DLA Piper‘s antitrust practice acts integrated into the firm’s litigation and regulatory practice, which is led by Thomas Gädtke (litigation and regulatory). Semin O und Justus Herrlinger jointly head the antitrust division and advise on antitrust proceedings, including disputes, distribution antitrust law, compliance as well as merger and investment control.
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'Close to the client, practice-oriented, easy/quick to contact, helpful in-house tools for collaborations.'
'Semin O and Enno Ahlenstiel: Fast feedback, understandable presentation of legal topics, practice-oriented recommendations.'
'A very focused, responsive and solution-oriented team.'
'Semin O: A highly recognized partner on the market who is always a great pleasure to work with.'
Key clients
- EDEKA
- Fluvius System Operator
- ResMed Inc
- Active Ownership (AOC)
- BASF SE
- BorgWarner
- Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
Work highlights
- Advising and representing EDEKA in an antitrust dispute with Coca-Cola due to a delivery dispute due to subsequent and significant price increases.
- Antitrust and merger control advice to ResMed on the acquisition of MEDIFOX DAN, a German provider of software solutions for out-of-hospital care, from HgCapital, a private equity investor in the technology and services sector.
- Comprehensive merger control and antitrust advice to a manufacturer of sea freight containers on a takeover of a sea freight company. Strategic coordination of various merger control proceedings before the local authorities (including in Germany) with parallel US merger control proceedings before the DOJ (here too, main examination proceedings or so-called second request).