Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton antitrust law practice comprehensively covers all aspects of German and EU antitrust law and regularly cooperates with the Brussels location on cross-border issues. The renowned experts of the team are Wolfgang Deselaers, who is experienced in cartel damages, and market power abuse proceedings expert Romina Polley. The team has additional expertise in cartel fine proceedings and contentious matters, where the practice routinely acts before the European and national courts. Further competencies include the advice on state aid law, sector-related investigations and the support in contract drafting. This is complemented with experience in merger control, where Julian Alexander Sanner is a key contact. Katharina Apel left the team in late 2022 for an in-house position.
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'Very good contacts with the European Commission and well informed about the decision-making process for antitrust investigations in the EU.'
'Romina Polley: Experienced, pragmatic and thinks quickly about new markets and products.'
'A lot of experience, good practice-relevant guidance, excellent overview of the individual to-dos and quick processing of them.'
'Wolfgang Deselaers: A lot of experience resulting in excellent ability to classify the subject areas. Philipp Kirst: Detailed knowledge of the entire matter, very good understanding of the relevant legal issues.'
'Incredibly high level of specialist knowledge and competence, very, very professional but still “down-to-earth”.'
'Romina Polley: Always right to the point, pragmatic and with outstanding judiciary and deep business understanding.'
- 'The speed with which things are prepared or worked on is shockingly good. With excellent precision.'
- 'Rüdiger Harms and Julian Sanner: Both always excellently prepared. Always approachable.'
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