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Dr. Johannes Zöttl
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Contact

Düsseldorf
(T) +49.211.42471.286
(F) +49.211.42471.279

Education

  • University of Würzburg (Ph.D. in Law 1998; Academic Assistant at the Jean-Monnet-Chair for European Law, 1996-1998); Clerkship with the Court of Appeals, Bamberg, Germany (1994-1996); University of Würzburg, Germany (First State Examination 1994); University of Cardiff, Great Britain (Diploma in Legal Studies 1990); University of Passau, Germany (1987-1989)

Bar Admissions

  • Federal Republic of Germany

Johannes Zöttl represents companies in antitrust regulation before the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) and the European Commission, including merger reviews and antitrust enforcement actions. He deals extensively with cross-border mergers and acquisitions and has coordinated the merger review by multiple jurisdictions for numerous headline transactions around the world. Johannes also has extensive experience in counseling and litigation in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and automotive industries.

In matters involving the EU and German prohibitions on abusive single-firm conduct, Johannes is defending Heraeus in antitrust action for damages, currently pending at the German Federal Civil Court. He also represents a European OEM in follow-on litigation for antitrust damages in Germany.

Johannes was the only German member of the ABA Antitrust Section's International Task Force (2007-2008) and is a vice chair of the section's Unilateral Conduct Committee. He is also a non-governmental advisor to the ICN Unilateral Conduct Working Group (UCWG) and a member of the German Antitrust Lawyers Association (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.) and the Frankfurt Antitrust Forum (Kartellrechtsforum Frankfurt e.V.).


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Experience Highlights

Areas of Focus

Honors & Distinctions

  • Recommended in JUVE (2008/2012), Chambers Europe: Europe's Leading Lawyers for Business (2010/2012), The Legal 500 (2010/2012), PLC Which lawyer? (2011)

    International Law Office (ILO) Client Choice Award for Competition/Germany (2012)

Languages

English, German
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