Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP entered the German competition market with the statement hires of cartel damages litigators Rüdiger Lahme and Andreas Ruster in February 2025 , both from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, allowing the practice to act for a range of claimants in follow-on damages claims. On the merger control front, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP‘s Georg Weidenbach and Jan Vollkammer arrived in May 2025, overseeing the full spectrum of merger and FDI control challenges, with additional expertise in abuse of dominance matters.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘One of the very few teams in the competition landscape in Germany which is very active in both competition litigation and merger control. This clearly demonstrates how strong the team is.’
- ‘Rüdiger Lahme has been active in competition litigation from the very beginning. He knows everything. Georg Weidenbach always has the right strategy.’
Key clients
- Westlake
- Burford Capital/ASG Ausgleichsgesellschaft
Work highlights
Represented Westlake in competition damages litigation in Germany and handled strategy and coordination across Europe and beyond, with an amount in dispute of approx. €8bn EUR.