GERMANY Law and Practice Contributed by: Daniela Seeliger, Christoph Barth and David-Julien dos Santos Goncalves, Linklaters
Linklaters has a team of over 150 dedicated competition lawyers led by 32 partners who work in key antitrust centres across Europe, the USA and Asia, including China and Hong Kong. The team works seamlessly across all the firm’s offices to deliver the highest-quality advice to clients and has excellent access to decision- makers where it matters. The global team is further strengthened by strategic alliances with top firms in India, Africa, South-East Asia and
Australia. Clients go to the firm for expert, com - mercial advice on their most complex and stra - tegic national, EU and global antitrust matters, where a deep understanding of their businesses and strategies is essential. The German compe - tition team is based in Düsseldorf and consists of three partners, six (of) counsels and more than 20 associates. The team has a strong re - cord in all types of German and European com - petition matters.
Authors
Daniela Seeliger is a partner in the Düsseldorf office of Linklaters. She has long- standing expertise in European and German competition law, particularly in merger control,
Christoph Barth is a partner in the Düsseldorf office of Linklaters with a particular focus on transactional matters and extensive expertise in international merger control and
the co-ordination of complex multi- jurisdictional filings, antitrust proceedings and compliance work. Daniela teaches competition law at the University of Halle and publishes widely on competition and compliance topics, including on the “EU Digital Markets Act” and ”recent developments in competition law and ESG”. She is a non-governmental adviser in the International Competition Network, a board member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht eV, and a member of the Competition Law 4.0 Commission of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
foreign investment proceedings as well as reviews under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. He advises on all other competition law aspects, including cartel and abuse of dominance proceedings. Christoph has particular experience in the energy/utilities and industrials sectors and acts for private equity houses. He leads the Innovation and Efficiency Initiative within the global antitrust practice and regularly publishes on M&A-related competition law issues. He is a board member of the German Foreign Investment Control Lawyers Association.
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