Sarah Blazek

Sarah Blazek advises clients across the full range of EU and German antitrust and competition law, with a particular focus on merger control, cartel investigations, and abuse of dominance. Her practice also covers EU State aid, the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), and foreign direct investment (FDI), particularly in politically sensitive, cross-border, and EU-facing matters. She has acted as a trusted advisor to the Economic Stabilisation Fund (Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsfonds, WSF) and German ministries, including the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

Sarah represents clients before the European Commission, the EU courts, and the German Federal Cartel Office and is closely integrated with Jones Day's Brussels Office, working regularly on EU-facing matters. She assists clients in complex and time critical proceedings, including matters arising from the green and digital transformation and increased regulatory enforcement at the national and EU levels. She has particular in-depth experience in the energy and infrastructure, automotive and electric vehicles, semiconductors, digital, pharmaceutical, retail, transport, defense, and financial services sectors. Prior to joining Jones Day in 2026, Sarah advised Northvolt on antitrust and State aid for a battery gigafactory, WTS on the EQT investment, and handled EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation work on multiple cross-border transactions, including for Japan Pulp & Paper, as well as EU-level court proceedings for Condor.

Sarah has been recognized by leading directories such as Legal 500, Best Lawyers, and the main German legal directory JUVE.