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Competition/European Law - Germany

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What the Team is Known For

Linklaters has a broad competition law practice, with notable experience in both complex merger control filings and in investigations into allegations of anti-competitive behaviour. The law firm also represents defendants in competition damages actions, as well as assisting with appeals against previous judgements. Clients also benefit from the firm's ability to call upon German-qualified lawyers in its Brussels office.

Work Highlights

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  • Linklaters defended Visa in antitrust damages actions brought by banks concerning the granting of customer fees.

Strengths

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The lawyers are client-focused, they take an academic approach without being unpractical.

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The team is approachable, fast in giving you feedback and offers pragmatic advice.

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If I have a very difficult intellectual question I would call Linklaters.

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It is a solid, knowledgeable and well-resourced team.

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In addition to their excellent legal skills, the lawyers are very responsive, down to earth, and always try to find a solution that works.

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Notable Practitioners

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Daniela Seeliger
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Daniela Seeliger is highly esteemed for her broad competition law practice that covers complex merger clearance filings, as well as high-profile antitrust damages actions and appeals against decisions.

Daniela Seeliger is one of the best lawyers in Germany for these matters.

Daniela Seeliger knows her business, has a broad experience and an impressive level of expertise.

Daniela Seeliger is really very nice to work with. She is focused, has good ideas, and is clearly a brilliant lawyer, who is very laid back.

She is a very experienced and sophisticated lawyer, it is a pleasure working with her.

She takes the time to come up with a strategic approach, and is pragmatic, friendly, solution-driven and on top of the market with new regulations.

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Carsten Grave
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Carsten Grave assists clients with obtaining competition law clearance for proposed mergers, as well as with challenges to merger clearance decisions. He has additional experience in behavioural investigations.

He is very pleasant to work with.

Carsten Grave is very pragmatic and super responsive. He doesn't just tell you what you want to hear and we usually find solutions on the back of his advice.

There is not a problem that he can't solve.

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Bernd Meyring
Bernd Meyring
Expertise Based Abroad

Bernd Meyring heads the firm's global antitrust and foreign investment group and is admitted to practice in Germany and in Belgium. He is known for his work on abuse of dominance cases. He also assists with merger and FDI filings, particularly for clients in the pharmaceutical and technology sectors.

He is able to clearly explain an issue in a way that is calming and understandable to everyone.

Bernd is very calm, very serene, knowledgeable and practical.

He is very practical, has a problem-solving approach and is knowledgeable about lots of aspects of competition law.

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Oleksii Pustovit
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Foreign Expert

Oleksii Pustovit offers notable experience in advising clients on obtaining merger clearance before the Ukrainian authorities, as well as advising on alleged abuse of dominance or cartel cases involving Ukraine.

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Daniela Seeliger
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Carsten Grave
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Oleksii Pustovit
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Foreign expert for Ukraine
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Bernd Meyring
Bernd Meyring
Belgium expertise based abroad
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