WilmerHale particularly focuses on complex civil and regulatory disputes, especially with an antitrust background, while the team also has expertise in corporate litigation as well as product liability and warranty proceedings. The practice is jointly led by Vanessa Wettner, who was recently involved in numerous civil proceedings against consumer protection associations, Stefan Ohlhoff, who is active in large cartel damages proceedings in the automotive, automotive supplier, finance and healthcare industries, and Hans-Georg Kamann, who handles antitrust, state aid and EU law litigation.
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Key clients
- Becton Dickinson B.V.
- Deutsche Bahn AG
- Deutsche Telekom AG
- Hugo Boss
- Jugendherberge Berlin Ostkreuz gGmbH
- Katjes Fassin GmbH & Co KG
- Meta Platforms, Inc.
- OPAL Gastransport GmbH & Co. KG
- Syngenta Agro GmbH
Work highlights
- Representation of Meta in numerous proceedings, in particular regarding the GDPR and the NetzDG. Most recently, representing Meta in the so-called AppCenter proceedings before the ECJ (C-319/20), which dealt with the question of whether consumer protection associations still have the right to sue under the UWG and UKlaG to prosecute data protection violations in court even after the GDPR comes into force.
- Advice and procedural support for Airbnb in various proceedings in various EU member states; including litigation advice on European law issues in the area of e-commerce in a referral procedure initiated by an Italian court to the ECJ (C-237/21) on the question of the European law compatibility of national tax transfer and information obligations with the country of origin principle and the freedom to provide services.
- Successful prosecution of EU-wide trademark infringement claims for Hugo Boss against one of Europe's largest clothing discounters due to various BOSS slogans.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Vanessa Wettner, Stefan Ohlhoff, Hans-Georg Kamann