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Matthias advises leading European companies and public authorities in the energy sector. He helps companies and organisations to analyse the economics of their markets and act to gain competitive advantage or respond to regulatory pressure. He regularly advises on energy market design issues, competition assessment, wholesale and retail pricing, and on the assessment of climate policy instruments. Before joining Frontier, Matthias worked as a researcher and lecturer at the University of Muenster, Germany, focusing on the pricing of electricity and gas in liberalised markets.
Patrick is a Senior Principal in Frontier’s Cologne office with more than 10 years of experience advising leading companies and regulators in the European energy sector. His work focuses on EU climate policy, grid regulation and electricity market modelling. He regularly deals with questions of market and policy design in energy markets, the assessment of power plant investments and litigation or arbitration cases in the energy sector. Patrick holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Münster with a focus on econometrics, energy economics and microeconomics and a bachelor’s degree in economics and law, also from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. During his Master’s, Patrick also studied at University of California in San Diego (USA).
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