:

Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

Head of Unit at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

April 2021 - Present • Brussels, Belgium

Head of Unit at DG COMP dealing with antitrust enforcement in the energy and environment sector

Deputy Head of Unit at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

3 years 2 mth • January 2018 - March 2021 • Brussels, Belgium

Deputy head of unit at DG COMP dealing with antitrust case support and policy

Deputy Head of Unit at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

2 years 5 mth • July 2015 - December 2017 • Brussels, Belgium

Deputy head of unit at DG COMP dealing with antitrust enforcement in the telecoms sector

Case and Policy Coordinator at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

8 mth • October 2014 - June 2015 • Brussels, Belgium

Antitrust (Unit A1)

Assistant to the Director-General at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

9 mth • December 2013 - September 2014 • Brussels, Belgium

Antitrust and mergers

Case Handler at Directorate General Competition (DG COMP) - European Commission

6 years 1 mth • October 2007 - November 2013 • Brussels, Belgium

Antitrust in telecoms (Unit C1) and in IT, Internet and Consumer electronics (Unit C3)

Law firm

Associate at Law firm

7 mth • January 2007 - August 2007 • Brussels, Belgium

Merger and cartel cases

Education:

Court of Appeals, Berlin (Germany)

2004 - 2006

Clerkship (3 months each) at Lower district court, Berlin-Mitte (civil law); Public prosecutor’s office, Berlin (criminal law); Ministry of Foreign Affair, Berlin (public law); Law firm WilmerHale, Berlin (competition law); Law firm Gülpen & Garay, Berlin (civil law and Spanish law) and Law firm White & Case, Brussels (EU law and EU competition law)

Faculty of Political Science of the University of Siena (Italy) in cooperation with University of Salamanca (Spain) and University of Strasbourg (France)

2003 - 2004

Master in European Studies (DAAD scholarship)

University La Sapienza, Rome (Italy)

1999 - 2000

Erasmus scholarship

Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany)

1997 - 2003

University degree in law

Anneleen Straetemans

Belgium, Brussels

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