BLOMSTEIN

Number of partners: 4
Number of lawyers: 16 (including partners) plus 4 specialist advisors
Languages:English, French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch

Firm Overview:
BLOMSTEIN is a leading boutique for antitrust, public procurement and international trade law based in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 2016 as a spin-off of a leading international law firm, BLOMSTEIN “has positioned itself at the top of the market within a few years”, according to clients and peers. The experienced team offers expert advice on all fields of antitrust, public procurement and international trade law advising high-profile international clients in a broad range of sectors. The firm is particularly known for its expertise in the fields of TMT, digital platforms, FMCG and retail, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, financial industries, as well as defence and security. All founding partners are extremely well connected internationally. For seamless support worldwide, BLOMSTEIN cooperates with an excellent network of leading specialist firms in Germany and abroad.

Main Areas of Practice: 

Public Procurement Law/Government Contracts: 

BLOMSTEIN supports through all phases of public procurement and provides comprehensive advice on litigation and procurement compliance matters.

2 Partners; 13 fee earners (including partners)

BLOMSTEIN’s recent highlights include advising/representing:

■ FASTNED with regard to the establishment and operation of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany

■ BPI on how to take the location of production into account when purchasing pharmaceuticals

■ Recare regarding several procurement procedures of digital platforms in the healthcare sector

■ Stiftung Allianz für Entwicklung und Klima in various public procurement procedures

■ Amprion on public procurement law issues in an award procedure regarding certain power plants (so called “besondere netztechnische Betriebsmittel”)

■ BMWK (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action) in a public procurement law matter

■ A major European infrastructure company in two procedures before the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf and the Higher Regional Court Hamburg

■ Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) on various public procurement procedures for ships for the German Navy

Key Clients: Amprion, BMWK (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action), BPI (Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie), EdB (Entschädigungseinrichtung deutscher Banken), FASTNED, FSG (Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft), juris, KfW (Germany’s development bank) and its affiliated companies, Recare, Thieme DokuFORM, Vodafone

Contact: Dr Pascal Friton and Dr Roland Stein
Tel: +49 30 214 802 700
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Antitrust & Competition:
BLOMSTEIN advises on all areas of antitrust and competition law, including cartel follow-on damages claims, merger control, vertical agreements, behavioural advice and abuse of dominance proceedings, compliance and monitoring, cartels, market investigations and sector inquiries as well as state aid.

2 Partners; 7 fee earners (including partners)

BLOMSTEIN’s recent highlights include advising/representing:

■ Qell Acquisition Corp. (SPAC) in relation to its multi-billion merger with Lilium

■ FASTNED with regard to the establishment and operation of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany

■ EDEKA Group in follow-on damages claims

■ Merger control advice to US company Adtran on the acquisition of Adva Optical (fiber networking solutions)

■ MAN Energy Solutions on the merger control aspects of its acquisition of H-TEC Systems, a leading provider of hydrogen technology solutions, including coordination of multi-jurisdictional filings worldwide

■ CRRC in relation to its acquisition of Vossloh Locomotives (phase II merger control proceeding before the German Federal Cartel Office) and in the EU Commission phase II review in Alstom/Bombardier

■ The Monitoring Trustee in various European Commission remedy cases (inter alia, case AT.39816 – Gazprom, case M.9564 – LSEG/Refinitiv and case M.8870 – E.ON/Innogy)

■ Vodafone in complaint procedures before the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf and the Federal Court of Justice against merger clearance and commitment decisions regarding a joint venture of EWE/Deutsche Telekom

■ Vodafone on the antitrust aspects of a mobile network cooperation with Deutsche Telekom

■ Axel Springer in several national merger control proceedings across Europe

Key Clients: Anheuser Busch InBev, Axel Springer, Boerse Stuttgart, CRRC, EDEKA, Essity/BSN, Facebook, MAN, one of the world-leading e-commerce platforms, Vodafone

Contact: Dr Anna Blume Huttenlauch and Dr Max Klasse
Tel: +49 30 214 802 700
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

International Trade Law:
BLOMSTEIN has a broad expertise of international trade law, incl. customs and excise taxes, export control and sanctions, foreign direct investment control (FDI), trade compliance, art and cultural property law as well as WTO, anti-dumping, safeguard measures and market organisation law.

2 Partners; 15 fee earners (including partners)

BLOMSTEIN’s recent highlights include advising/representing:

■ The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in a preliminary injunction procedure of Taiwan chip supplier GlobalWafers on its Siltronic takeover before the Administrative Court of Berlin and the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg

■ Cosco Shipping Ports regarding foreign direct investment aspects on the acquisition of voting rights in HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort

■ Shell in an energy tax dispute with the Main Customs Office Hamburg before the Federal Tax Court and the ECJ

■ Qell on German foreign direct investment (FDI) control rules as well as on export control law in relation to its merger with Lilium

■ US company Adtran regarding foreign direct investment aspects on the acquisition of Adva Optical

■ Vattenfall in energy and electricity tax law matters

■ The German Federal Government on a public contract in the context of an FDI application

■ RWE in two legal proceedings regarding excise taxes on the range of power used for power generation

■ Knorr-Bremse on export control and sanctions matters in the EU

■ Infineon Technologies regarding various international trade law issues

Key Clients: ADM, BMW, BMWK (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action), BP, CRRC, Delivery Hero, ED&F Man, Infineon, Instex, Helsing, Knorr-Bremse, RWE, Südzucker, Vattenfall

Contact: Dr Pascal Friton and Dr Roland Stein;

Art and cultural property law: Dr Anna Blume Huttenlauch
Tel: +49 30 214 802 700
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Compliance & Monitoring: 

BLOMSTEIN advises in relation to antitrust, procurement, trade and MDB compliance.

4 Partners; 14 fee earners (including partners)

BLOMSTEIN’s recent highlights include advising/representing:

■ Gazprom as part of the Monitoring Trustee Team to monitor the commitments in European Commission Case AT.39816

■ A German engineering company on a World Bank debarment matter

■ E.ON as part of the Monitoring Trustee Team to monitor the implementation of the commitments in European Commission Case M.8870 (E.ON/Innogy)

■ Harris as part of the Monitoring Trustee Team to monitor the implementation of the commitments in European Commission Case M.9234 (Harris/L3)

■ London Stock Exchange Group as part of the Monitoring Trustee Team to monitor the commitments in the European Commission Case M.9564 (LSEG/Refinitiv)

■ Regular compliance trainings for a number of clients

Key Clients: Anheuser Busch InBev, E.ON, Vodafone, Zalando

Contact: Dr Anna Blume Huttenlauch and Dr Roland Stein
Tel: +49 30 214 802 700
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]