Antitrust

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Hogan Lovells International LLP focuses on the automotive, pharmaceuticals and life sciences sectors as well as on transaction-related antitrust law. The team regularly acts in close cross-border cooperation with other locations and covers interfacing investment control, EU state aid and procurement law matters. Practice head Marc Schweda also focuses on matters at these interfaces and Martin Sura, who is experienced in merger control, is another key contact. Further mainstays include the support in cartel proceedings and internal investigations, as well as the advice on market dominance, digital antitrust law, compliance, cartel damages and cooperations with competitors, including the drafting of contracts in accordance with antitrust law. Elena Wiese, who is experienced in antitrust fine proceedings, was appointed to partner in January 2024.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

'Excellent network, full service in the areas of antitrust, FDI, regulation.'
'Thorough; excellent professional skills. Good connection to the Federal Cartel Office.'
'Marc Schweda: Well connected with the Federal Cartel Office.'
'Falk Schöning: Excellently networked, thinks economically.'
'The team around Christoph Wünschmann stands out in the market comparison. Technical expertise, experience, reliability and quality of the work products are excellent. In addition, very efficient and good project management. Very good industry knowledge. Absolutely recommendable!'
'Excellent combination of technical expertise and experience with first-class exchange.'
'Johanna Brock-Wenzek: Comprehensive experience and very good technical expertise with an eye for detail. Very structured and efficient.'
'Christoph Wünschmann as lead partner and Jan-Christoph Rudowicz are able to respond in a very practical and pragmatic way to the specific requirements of our business. They always respond very quickly and are almost always available when urgent answers are needed. We also always receive initial information immediately on ad hoc telephone inquiries.'

Key clients

Air Canada
ARENA2036
Autobahn Tank & Rast
BMW
Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.
Cofinity-X
Daichii-Sankyo Europe SE
eightyLEO Holding GmbH
Flixbus
Fresenius Kabi
Google
Helsing
Hitachi Energy
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Lürssen
Thalia
Trainline
Varo Energy
va-Q-tec

Work highlights

Supporting the ARENA2036 innovation platform and leading automotive companies in obtaining the approval for the "Innovation Initiative Wire Harness" project.
Investment control advice to eightyLEO Holding GmbH on the takeover by SSST and CAD (China).
Successful representation of the international mobility platform Trainline in cartel abuse proceedings brought by the Federal Cartel Office against Deutsche Bahn.