Gleiss Lutz — Belgium

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### Firm Overview Gleiss Lutz is one of the leading premium independent law firms in Germany, with a strong reputation for high partner commitment and excellence in offering seamless, holistic advice. The firm’s lawyers are outstanding experts in their respective fields who work in cross-disciplinary teams on integrated legal solutions. Gleiss Lutz’ market leading practices offer broad experience and deep insight to provide clients with precise and comprehensive advice on challenging legal and business issues. ### Advisory As trusted advisors, Gleiss Lutz experts are strategic partners to their national and international clients. The business oriented advice is tailored to meet clients’ specific needs and to effectively protect against risks in an increasingly complex legal environment. The firm regularly counsels boards and companies in critical situations. ### Regulatory & Litigation Gleiss Lutz helps clients navigate the regulatory landscape, advising on all aspects of governmental regulation and representing clients in proceedings of public authorities, including white-collar crime. The firm is a recognised leader globally for its competition and antitrust expertise and has a long-standing reputation for its particular strength in public law. The dispute resolution team assists clients with issues ranging from litigation and arbitration cases to product liability issues, in Germany and beyond. ### Transactions The firm’s clients entrust it to advise on their largest and most complex inbound and outbound transactions. The firm’s commercially minded and highly skilled lawyers advise on virtually all types of transactions which are of strategic importance for its clients. The firm excels particularly at public and private M&A transactions including carve-outs, strategic alliances and joint ventures, also in regulated industries, as well as private equity, real estate, infrastructure and tech transactions including financing, refinancing and restructuring. ### Offices Gleiss Lutz has six offices in Germany (Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart) as well as offices in Brussels and London. - Number of lawyers: More than 400, including 92 partners ### International Work Gleiss Lutz is part of a long-established, strong and tested international network. With its partner firms who are leading in their respective jurisdictions and areas of law the firm is regularly involved in major cross-border projects and acts as counsel to a wide range of international clients. This flexible network allows Gleiss Lutz to work with the best partner firms for each project, providing seamless service on complex international projects. The firm is able to put together international project teams at a moment’s notice, pooling expertise and know-how across borders tailored to client needs. ### Clients Leading German and international businesses across all sectors, including numerous DAX listed and Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, major privately held companies and public authorities. ### Main Areas of Practice - Automotive & Mobility - Banking & Finance - Capital Markets - Commercial - Competition & Antitrust - Compliance & Investigations - Corporate - Data Protection - Defense & Security - Digital Economy - Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Arbitration - Employment - Environmental - Energy & Infrastructure - ESG - Family Businesses - Financial Institutions - Financial Regulation - Foreign Trade Law - Healthcare & Life Sciences - Insurance - IT - Mergers & Acquisitions - Patents - Private Equity - Product Liability and Safety - Public Law - Public Procurement - Real Estate - Restructuring - Subsidies and State Aid - Succession, Foundations & Trusts - Tax - Trademarks - Unfair Competition - Venture Capital/Start-ups - White-Collar Crime

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Christian Steinle

Christian has considerable experience in European and international antitrust law. He focuses on cartel cases as well as private antitrust litigation, merger control, online and distribution antitrust law, antitrust compliance programme and internal investigations. · Antitrust / Competition

Christian Von Köckritz

Christian advises on European and German antitrust and merger control law, EU-state aid law, as well as other areas of EU law. He represents German and international companies in proceedings before the European Commission, the Federal Cartel Office, as well as before the German and European Courts. · Competition / Antitrust

Harald Weiß

Harald advises on all aspects of German and European competition law, including antitrust, private antitrust litigation, merger control, EU state aid law and Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). His practice also includes advice on EU law. Harald is frequently representing clients before the European Commission and the Court of Justice of the EU. · Competition / Antitrust

Petra Linsmeier

Petra is Head of Gleiss Lutz' antitrust practice. She regularly advises national and international clients on all aspects of German and European antitrust law, i.e. cartels, mergers and dominance issues. She focuses among others on the consumer goods industry and the sector’s competition law topics, such as potential vertical restrictions, selective distribution and platform bans. Petra also regularly advises on compliance issues and internal investigations. · Competition / Antitrust

Ulrich Denzel

Ulrich regularly advises domestic and international clients on German and European antitrust/competition law. He specialises in handling merger control proceedings, defending companies accused of cartel activities and representing clients in connection with claims for damages under civil law. · Competition / Antitrust

Ulrich Soltesz

Ulrich is based for nearly 30 years in our Brussels office. He advises on European antitrust and state aid law, as well as on merger control, FSR and general European law. His clients include German and foreign companies as well as public bodies, which he represents before the European Commission and national competition authorities. Ulrich has litigated more than 70 cases before the Courts of the European Union. · Competition / Antitrust