Portrait of Sophie Kuemmel

Sophie Kuemmel Consultant

Sophie is a member of Oxera’s Competition team. She advises clients across Europe on a range of competition issues, particularly in relation to cartel damages and the abuse of market power. She has previously worked in a variety of sectors, including transport, telecoms and finance.

Before joining Oxera, Sophie completed a Master’s degree in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Economics at the University of Bayreuth. During her studies, she completed internships at SEAT and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, among others.

Sophie speaks English, German, and Spanish.

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 6652

Sophie's specialisms include:

Selected
professional experience

  • Advice to a corporate veterinary group in relation to the CMA review into the veterinary services market (2024–)

  • Advice to a client in the natural resources sector on a standalone claim for an alleged abuse of dominance (2022–)

  • Advice to BT in the context of a UK competition class action litigation (2022–24)

  • Advice to the Stagecoach Group in the context of a UK competition class action litigation (2024)

  • Advice to a car manufacturer on the quantification of harm from the roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) shipping cartel (2022–)

Selected
publications

  • Barros, L., Klein, T., Kümmel, S. and Noviello, I. (forthcoming), ‘Market definition under the EC Market Definition Notice: substitutability versus homogeneous conditions of competition’, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement.

  • Kümmel, S. (2024), ‘Punishing the firm, not the individual: should former cartelists be sent to prison in the European Union?’, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 15:7, pp. 498–501.

  • Alimonti, R., Kümmel, S. and Nau, T. (2023), ‘The interplay between leniency programmes and private enforcement: the economist perspective on recent policy proposals’, Competition Law Journal, 21:4, pp.170–79.

Qualifications

  • MSc International Political Economy, London School of Economics, UK

  • BA Philosophy and Economics, University of Bayreuth, Germany

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