Jan Christoph Höft > Latham & Watkins LLP > Dusseldorf, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP
DREISCHEIBENHAUS 1
40211 DUSSELDORF
Germany
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Position

Dr. Jan Christoph Höft is a partner in the Düsseldorf office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice. He advises clients in all areas of EU and German competition law, representing them before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission. In particular, Mr. Höft assists clients with merger control, cartel defense, and abuse of dominance matters, as well as complex antitrust litigation, including civil damages actions.

With almost 10 years‘ experience in competition law, Mr. Höft has developed strong expertise in the technology, media, and retail sectors. The breadth of his cartel experience includes successful settlement discussions with the German Federal Cartel Office and defense in court and in extrajudicial proceedings against subsequent civil damages actions, which to date form the largest ever civil damages litigation in Germany.* In the area of merger control, he has successfully represented a retailer contesting a ministerial approval of a planned merger in the German retail sector.*

Mr. Höft regularly writes on recent developments in competition law.

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm

Lawyer Rankings

Deutschland > Kartellrecht > Kartellrecht

(Partner der nächsten Generation)

Jan Christoph HöftLatham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP verfügt über hohe fachliche Kompetenz in den Bereichen Digitalisierung und Technologie; hier war die Vertretung von Meta im Zuge der GWB/19a-Novelle sowie unter Berücksichtigung des Digital Market Acts ein bedeutendes Mandat. Weitere Stärken des Teams sind die Beratung zu Marktmachtmissbrauch und Kartellschadensersatz, wenngleich das Tätigkeitsspektrum zudem verhaltensbezogene Untersuchungen, die kartellrechtliche Prozessführung und die Beratung bei angeblichen Kartellrechtsverstößen beinhaltet. Abgerundet wird dies durch Kompetenzen in der kartellrechtlichen Transaktionsbegleitung, einschließlich FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) und FSR (Fusion Control Regulation). Zum Kernteam zählen der in kartellrechtlichen Streitigkeiten versierte Max Hauser, Litigator Michael Esser sowie Jan Christoph Höft (Fusionskontrolle und Kartellschadensabwehr). Die in der Fusions- und Investitionskontrolle versierte Jana Dammann de Chapto wurde im März 2024 in die Partnerriege aufgenommen.

Germany > Antitrust

(Next Generation Partners)

Jan Christoph HöftLatham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP has a high level of expertise in the areas of digitisation and technology, where the representation of Meta in connection with the §19a GWB as well as the Digital Market Act was a significant mandate. Other mainstays include the advice on market power abuse matters and cartel damages compensation claims as well as internal investigations, antitrust litigation and the advice on alleged antitrust violations. This offering is complemented with expertise in transaction-related antitrust law, including FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) and FSR (Fusion Control Regulation). The key contacts include Max Hauser, who is experienced in cartel disputes, litigator Michael Esser and Jan Christoph Höft (merger control and defense against cartel damages claims). Jana Dammann de Chapto, who is experienced in merger and investment control, joined the partner roster in March 2024.