Sebastian Janka
Dr Sebastian Janka advises national and international clients on European and German antitrust law. His advisory services cover inter alia M&A/transactions (merger control by the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office and coordination of multijurisdictional filings), antitrust investigations and fine proceedings conducted by the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, damages proceedings, and other judicial and extra-judicial disputes (before German courts, the European General Court, and the European Court of Justice), and compliance advice. Another focus of his work is digital business models. Sebastian Janka has been appointed member of the Legal (Antitrust) Working Group of “Plattform Industrie 4.0”, a digitisation project initiated and directed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), leading industry associations, and top-ranking representatives of the business and scientific communities and trade unions. · Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
About
Dr Sebastian Janka is a partner at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH advising national and international clients on European and German antitrust law. His work covers merger control and multijurisdictional filings, antitrust investigations and fines, damages and other judicial and extra‑judicial disputes (including before German courts, the General Court and the Court of Justice of the EU), compliance advice and digital business models; he is a member of the Legal (Antitrust) Working Group of Plattform Industrie 4.0.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Studied law, University of Hamburg
- Studied law, University of Bordeaux
- Studied law, University of Stellenbosch
- Doctorate (Dr.) — antitrust law topic
- LL.M. — antitrust law topic
Admissions
- Admitted to the German Bar, 2008