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+49 40 35 52 80-20 +49 40 35 52 80-80 s.bretthauer@heuking.de
- Antitrust Law
- Distribution Law
- Energy Law
- Arbitration
- Merger Control
- Antitrust Litigation
- Antitrust Compliance
- Antitrust fine proceedings
Vita
- Co-Head of the Antitrust Practice Group
- Admitted to the Bar since 2002
- Education and former activities
- University of Würzburg (Dr. jur.), Lecturer at the University of Hamburg2002
- Legal Traineeship in the Antitrust Law Department of a leading U.S. law firm in Washington, D.C./U.S.A.
- Legal Trainee (Referendar) in the District of the Higher Regional Court of Bamberg1999-2001
- Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg1997-1999
- University of Sheffield/United Kingdom1996-1997
- University of Trier1994-1996
Affiliations
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- German Association for Distribution Law (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vertriebsrecht e.V.)
- German Antitrust Law Association
- German Institution of Arbitration (DIS)
- Jurists Alumni Würzburg
- Verein zur Förderung des Clusters der Erneuerbaren Energien Hamburg (EEHH e.V.)
- Chair of the northern regional section of Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V. (German Antitrust Law Association) (2019-2021)
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