Dr. Katharina Kolb
Managing Partner, Munich Office
kkolb@lchb.com
+49.89.2555.2361
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Dr. Katharine Kolb

Dr. Kolb is the managing partner of Lieff Cabraser’s Munich office and heads Lieff Cabraser’s German litigation practice. She advises on all aspects of German and European antitrust and competition law as well as German tort and liability law. Dr. Kolb has broad experience in the structuring and coordination of complex multi-jurisdictional litigation and collective redress cases. She regularly advises financial investors and litigation funders with respect to the investment into different types of litigation and the purchase of reimbursement and damages claims. Dr. Kolb frequently represents individuals and companies as well as litigation vehicles in front of the German courts.

Rankings like Who is Who Legal recognize Dr. Kolb as one of the world’s “Future Leaders” in competition law.

Dr. Kolb is a member of the ABA, the Competition Litigation Forum, the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, and the Münchener Kartellrechtsforum. Dr. Kolb serves as a Vice Chair of the ABA’s Global Private Litigation Committee and as a board member of the Competition Litigation Forum. Dr. Kolb is co-editor of the “Handbuch Prozessfinanzierung” published by C.H. Beck Verlag.

Dr. Kolb speaks German, English, and French.

  • Second German State Exam, Munich, Germany, 2010
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany,
    Dissertation, 2008
  • First German State Exam, Munich, Germany, 2007
  • American Bar Association, Vice-Chair, Global Private Litigation Committee (2022)
  • Moderator, “Private Damages Actions: The In-House Perspective”, ABA Global Private Litigation Conference, June 2023
  • Author, „Die Finanzierung privater Rechtsstreitigkeiten durch Dritte – Aktuelle Entwicklungen in Europa“, DisputeResolution – Das Online-Magazin für Streitbeilegung, Ausgabe 1 – 2023
  • Author, “Private Litigation and Third-Party Litigation Funding: Developments in Europe”, Antitrust Law Section, Antitrust Newsletter, February 2023
  • Speaker, “Global Antitrust Litigation Update: Trucks, Bucks and More,” ABA Antitrust Law Section Webinar, February 2023
  • Panelist, “Collective Actions in Europe: An Update,” ABA Antitrust Law Section Program, June 2021
  • Speaker, “Trends in collective damages litigation,” GCR Connect: Germany 2021, May 2021