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WilmerHale Offices
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Washington DC 20036
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Hartmut Schneider
Work Department
Antitrust and Competition ; Antitrust Litigation ; Intersection of Antitrust and IP ; Life Sciences
Position
Partner
Career
Hartmut Schneider practices antitrust law primarily before US agencies and courts. He has an extensive background in securing merger clearance for transactions in a diverse range of industries. He also regularly counsels clients on legal issues at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property law, as well as on the compliance of joint ventures, other horizontal cooperation agreements and vertical distribution agreements with the antitrust laws. Qualified to practice in the United States and Germany, Mr. Schneider worked in the Antitrust and Competition Department of the firm’s Brussels and Berlin offices and has years of hands-on experience working on both sides of the Atlantic.
Professional Activities
Mr. Schneider is the International Officer for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law. He previously served as a member of the Section’s Council (2019–2021), as a co-chair of the Section’s Intellectual Property Committee (2016–2018), of the ABA Spring Meeting (2013–2015), as a member of the Section’s Long Range Planning and Nominating Committees, and as the assistant to the chair of the Section.
Memberships
- District of Columbia
- Berlin
Education
LLM, University of Michigan Law School, 2000
Second State Exam, Berlin Court of Appeals, 1999
Doctorate in Law, University of Freiburg, 1997
First State Exam, University of Freiburg, 1996
Licence en droit, University of Paris X – Nanterre, 1993
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation