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WilmerHale Offices

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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
Fielding a ‘deep bench of attorneys in both the US and Europe’, WilmerHale advises clients on HSR filings and possesses strong contentious capabilities, advising clients across the defense, healthcare, and telecoms. The team is well-positioned to handle transactions requiring multijurisdictional approvals, representing domestic and international clients in agency reviews and challenges. Antitrust chair Thomas Mueller handles all elements of merger clearance with transatlantic implications, while co-head Hartmut Schneider, dual-qualified in the US and Germany, is noted for his experience in the life sciences and tech sectors. Leon Greenfield is praised for his ‘strong analytical skills.’ Lawyers mentioned are based in Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
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
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense