Bird & Bird LLP impresses with its comprehensive advice on competition law, while also covering trade mark, design as well as complex cross-border issues. The team is particularly active in the technology, automotive, media, life sciences, healthcare, retail and consumer goods sectors, often addressing overlaps with other specialist areas such as M&A and corporate law. Christian Harmsen, who specialises in technology, heads the team, which also includes Joseph Fesenmair, who assists with forensic and strategic matters. Companies from the media, communications and consumer goods sectors regularly turn to Niels Lutzhöft.
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Kernmandanten

  • Adidas AG
  • AIDA Cruises
  • Amway
  • AUDI AG
  • Bübchen Skincare
  • Canon
  • Columbia Sportswear
  • Dr. Loges + Co. GmbH
  • DTM Deutsche Tele Medien GmbH
  • Fressnapf

Highlight-Mandate

  • Representation of Bübchen Skincare in an antitrust dispute with Johnson & Johnson (“Petroleum – No Thanks”).
  • Advice and representation of Dr. Loges + Co. GmbH in a legal dispute with the Association for Social Competition regarding the marketability of a hemp-containing food supplement.
  • Europe-wide advice to Nestlé Nespresso on ESG advertising at a strategic and contentious level.

Anwält*innen

Praxisleitung

Christian Harmsen

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Richard Dissmann; Markus Körner; Joseph Fesenmair; Niels Lutzhöft; Frederik Thiering; Christian Lindenthal