Dr Bernadette Zelger is an Assistant Professor and graduate from the University of Innsbruck (Dr. iur., Mag. iur.), King’s College London (Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law) and Queen Mary University of London (LL.M. in Competition Law), as well as a qualified lawyer in Austria (bar exam 2014) and former fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences by which her doctoral thesis was fully funded (DOC-fellowship). Before having joined the Department of European Law and Public International Law at the University of Innsbruck, Bernadette worked as a Research Assistant for Professor Ioannis Kokkoris, Professor for Law and Economics at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom and as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Innsbruck. Moreover, Bernadette gained five years practical experience as a lawyer in leading Austrian full service corporate law firms headquartered in Vienna, the European Commission, DG COMP, E1 (Unit for Antitrust – Pharma and Health Services) in Brussels, and as Inhouse Legal Counsel at the Legal Department of an Austrian bank (headquartered in Innsbruck).

• Chapter 1.- Introduction. Chapter 2.- Competition Law, Economics and the 'More Economic Approach' – the Necessity of a Broader Perspective. Chapter 3.- Effects and Article 101 TFEU. Chapter 4.- Effects and Article 102 TFEU. Chapter 5.- Particularities of the Digital Economy. Chapter 6.- Competition Cases in the Digital Economy. Chapter 7.- Conclusions.

“This book covers two topics that have been at the heart of European competition law over the last decade or two: the role of effects in antitrust analysis and antitrust enforcement in the digital sector. … In my view, the greatest merit of this book lies in its efforts to trace recent antitrust cases in digital markets back to the traditional case law of the CJEU.” (Jan Blockx, Common Market Law Review, Vol. 62 (3), June, 2025) “Each chapter ends with a pleasant and very clear interim result, which continues the very structured and logical argumentation thread … . this book makes a valuable contribution to the current de­bate about whether our competition law toolkit is fit and proper to deal with the challenges posed by digita­lization.” (Eduard Paulus, ÖZK, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht, Issue 6, 2023)

Dr Bernadette Zelger is an Assistant Professor and graduate from the University of Innsbruck (Dr. iur., Mag. iur.), King’s College London (Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law) and Queen Mary University of London (LL.M. in Competition Law), as well as a qualified lawyer in Austria (bar exam 2014) and former fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences by which her doctoral thesis was fully funded (DOC-fellowship). Before having joined the Department of European Law and Public International Law at the University of Innsbruck, Bernadette worked as a Research Assistant for Professor Ioannis Kokkoris, Professor for Law and Economics at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom and as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Innsbruck. Moreover, Bernadette gained five years practical experience as a lawyer in leading Austrian full service corporate law firms headquartered in Vienna, the European Commission, DG COMP, E1 (Unit for Antitrust – Pharma and Health Services) in Brussels, and as Inhouse Legal Counsel at the Legal Department of an Austrian bank (headquartered in Innsbruck).

• Chapter 1.- Introduction. Chapter 2.- Competition Law, Economics and the 'More Economic Approach' – the Necessity of a Broader Perspective. Chapter 3.- Effects and Article 101 TFEU. Chapter 4.- Effects and Article 102 TFEU. Chapter 5.- Particularities of the Digital Economy. Chapter 6.- Competition Cases in the Digital Economy. Chapter 7.- Conclusions.

“This book covers two topics that have been at the heart of European competition law over the last decade or two: the role of effects in antitrust analysis and antitrust enforcement in the digital sector. … In my view, the greatest merit of this book lies in its efforts to trace recent antitrust cases in digital markets back to the traditional case law of the CJEU.” (Jan Blockx, Common Market Law Review, Vol. 62 (3), June, 2025) “Each chapter ends with a pleasant and very clear interim result, which continues the very structured and logical argumentation thread … . this book makes a valuable contribution to the current de­bate about whether our competition law toolkit is fit and proper to deal with the challenges posed by digita­lization.” (Eduard Paulus, ÖZK, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht, Issue 6, 2023)

Dr Bernadette Zelger is an Assistant Professor and graduate from the University of Innsbruck (Dr. iur., Mag. iur.), King’s College London (Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law) and Queen Mary University of London (LL.M. in Competition Law), as well as a qualified lawyer in Austria (bar exam 2014) and former fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences by which her doctoral thesis was fully funded (DOC-fellowship). Before having joined the Department of European Law and Public International Law at the University of Innsbruck, Bernadette worked as a Research Assistant for Professor Ioannis Kokkoris, Professor for Law and Economics at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom and as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Innsbruck. Moreover, Bernadette gained five years practical experience as a lawyer in leading Austrian full service corporate law firms headquartered in Vienna, the European Commission, DG COMP, E1 (Unit for Antitrust – Pharma and Health Services) in Brussels, and as Inhouse Legal Counsel at the Legal Department of an Austrian bank (headquartered in Innsbruck).

• Chapter 1.- Introduction. Chapter 2.- Competition Law, Economics and the 'More Economic Approach' – the Necessity of a Broader Perspective. Chapter 3.- Effects and Article 101 TFEU. Chapter 4.- Effects and Article 102 TFEU. Chapter 5.- Particularities of the Digital Economy. Chapter 6.- Competition Cases in the Digital Economy. Chapter 7.- Conclusions.

“This book covers two topics that have been at the heart of European competition law over the last decade or two: the role of effects in antitrust analysis and antitrust enforcement in the digital sector. … In my view, the greatest merit of this book lies in its efforts to trace recent antitrust cases in digital markets back to the traditional case law of the CJEU.” (Jan Blockx, Common Market Law Review, Vol. 62 (3), June, 2025) “Each chapter ends with a pleasant and very clear interim result, which continues the very structured and logical argumentation thread … . this book makes a valuable contribution to the current de­bate about whether our competition law toolkit is fit and proper to deal with the challenges posed by digita­lization.” (Eduard Paulus, ÖZK, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht, Issue 6, 2023)