Benjamin Schwenker

Benjamin Schwenker specialises in distribution law, in particular in distribution antitrust law. In addition, Benjamin Schwenker also provides legal advice during legal proceedings as well as in the drafting of agreements, in particular with regard to distribution agreements.

Antitrust Law
Complex Disputes

After studying law at the University of Cologne, Germany, Benjamin Schwenker undertook his legal traineeship at the District Court in Wuppertal. He was admitted to the bar in 2006 and joined Luther in the same year.

• Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Competition / Antitrust Law"

• ie neue Vertikal-Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung (EU) 2022/720 nebst Vertikal-Leitlinien – Kontinuität und Umbruch in der Vertriebspraxis, in: Zeitschrift für Wettbewerbsrecht (ZWeR), Heft 03/2022, S. 243 (gemeinsam mit Anne C. Wegner & Samira Altdorf, LL.M.)
• Comments on the Higher Regional Court of Celle’s Judgement dated 27 February 2013 (file no.: 3 U 66/12): Investor- and object-specific consulting for financial instruments to limit interest rate risks (in the case at issue: so-called interest collar)

• Big Bang in automotive distribution contracts? The order of the Higher Regional Court in Vienna dated May 2, 2020 on the invalidity of certain conditions and practices in the automotive industry under antitrust law