Gromotke, Dr. Carsten T.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• German

Lawyer Overview

Carsten Gromotke's practice focuses on European and national (predominantly German) competition law, and he has extensive experience representing large European and US corporate clients in merger control and other proceedings before the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office, other national competition authorities, and the courts. In addition, his practice includes the handling and coordination of complex antitrust litigation and arbitration cases. He heads Jones Day's German antitrust practice.

Recent assignments have involved a wide variety of industrial sectors, including the automotive, pharmaceutical/chemicals, energy, food retail, media & telecommunications, postal, and steel industries. A significant part of his regulatory practice encompasses inquiries and investigations under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and the equivalent national rules involving a broad range of competition law matters from cartel, licensing, and distribution cases to strategic alliances and abuses of a dominant position. Most notably, he worked extensively on two cases before the General Court of the European Union involving the successful challenge of the imposition of significant fines against two companies in the chemicals industry. He also has been involved in a number of cross-border and national antitrust investigations, on behalf of both leniency applicants and defendants.

Carsten is fluent in German, English, and French and possesses a good working knowledge of the Czech and Slovak languages. He has written and spoken widely on topics relating to European, German, and East European antitrust laws. Recent publications include comments on a broad range of European and German antitrust law developments and compliance issues, which have appeared in German and US periodicals.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• International Cartel Investigations
• Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Energy Antitrust
• Antitrust/Health Care
• Automotive
• Pharmaceuticals

Representative Cases

• Allegheny Technologies secures German competition law clearance for VSMPO joint venture
• Alliant Techsystems acquires Thiokol Propulsion
• AOL obtains U.S., EU antitrust clearance for Netscape and Sun Microsystems transactions
• Bayer secures worldwide antitrust approval for Visible Genetics acquisition
• Bridgestone acquires Bandag for $1 billion
• Bridgestone acquires Belgian tire mold manufacturer Mecamold
• Bridgestone obtains European competition law approval for Nokian Tyres transaction
• Bridgestone's collaborations with Continental and Bosch comply with European and U.S. antitrust laws
• Eastman Chemical acquires Hercules' resins and rosins business
• Elekta signs agreement to acquire CMS , (2009)
• Galileo International acquired by Cendant for $3.4 billion
• GenCorp acquires Atlantic Research propulsion business
• German cement manufacturer cleared in antitrust investigation , (2009)
• Goodrich acquires Hella Aerospace
• Hand Held Products acquired by Honeywell
• Harman/Becker defends antitrust patent pool claims
• Harris Corporation acquires Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems , (2009)
• Harsco acquires Excell Materials for $200 million
• Harsco Corp acquires Huennebeck Group for $170 million
• Koch Industries obtains worldwide antitrust approvals to acquire KoSa
• Koch Industries receives worldwide competition law clearance for its acquisition of DuPont's INVISTA
• Koch Industries secures antitrust clearance for $13.2 billion acquisition of Georgia-Pacific , (2009)
• Koelnmesse defends Art Cologne antitrust litigation
• La Poste Française obtains EU competition law advice for transactions in postal delivery sector
• Lafarge receives European antitrust clearance to acquire Heidelberger Zement assets
• Liberty Media files for German merger review of possible participation in BSkyB transaction
• Liberty Media proposes acquisition of Germany's TeleColumbus
• Nutricia International and Milupa successfully defend PI appeal of Article 81 claims
• OM Group sells nickel assets to OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel for $408 million
• Paper and forestry products manufacturer defends cartel investigations , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners recapitalizes Dura Automotive , (2010)
• Portland cement manufacturer defends FCO investigation in Southern Germany
• Renault obtains EC competition law approval to acquire interest in Nissan
• Riverside simultaneously acquires D.F. King and M Communications
• SES acquires satellite operator New Skies Satellites Holdings
• SES Global's acquisition of DPC Digital Playout Center GmbH approved after in-depth merger control investigation in Germany
• SES obtains regulatory clearance to acquire GE Americom
• SES receives antitrust clearance for increased stake in Nordic Satellite
• Sodexo acquires Zehnacker Group , (2009)
• Tech Mahindra acquires Satyam for approximately $600 million , (2009)
• Tequila Herradura acquired by Brown-Forman for $776 million
• Timken Company acquires Torrington Division of Ingersoll-Rand Company , (2009)
• Timken obtains German antitrust approval for joint venture with NSK
• TRW acquisition of LucasVarity cleared by antitrust authorities
• Verint Systems acquires Witness Systems for $950 million
• WL Ross acquires interest in VTG

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Deceptive Trade Practices, Health & Health Care Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Transactions, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Patents, RICO Act, RICO Act, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• Berlin, Germany
• Frankfurt, Germany

Education

• Berlin - Germany
• Freie U Berlin - Germany
• Southern Methodist University

Published Works

• Antitrust Alert: Court Corrects Cartel Fining Practice of German Cartel Office, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: New German government's roadmap could change antitrust rules for large firms in Germany, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: European Commission Sector Inquiry Report Signals Future Antitrust Actions in Pharmaceuticals, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: New Notification Threshold in Germany Reduces Risks to Offshore Transactions, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: German Cartel Office Imposes "Gun Jumping" Fine for Merger of Two U.S. Companies, 2008
• Antitrust Alert: European Commission Issues Preliminary Report on Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry, 2008
• German Merger Control Enforcement in International Transactions, The Deal International, 2008
• New Immunity Guidelines for Cartels in Germany (reprinted in World Trade Executive, Competition and Antitrust Law & Practice in Europe, Second Edition, May 2007, 73-78; and ICFAI Journal of International Business Law, Vol. V No. 4, October 2006, 64-68), 2006
• Corporate Compliance - Preventive Strategies and Responsive Measures, 2003
• Recent Developments in International Cartel Enforcement:The EU's New Leniency Notice, 2002
• The New German Antitrust Law, 1998

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