Christoph Emde, LLM (University of Chicago)
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Senior Associate

Christoph Emde is a Senior Associate in Noerr's litigation practice. He focuses on representing international corporations in cartel damages proceedings. His cases frequently involve cross-border elements and often take the form of class actions through the bundling of claims. Christoph Emde also defends companies in corporate appraisal proceedings (Spruchverfahren). He further advises and represents international companies – including financial institutions and industrial and energy-sector clients – in commercial disputes before German courts and in cross-border proceedings.
Career
General studies at the Leibniz Kolleg Tübingen
Studied law at the University of Passau and at the University of Chicago Law School (LLM)
Scholarship recipient of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V., the Deutschlandstipendium of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the University of Chicago
Legal traineeship at the Berlin Court of Appeals (stages at the Federal Chancellery and a legal tech startup)
Temporary position at the Federal Ministry of Justice
Research assistant at an international law firm (practice group: Technology, Media & Telecoms)
With Noerr since 2021
Admitted to the Berlin Chamber of Lawyers
Publications
- Verzinsung von Kartellschadensersatzansprüchen bereits ab Schadenseintritt auch für Altfälle (CJEU – C-191/25), GRUR-Prax 2026, 494
- Offenlegung von Beweismitteln bei Kartellschadensersatz - EuGH zum Beweismaß der "Plausibilität" (Schläfke/Emde/Mühlbacher), GenRe 2/2026, 54
- Berechnung der Vorfälligkeitsentschädigung bei vorzeitiger Rückzahlung während der Sollzinsbindung (Emde/Taufmann, Anm. zu OLG Düsseldorf, Urt. v. 14.02.2025, Az. 17 U 142/23), ZIP 2025, 1600
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