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Andre Fiebig

Partner

Andre Fiebig focuses on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial law and antitrust. He also serves as the U.S. external general counsel for a number of foreign companies. Andre also regularly provides compliance advice and training to foreign clients around the world.

Andre is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University School of Law (since 1995) where he teaches Mergers & Acquisitions. He also teaches international antitrust at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, Germany) and the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center of the Max Planck Institute in Munich.

Prior to joining Quarles & Brady LLP, Andre was a partner with Baker & McKenzie LLP in Chicago. Prior to Baker & McKenzie, he practiced at Gardner Carton & Douglas in Chicago and Deringer Tessin Herrmann & Sedemund in Germany and Belgium.

Andre earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois. He graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law (IIT) and also has a Doctorate of Laws degree from the University of Tübingen (Germany). Andre is a dual citizen of Germany and the United States and is fluent in English and German.

Andre lives in Chicago and serves on the Boards of several not-for-profit institutions such as the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, the Loyola Institute for Consumer and Antitrust Studies, Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business and the German International School Chicago.

Legal Services

  • Business Law
  • Antitrust and Trade Regulation
  • International Trade and Supply Chain
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • International Services
  • Health & Life Sciences
  • Health Care Transactions

Education and Honors

  • University of Tübingen (Doctor of Laws, magna cum laude, 1996)
  • University of Tübingen (LL.M., magna cum laude, 1991)
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1989)
  • University of Illinois (B.S., 1986)

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • New York

Professional and Civic Activities

  • Elgin Symphony Orchestra (Member of the Board of Directors).
  • German International School of Chicago (Member of the Board of Directors).
  • Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Loyola University School of Law (Member of the Advisory Board).
  • American Bar Association (Member, Antitrust Law).
  • American Economics Association (Member).
  • Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business (Member of the Board of Advisors).

Languages

  • German

Publications and Presentations

07/30/18
Relief from Section 301 Sanctions on Products from China
Business Law Alert

08/21/17
"Der Amerikanische Albtraum"
Stuttgarter Zeitung

05/23/17
"Trends in the International Business Landscape"
2017 BDO Chicago Financial Executives Forum

01/09/17
"IEL Commercial and Economic Law in the United States of America, 3rd Edition"
International Encyclopaedia of Laws

08/08/16
"Does Your Company Meet Privacy Shield Protection Criteria?"
Safe and Sound

07/27/16
"EU Regulators Allow One-Year Test of Privacy Shield"
Safe and Sound

07/08/16
"New EU Privacy Shield Approved"
Safe and Sound

05/05/16
"Data Privacy: Implications for Global Employers of the E.U. Ruling Invalidating the Safe Harbor on E.U. U.S. Data Transfer"
MAPI Human Resources Council Spring Meeting

04/28/16
"Legal Considerations: Export Regulations & Vehicles to Exporting"
2nd Annual Illinois Chamber of Commerce’s State-Wide Exports Conference

02/22/16
"Judicial Redress Act of 2015 Presented to the President"
Safe and Sound

01/21/16
"The Increasing Importance of EU Competition Law for U.S. Companies"
Business Law Today

12/21/15
"EU Reaches Agreement on Data Privacy: What Does It Mean For Your Business?"
Safe and Sound

12/09/15
"U.S. Jurisprudence Hurting U.S.-EU Data Privacy Relations"
Safe and Sound

11/30/15
"US Courts Aren't Helping With EU Data Privacy Relations"
Law 360

10/19/15
"EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Invalidity Gives Renewed Interest in U.S. Legislation"
Safe and Sound

10/06/15
"European Court of Justice Invalidates EU-U.S. Safe Harbor"
Safe and Sound

09/17/15
EU-U.S. Data Protection Treaty Could Open U.S. Courts to EU Litigants
Safe and Sound

09/17/15
"EU-U.S. Data Protection Treaty Could Open U.S. Courts to EU Litigants"
Safe and Sound

08/05/15
"Import Commerce and the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act"
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business Ambassador

07/07/15
"How FCPA Applies To Foreign Private Companies"
Law360

01/01/15
"EU Business Law "
American Bar Association

01/01/15
"Antitrust and American Business Abroad (4th Edition)"
Thomson Reuters

10/30/14
"Franchisors and Multi-Unit Franchisees: Plan a Smart Exit Strategy"
Moderator

10/16/14
"Scrutiny of EU data-privacy safe harbor could pose problems for U.S."
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

01/01/14
"United States of America"
International Encyclopedia of Laws: Commercial and Economic Law

01/01/13
"Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the United States of America"
Dizionario Sistematico Del Ditritto Della Concorrenza

10/28/12
"Analyzing Global Competition Law Dynamics"
The Global Competition Law Conference

01/01/06
Book Review of "International Trade and U.S. Antitrust Law"
World Competition

07/01/04
"Modernization of European Competition Law as a Form of Convergence"
Temple International and Competition Law Journal

12/01/03
"The Introduction of European Union Competition Law and Policy in the New Member States"
Loyola International Law Review

01/01/00
"A Role for the WTO in International Merger Control"
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

01/01/93
"The German Federal Cartel Office and the Application of Competition Law in Reunified Germany"
University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Business Law