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Kirsten Baubkus-Gerard
Senior Associate

Kirsten Baubkus-Gerard, Mag. iur., Maîtrise en droit

Rechtsanwältin

Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
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Kirsten Baubkus-Gérard advises international corporate groups as well as German medium-sized companies on European and German competition law and represents them before the European Commission, the Federal Cartel Office as well as German and EU courts, with a focus on merger control and abuse control proceedings. She has special know-how in the telecommunications and IT sector and also advises on general EU law.

Kirsten Baubkus-Gérard started her legal career at CMS in 2012 and joined the European Commission in 2016 where she spent three years as a case handler at the Directorate-General for Competition’s merger control unit (IT, telecoms, media) and two years as a legal officer in the enforcement unit of the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs. She re-joined CMS in 2023.

Relevant experience

  • Rügenwalder Mühle | Representation in merger control proceedings before the EU Commission
  • Leading manufacturer in the food industry | Comprehensive advice on various transactions and joint ventures with competitors
  • Industry association and leading company in the IT and telecommunications services industry | Comprehensive advice on the issue of abuse of control through strategic overbuilding in fiber optic expansion
  • Telefónica Deutschland | Representation in merger control proceedings before the EU Commission and subsequent action for annulment before the European Court of Justice
  • AkzoNobel | On the sale of the construction adhesives business to Sika, coordination of merger control filings in several jurisdictions
  • Leading online flight booking site | Representation against an airline in abuse of market power proceedings before German courts

Memberships & Roles

  • Deutscher Juristinnenbund e.V. (djb) (association of German female lawyers)
  • Since 2022: Chair of the board of the djb Brussels regional group
  • European Women Lawyers Association (EWLA)
  • W@Competition
  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V. (association of German competition lawyers)

Education

  • 2009 - 2011: Trainee lawyer at Koblenz Higher Regional Court
  • 2007 - 2008: Magister iuris in comparative law at the University of Mainz, thesis on a competition law topic
  • 2006 - 2007: Maîtrise en droit at the University of Nantes (public law with a focus on international and European business law), thesis on a competition law topic
  • 2003 - 2009: Law studies at the University of Mainz

Insights by Kirsten

CMS advises Brückner Group on the acquisition of Hennecke Group

07 Jan 2026 2 min read

CMS advises Hannover Finanz on the acquisition of Rohrsanierung Jensen and KATEC Kanaltechnik

19 Nov 2025 2 min read

CMS advises Absolute Motors on acquiring the insolvent company UBC Composites

09 Sep 2025 2 min read

CMS advises Hellomoov Partners on the acquisition of ask GmbH

09 Sep 2025 2 min read
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