Dr. Rainer Velte

Dr. Rainer Velte

Partner

Düsseldorf
+49 211 600 55-535
+49 211 600 55-530

Practice groups/Expertise

  • Health Care & Life Sciences
  • Antitrust
  • Energy
  • Public Sector & Public Procurement

Consulting focuses

  • Antitrust Law
  • Merger Control
  • Antitrust Compliance
  • Infrastructure/Regulated Markets
  • State Aid Law

Vita

  • Admitted to the Bar since 1997
  • Partner since 2005
  • Education and former activities
  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Berlin and Brussels 2002-2005
  • Gaedertz Rechtsanwälte, later Quack Rechtsanwälte, Berlin and Brussels 1998-2001
  • University of Göttingen (Dr. jur.)1998
  • Higher Regional Court of Berlin, Bar Exam1997
  • Universities of Konstanz, Fribourg (Switzerland), Saarbrücken and Heidelberg
  • Bank Apprenticeship, BHF-BANK, Frankfurt / Main

Qualifications/current topics

  • Lecturer at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster (Masters Programme „Wirtschaftsrecht und Restrukturierung“)
  • Lecturer at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
  • Lecturer at Summer School on European Business Law, Center for Business and Corporate Law of Düsseldorf Law School

Affiliations

  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.
  • European Lawyers Association (ELA)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Working Group Export Control, Deutsches Institut für Compliance e.V. (DICO)

References

Publications (Selection)

  • Abwendung der Untersagung eines GU zum Glasfaserausbau durch Verhaltenszusagen
    Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb (WuW), Issue No. 5, May 2, 2025, p. 267 by Dr. Rainer Velte
  • Merger Control Country Comparative Guide 2023 (Germany)
    The Legal 500 by Dr. Stefan Bretthauer, Dr. Reinhard Siegert, Dr. Rainer Velte, Dr. Frederik Wiemer, …
  • Merger Control Country Comparative Guide (Germany)
    The Legal 500 by Dr. Stefan Bretthauer, Dr. Reinhard Siegert, Dr. Rainer Velte, Dr. Frederik Wiemer, …
  • ARC Digitalisation Act
    Update Antitrust January 2021 by Dr. Stefan Bretthauer, Dr. Reinhard Siegert, Beatrice Stange, Dr. Rainer Velte, Dr. Frederik Wiemer, Anita Bohn, Dr. Ruth Jungkind (geb. Schneider), …
  • Das erste Urteil zum Lkw-Kartell – Auftakt nach Maß?
    D'Kart, Antitrust-Blog, University of Düsseldorf, February 13, 2018
You can find all publications on the lawyer profile of Dr. Rainer Velte at heuking.de.

Lectures (Selection)

  • Kartellschadensersatz nach der 9.GWB-Novelle
    03-05-2018
  • Kartellschadensersatz am Beispiel des LKW-Kartells
    11-30-2017
  • German Competition Law – Basics and New Legislation
    06-14-2017
  • German Competition Law – Basics and New Legislation
    06-09-2017
  • „Race for Leniency“ – Internal Investigations bei Kartellverstößen
    03-23-2017
You can find all lectures on the lawyer profile of
Dr. Rainer Velte at heuking.de.