Anne Caroline Wegner > Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
ANNA-SCHNEIDER-STEIG 22
50678 COLOGNE
Germany

Work Department

Antitrust Law
Litigation
Compliance & Internal Investigations
Commercial & Distribution Law, Product Liability/Product Compliance

Position

Anne Wegner specialises in German and European antitrust and distribution law, including disputes in these areas of law. She primarily advises on matters pertaining to vertical agreements, antitrust damages, compliance, cartel proceedings, merger control, joint ventures, and abuse of market dominance. Anne Wegner has many years of experience in representing her clients in these areas vis-à-vis cartel authorities and in court and arbitration proceedings, as well as in drafting and negotiating contracts. She is particularly experienced in issues regarding the automotive industry, logistics, the building materials industry and the distribution of chemicals.

Career

Anne Wegner joined Luther’s Dusseldorf office as a Partner in 2010 and is head of Luther’s antitrust team. Before moving to Luther, she worked for nine years for the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Cologne and Brussels in the field of antitrust and distribution law. Anne Wegner studied law in Marburg (Germany), Strasbourg (France), Cologne (Germany) and at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy).

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Antitrust

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH primarily advises across the energy, automotive, digitisation, healthcare and life sciences sectors on merger control, cartel damages and fine proceedings and acts in a forensic capacity in preliminary investigations and internal investigations, where Sebastian Felix Janka regularly takes the lead; the team also covers interfacing distribution law matters, here, practice head Anne Caroline Wegner is a key figure. Her team includes Holger Stappert, who is experienced in the energy sector, as well as Cosima Flock, who advises on compliance, market manipulation and abuse matters in the energy sector and made counsel in July 2023. Johannes Teichmann, who is experienced in distribution antitrust and distribution law, joined the team in February 2023, followed by antitrust lawyer and healthcare expert Christian Burholt in July of the same year; the latter will also take over the management of the firm’s healthcare and life sciences practice; both were previously at Baker McKenzie.

Germany > Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics

(Leading individuals)

Anne Caroline WegnerLuther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH impresses with its distribution law expertise, which is regularly requested by companies from the automotive, logistics and healthcare sectors; practice head Steffen Gaber also focuses on the automotive industry and advises on supplier disputes and contract changes, which corresponds with the team’s expertise in contract law and dispute resolution. Another key contact here is distribution law expert Johannes Teichmann, who joined from Baker McKenzie in January 2023. The practice is additionally well versed in trade and distribution law: Maximilian Dorndorf primarily assists with contract negotiations in connection with IT and digitisation projects, while Anne Caroline Wegner focuses on distribution antitrust law and handles franchise and supplier contracts.