Complex cases? His terrain. Calm determination? Absolutely.
Niels is a key pillar of our team and oversees a broad spectrum of demanding competition economics projects. With over 20 years of experience, he safely guides our clients through complex cartel proceedings, merger control cases and abuse of dominance investigations. His strength lies in creating analytical structures that bring clarity to complex markets — identifying the key questions, and building frameworks that lead to robust, evidence-based answers. Whether it’s rigorous analysis or objective expert reports, Niels stands for precision, reliability, and a methodology that never loses sight of the key issues.

Niels is not only a leading expert in his field, but also a patient and dependable team player. He thinks deeply, maintains perspective in his work, and stays calm – remaining confident and focused even when navigating high-profile cases and far-reaching challenges.

Experience
Niels advises on national and European competition proceedings – primarily in the areas of cartel damages, abuse of dominance and DMA enforcement, patent disputes as well as competition clearances. His strengths lie in the use of econometric methods, market simulations, and the preparation of damages assessments. As a party-appointed expert, he regularly appears in court, including before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal in the “Second Wave Trucks Proceedings”. 

Other significant cases in which he currently appears as an expert witness include Google Shopping, Sugar, Girocard, Mastercard II, and TV advertising slots. His experience spans a wide variety of matters, including digital markets, consumer goods, television advertising market, construction materials, food retail, industrial insurance, paper wholesale, infrastructure, postal services, network industries – and beyond.

Niels actively contributes to current competition economics debates as a board member of the Competition Litigation Forum, through his various specialist publications, and as a speaker at conferences.

Vita

• Consultant at solve (formerly Lademann & Associates) since 2004
• Ranked 3rd in JUVE’s 2023 list of the most respected economists in competition law
• Lecturer in Competition Economics and Policy at the University of Bayreuth (2007–2021)
• Author of specialist publications in the Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Journal of European Competition Law and Practice, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Journal of Competition Law (Zeitschrift für Wettbewerbsrecht), and Competition and Economy (Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb), among others.
• Studies in Economics with a focus on Industrial Economics at the University of Hamburg and the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel