Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Areas of practice
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel primarily deals with civil class actions, large individual proceedings, and international arbitration proceedings. This includes representing clients in court and managing class actions in the areas of product liability, antitrust damages, capital investment and insurance law, as well as providing advice and representation in matters regarding manager liability and internal recourse. Conducting post-M&A proceedings, both on the part of the claimant and on the part of the defendant, is another important part of Borbála Dux-Wenzel’s work.
Vita
Borbála Dux spent her school years in Germany, Hungary and the USA. From 2000 to 2004, she studied law at the Universities of Cologne (Germany) and Paris 1 (France), acquiring her “maîtrise en droit/LL.M. Cologne/Paris 1”. Borbála Dux passed her first state law exam in 2006, at the Higher Regional Court of Cologne, was awarded her doctorate from the University of Cologne in 2010, and passed her second state law exam in 2011.
From 2012 to 2018, Borbála Dux worked as a lawyer for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt (all Germany), in the area of dispute resolution. From April 2014, she worked for a year as a legal secretary at the European Court of Justice, in the cabinet of Prof Dr Thomas von Danwitz, before resuming her work as a lawyer at Freshfields. Borbála Dux joined Luther as a partner in 2018, where she is a member of the Complex Disputes team.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2024/2025: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Conflict Solution - Dispute Resolution" (first listed in 2022/2023, "Excellent lawyer and linguistic genius with special know-how in European law", competitor)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Mention in the category "Dispute Resolution - Arbitration (incl. International Arbitration)" (first recommendation in 2022, first mention in 2019)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2020: Mention in the category "Dispute Resolution - Commercial Disputes" (first mention in 2019)
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Arbitration and Mediation" (first recommendation in 2021) and "Litigation"
Publications
- EuGH-Kartellschadensersatz: Wirtschaftliche Einheit begründet Gerichtsstand des Sachzusammenhangs nach Art. 8 Nr. 1 EuGVVO für Klage gegen Tochterunternehmen am Sitz der Muttergesellschaft - Anmerkung zum Urteil des EuGH vom 13.02.2025 - C-393/23, in: Betriebs-Berater (BB), Heft 16-17/2025, S. 916
- EuGH-Kartellschadensersatz: Unionsrecht gebietet Zulässigkeit des “Sammelklage-Inkasso”, wenn ansonsten effektiver gerichtlicher Rechtschutz fehlt - Anmerkung zum Urteil des EuGH vom 28.01.2025 - C-253/23, in: Betriebs-Berater (BB), Heft 13/2025, S. 724
- Kartellschadensersatz: Zum zumutbaren Aufwand bei der Anfrage von Vertragsunterlagen (LKW-Leasing) vor einem Antrag nach § 33g GWB – Anmerkung zum Urteil des BGH vom 01.10.2024 - KZR 60/23, in Betriebs-Berater (BB), Heft 07/2025
- Subsidiaries can be held liable for dam-ages for antitrust violations committed by their parent company,in: Compliance-Berater, Ausgabe 1-2/2022, p. 38 f.
- Collective class actions und claims Aggregation in Germany, in: GCR Private Litigation Guide - Third Edition 2021
- Are class actions by debt collectors coming? Air-Berlin decision and new LegalTech Act, in: DisputeResolution Magazin, Ausgabe 03/2021
- Aggregated claims instead of class actions? – Options for collective legal protection under German (procedural) law, Gebündelte Klagen statt Sammelklagen? – Möglichkeiten kollektiven Rechts-schutzes nach deutschem (Prozess)Recht, in: Der Betrieb 2021, S. 717-724
- Liability of management board members for fines and lawyers’ fees in the event of antitrust violations, Haftung des Vorstands für Bußgeld und Anwaltskosten bei Kartellrechtsverstoß, in: Compliance-Berater, Heft 3/2021 S. 87 f.
- Mitautorin des Werkes Kommentar zum Rechtsdienstleistungsgesetz, herausgegeben von Dr. Christian Deckenbrock & Prof. Dr. Martin Henssler, C.H. Beck, 4. Aufl. 2015 & 5. Aufl. 2021
- Collective or Class Actions and Claims Aggregation in Germany, in: GCR Insight - Private Litigation Guide, 2019
- Studentische Rechtsberatung in Deutschland, in: Juristische Schulung (JuS) 2015, S. 1148-1152
- France on the path towards in-house lawyers, in: Anwaltsblatt (AnwBl) 2011 S. 759
- Pro bono work by lawyers in Germany, in: Anwaltsblatt (AnwBl) 2011, S. 90-96
Blog posts
- ECJ’s preliminary ruling on Art. 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (judgement dated 13 February, 2025, C-393/23 – Heineken) – concept of ‘economic unit’ establishing interna-tional jurisdiction
- The Digital Markets Act and the possibility of private legal enforcement
- Roundwood cartel: bundled action against the state of Baden-Württemberg dismissed for violation of the German Out of Court Legal Services Act (Regional Court of Stuttgart, judgment of 20 January 2022 – ref. no. 30 O 176/19)
- European Court of Justice: Children are liable for their parents!
- Beitrag im Dispute Resolution-Magazin zum Thema: „Kommen die Inkasso-Sammelkläger? Air-Berlin Entscheidung und neues Legal-Tech-Gesetz“
- BGH: Unbegrenzte Zustimmungsfiktion zu Entgeltanpassungen in (Banken?-)AGB unwirksam
- Five questions – five answers: The moratorium on Greensill Bank AG and its consequences for depositors
- Cartel follow-on litigation: Dortmund court quantifies cartel damages without econometric analysis
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