Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Antitrust & Competition

Oliver Heinisch is a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Group in the firm’s London and Brussels offices.

Oliver advises on all areas of EU, UK and German competition law with a focus on international cartel and abuse of dominance procedures, including related antitrust litigation matters as well as merger control law. He also advises on the interface between intellectual property and competition law mainly in the context of complaint cases, investigations of competition authorities and intellectual property litigation.

Oliver 's additional experience includes advising on distribution agreements, parallel imports, IP licensing, R&D and cooperation arrangements. He also assists clients in complying with EU product regulatory law in particular in the area of medical devices, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. The majority of his clients are technology, consumer electronics and life sciences companies, and he also works for financial services, private equity, insurance, automotive, industrial, fashion and food clients.

Oliver is ranked in the major legal directories and consistently recognized as an expert in the field.

Data Protection and GDPR Oliver also has substantial experience in advising clients on data protection issues in Europe, Germany and the UK and in particular on the increased scrutiny of data in competition investigations and mergers. He advises multinational companies on all areas of the GDPR and EU national and UK data protection laws, in particular on issues relating to data breaches, data transfers and data protection defenses in the context of litigation discovery as well as on questions relating to HR and employment, retail and online selling.

LL.M., University College London, UK, 2001

Second State Exam, Higher Regional Court of Berlin, 2000

First State Exam, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Germany, 1998