Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• German

Lawyer Overview

Carsten Gromotke heads Jones Day's German antitrust practice. Carsten specializes in European and national (predominantly German) competition law, and he has extensive experience representing large European and U.S. 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.

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 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty 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 Court of First Instance 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 law. Recent publications include comments on a broad range of European and German antitrust law developments and compliance issues, which have appeared in German and U.S. 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
• Automotive
• Pharmaceuticals

Representative Cases

• Acquisition by Honeywell
• Acquisition Financing
• Acquisition of Bandag
• Acquisition of CMS , (2009)
• Acquisition of controlling interest in Zehnacker Group , (2008)
• Acquisition of D.F. King and M Communications
• Acquisition of Excell Materials
• Acquisition of GE Americom
• Acquisition of Huennebeck Group
• Acquisition of INVISTA
• Acquisition of KoSa
• Acquisition of Satyam , (2009)
• Acquisition of Torrington
• Acquisition of Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems , (2009)
• Antitrust Counseling
• ART COLOGNE Litigation
• Atlantic Research Propulsion Acquisition
• Cartel Investigation
• Cendant Transaction
• Cooperation with Continental AG and Robert Bosch GmbH
• D2B Optical B.V.
• German Cement Industry Investigation
• German FCO Investigation
• German Merger Control Investigation
• Heidelberger Zement Acquisition
• Hella Aerospace Acquisition
• Hercules Acquisition
• Increase of Stake in Nordic Satellite AB
• Joint Venture with NSK Limited
• Kirch Acquisition
• LucasVarity Acquisition
• Mecamold Acquisition
• Netscape Acquisition and Strategic Alliance with Sun Microsystems
• New Skies Satellites Acquisition
• Nokian Tyres Transaction
• Numerous Transactions
• Preliminary Injunction Appeal
• Sale of Nickel Assets
• Strategic Alliance With Nissan
• TeleColumbus Acquisition
• Thiokol Propulsion Acquisition
• Visible Genetics Acquisition
• VSMPO Joint Venture

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Deceptive Trade Practices, 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

Published Works

• 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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60323 Frankfurt am Main 60323, Federal Republic of Germany

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