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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
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Merger control
The ‘very responsive’ WilmerHale team provides ‘excellent advice’ to clients seeking out merger control expertise, with longstanding experience advising on HSR reviews involving substantive issues. The team works closely with colleagues internationally to coordinate multi-jurisdictional merger clearance. In Washington DC, practice co-chair Thomas Mueller focuses his practice on merger investigations with transatlantic implications, drawing on experience practicing in Brussels, and co-chair Hartmut Schneider, qualified in the US and Germany, ‘is a great partner’ to clients with issues at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property law. Also in DC, Leon Greenfield has a practice spanning merger clearance, antitrust litigation, counselling, and government investigations.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- 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
- Government > State attorneys general
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation