Dr Katharina Hillmer
Associate
Katharina advises on all aspects of European and German Competition law. She has experience advising on merger control proceedings and Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) proceedings as well as on cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, while also advising clients on follow-on damages actions and distribution agreements.
Expertise
Experience
Representative matters
Bilfinger SE on the acquisition of the European business of Stork in merger control and FSR aspects.
Friesland Campina on the sale of its German business (incl. Landliebe) to Theo Müller Unternehmensgruppe in merger control matters.
Hapag-Lloyd AG, on the acquisition of the container liner business of the German shipping company Deutsche Afrika-Linien; on its acquisition of 40% shareholding in J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Limited, merger control advice.
Elmos Semiconductor SE on the sale of its wafer fabrication operations to Littelfuse, Inc., USA (Littelfuse), merger control advice.
Scania on follow-up claims for damages in the “truck cartel” case.
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
Qualifications
Admissions
Academic
Second German Law Degree, Higher Regional Court of Celle, Germany, 2021
Dr. iur., University of Cologne, Germany, 2021
First German Law Degree, Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany, 2017