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Martin Seyfarth
Work Department
Germany; Public Policy and Legislative Affairs; Energy, Environment and Natural Resources; Crisis Management and Strategic Response; Cross-Border Transactions; Coronavirus (COVID-19) Task Force
Position
Partner-in-Charge of WilmerHale’s Berlin Office
Career
Martin Seyfarth chairs the German Public Policy Practice and co-chairs the German Energy Industry Group. He advises national and international companies on transactions, privatizations and large strategic industry and branch projects. With his extensive experience and knowledge, Mr. Seyfarth has successfully represented clients in a variety of complex deals in the corporate sector. Mr. Seyfarth has been the managing partner of the Berlin office since 2009.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Seyfarth served as Chief of Staff at the German Federal Ministry of Transport (1993 – 1998), where he was involved in the privatization of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Deutsche Bahn AG.
Martin Seyfarth’s corporate practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, privatizations and restructurings. He has handled numerous mergers and acquisitions for clients in regulated industries, particularly in the power and gas sector.
Martin Seyfarth’s regulatory and public policy practice focuses on energy, environment and healthcare, where he represents his clients in administrative procedures and commercial negotiations. He also frequently represents clients in strategic matters or legislative procedures before governments and parliaments in Germany and at EU level.
Professional Activities
Martin Seyfarth is a member of the German Christian-Democratic Lawyer’s Association and a Young Leader Alumni (Wisconsin 1995) of the Atlantik-Brücke, the German partner organization of the American Council on Germany.
Languages
German, English
Memberships
Berlin
Education
Dusseldorf , SSE (1993)
University of Bonn , FSE (1993)
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Public sector > Commercial administrative law
WilmerHale focuses on regulatory advice and litigation and counts large companies such as Meta as well as state-owned companies and state ministries among its client base. The team combines administrative and constitutional law skills with data protection and antitrust expertise and represents clients in related disputes before administrative courts and cartel offices as well as before the European Court of Justice; Hans-Georg Kamann regularly acts in regulatory disputes. He also provides regulatory advice on public digitisation and cultural projects and jointly heads the practice with Martin Seyfarth, who occasionally applies his policy-related administrative expertise in legislative procedures.