The competition and antitrust practice at Gleiss Lutz has built up a solid track record advising clients across a number of regulated industry sectors, most notably automotive, telecoms and aerospace. The practice is headed by Petra Linsmeier, who specialises in merger control proceedings as well as abuse of dominance cases, regularly acting for German clients.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Very broad bench and excellent reputation in competition investigations.’
- ‘Incredible subject-matter experts, great strategic thinkers, very nice to work with.’
- ‘The competition team at Gleiss is exceptional. They have a high level of engagement, complete clarity and maturity in dealing with complex global competition law issues.'
- ‘Very experienced team, while very human and nice to work with.'
- ‘Gleiss Lutz’s competition team offers clear, end-to-end support on merger control, cartel matters, damages actions and compliance, and works across borders from Germany with on-the-ground capability in Brussels.'
- 'Deep technical antitrust knowledge with clear, practical judgement.'
Key clients
- Continental AG
- Daimler Truck AG / Aktiebolaget Volvo
- Delivery Hero SE
- Deutsche Bahn / DB Cargo
- Deutsche Telekom AG
- Exyte GmbH
- Givaudan
- Infineon Technologies AG
- KPS Capital Partners
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Metair Investments Ltd.
- Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon Technologies AG and NXP Semiconductors N.V.
- ZF Friedrichshafen
Work highlights
Advised tyre manufacturer Continental AG in the current investigations of the European Commission in the tyre sector.
Advised Delivery Hero’s advisory board in the fine proceedings where the European Commission agreed on a settlement with Delivery Hero and Glovo dated 2 June 2025 and resulting in fines totalling €329m.
Represented Mercedes-Benz Group AG in the first parallel antitrust proceedings of the European Commission and the CMA after Brexit.
Practice head
Petra Linsmeier
Other key lawyers
Ulrich Soltész; Harald Weiß