Franziska Zibold has focused her professional activity on EU and competition law.
In Portugal, Franziska worked as an adviser in the Cabinet of the President of the Portuguese Competition Authority, where she was responsible for European and international competition law matters and represented Portugal in the Council of the EU for competition matters.
Franziska worked as a case handler at the European Commission (DG Competition) in the fields of antitrust and state aid, where among other matters she covered the legislative procedure for Directive 2014/104/EU (Private Enforcement Directive) and was responsible for the enforcement and monitoring of State aid cases.
At the European Parliamentary Research Service Franziska briefed MEPs on legislative proposals to prepare the plenary vote and followed the full cycle of the legislative process.
As a lawyer, she worked in law firms in Brussels and Düsseldorf, as well as in Siemens (Munich), where she dealt with antitrust, mergers, State aid, compliance, IP, regulatory issues (REACH, environmental law), antidumping and public procurement.
Franziska studied law at the University of Freiburg and holds an LL.M. from the College of Europe in European legal and economic analysis.
Case handler, European Commission, DG Competition, antitrust transport unit (2017-2019).
Cabinet member, Portuguese Competition Authority (2016-2017).
Case handler, European Commission, DG Competition, State aid enforcement and monitoring unit (2014-2016).
Research Analyst, European Parliamentary Research Service (2012-2014).
Policy officer, European Commission, DG Competition, antitrust private enforcement unit (2011-2012).
Associate, White & Case LLP, Brussels (2009-2011).
German Referendar, European Law Practice group of Linklaters, Düsseldorf, Brussels (2008, 2009).
German Referendar, European Law department, Siemens, Munich (2008).
German Referendar, European Commission, DG Competition, antitrust media and sports unit (2007-2009).
Elected as one of the “30 in their 30s” notable women competition professionals in the enforcement category (W@competition, 2017).
LL.M in European Legal and Economic Analysis, College of Europe, Bruges (2007).
Degree in Law, University of Freiburg (2006).
German (mother tongue), English (fluent), Portuguese (good), French (good).
Author of various briefings for the Members of the European Parliament (e.g. copyrights, data protection, online gambling), published in the EP registry.
Chapter on State aid in the energy sector in the “Münchener Kommentar zum Europäischen und Deutschen Wettbewerbsrecht - volume 3: Beihilfenrecht und Vergaberecht” (co-author), Beck Verlag, 2011.
“Thoughts on music: Is compulsory licensing in the case of iTunes the right solution?“, College of Europe, 2007.