Philipp Steinhaeuser
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Dr Philipp Steinhaeuser

Senior Associate

Email

philipp.steinhaeuser@aoshearman.com

Phone

+49 40 82221 2382

Offices

Hamburg

V-CARD
Philipp advises on all aspects of European and German competition law.

He has extensive experience antitrust litigation, representing clients before courts and arbitration tribunals on a regular basis. He further has a focus on M&A related work, in particular in obtaining merger control and FSR approvals, covering all aspects of European and German merger control proceedings. This includes Phase 2 investigations as well as coordinating multi-jurisdictional reviews.
 
Sector-wise, Philipp has advised in the tech sector as well as in multiple industries, including steel, chemicals and transportation.
 
He holds doctorate in competition law and was a scholar of the ""Arbeitskreis Wirtschaft und Recht"" during his doctorate studies.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Scania on the European Commission heavy trucks investigation and on Scania’s defence strategy in follow-on private damages claims across the EEA and beyond.
  • Leading industrial companies in arbitration proceedings.
  • A multinational technology company in multiple competition law-based action for injunctive relief proceedings.
  • The City of Hamburg on the creation of a JV together with MSC to jointly control the Hamburg Hafen Logistik AG (HHLA).
  • EDEKA on its acquisition of 72 Real retail stores from SCP (phase II investigation including remedies).
  • Advent International on its acquisition of u-Blox AG, a Swiss fablss semiconductor manufacturer.
  • Bridgepoint on the acquisition of a majority stake in PTV Group, a leading global software company for traffic simulation and planning as well as provider of optimization solutions for transport logistics.
  • Bridgepoint on the acquisition of a majority stake in Infinigate Group, a value-added cybersecurity distributor, and the subsequent add-on acquisition of Nuvias, a Cyber Security software distributor headquartered in Surrey (UK).
  • NortonLifeLock on the German merger control of its acquisition of Avast, a cyber security firm.
  • Nemak on the acquisition of Georg Fischer's casting solutions business unit.

Published Work

  • Die BGH-Entscheidung in Sachen Bierkartell: Ernüchterung aus Karlsruhe, NZKart 2021, 30-33 (zusammen mit René Galle)
  • Kommentierung der §§ 97, 98 WpHG in: Schwark/Zimmer, Kapitalmarktrechts-Kommentar, 5. Auflage 2020 (zusammen mit Daniel Zimmer)
  • Die Manipulation von Referenzzinsen wie LIBOR und EURIBOR – Eine Analyse kartellrechtlicher Implikationen von koordinierten Referenzwertverfälschungen an der Schnittstelle zum Kapitalmarktrecht, Duncker&Humblot, Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht, 2019

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Co-Chair, Regional Chapter Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as Rechtanwalt (Germany), 2020

Academic

LL.M., University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2020

Second German Law Degree, Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, Germany, 2019

Dr. iur., Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany, 2018

First German Law Degree, University of Bonn, Germany, 2014

Languages

German, English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.