Zöttl, Dr. Johannes

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Johannes Zöttl represents companies in antitrust regulation before the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) and the European Commission, including merger reviews and antitrust enforcement actions. He deals extensively with cross-border mergers and acquisitions and has coordinated the merger review by multiple jurisdictions for numerous headline transactions around the world. Johannes also has extensive experience in counseling and litigation in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and automotive industries.

Recently, Johannes represented Abbott Laboratories in its $2.8 billion takeover of Advanced Medical Optics and Daiichi Sankyo in its $4.6 billion acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories before the European Commission. In matters involving the EC and German prohibitions on abusive single-firm conduct, Johannes is defending Heraeus in antitrust action for damages.

Johannes was the only German member of the ABA Antitrust Section's International Task Force (2007-2008), is a vice chair of the section's Unilateral Conduct Committee, and is a member of the German Antitrust Lawyers Association (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.) and the Frankfurt Antitrust Forum (Kartellrechtsforum Frankfurt e.V.).

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• International Cartel Investigations
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• Automotive

Representative Cases

• Abbott agrees to acquire Facet Biotech for $722 million , (2010)
• Abbott Labs acquires Advanced Medical Optics for $2.8 billion , (2009)
• Allegheny Technologies secures German competition law clearance for VSMPO joint venture
• Bayer AG sells GE Bayer Silicones for $604 million
• Bayer CropScience acquires U.S. agricultural biotech company Athenix , (2009)
• Bayer HealthCare obtains approval from German FCO to sell diagnostics division to Kimball Electronics
• Bayer obtains antitrust clearance for MEDRAD affiliate to acquire Possis Medical , (2009)
• Bobst acquires Germany's Fischer & Krecke Group
• Bridgestone acquires Belgian tire mold manufacturer Mecamold
• Bridgestone obtains European competition law approval for Nokian Tyres transaction
• Cascades merges with Reno De Medici for $101 million , (2009)
• Cerberus Partners and Goldman Sachs acquire Wittur
• Chevron wins antitrust clearance for its acquisition of Unocal
• Daiichi Pharmaceutical merges with Sankyo Co.
• Daiichi Sankyo acquires generic-drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories for $4.6 billion
• Eckes completes sale of spirits operation to Oaktree Capital
• EuroConex Technologies acquires Citibank European Merchant Acquiring Services
• GM obtains antitrust clearance for acquisition of Delphi's steering business and four U.S.-based components operations and for GM's investment in Delphi Corporation
• GM's sale of Hughes Electronics/DirecTV cleared by antitrust authorities
• Goodrich and Rolls-Royce sign agreements to complete engine controls joint venture , (2009)
• Heraeus Kulzer antitrust investigation by German FCO closes without charges , (2009)
• Heraeus Kulzer defends against Biomet's antitrust damages action claiming abuse of dominance
• Heraeus Kulzer wins dismissal of antitrust dispute by competitor alleging abusive conduct
• International Automotive Components acquires Stankiewicz and Gimotive , (2009)
• International Specialty Products' sale of alginates business to FMC approved by competition law authorities
• J.F. Lehman sells AIS Global Holdings for $375 million , (2010)
• JohnsonDiversey Holdings sells 46% interest to Clayton Dubilier & Rice as part of a $2.6 billion recapitalization , (2009)
• 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)
• La Poste Française obtains EU competition law advice for transactions in postal delivery sector
• Lanxess and Weifang form Lanxess Yaxing Chemical Co. , (2009)
• Mahle GmbH acquires Amafilter , (2009)
• Mahle GmbH acquires Siemens VDO Automotive's air intake module and air filtration business
• Micron Technology forms IM Flash Technologies, a $5.2 billion joint venture with Intel Corporation , (2009)
• Micron Technology forms MeiYa Technology Corporation, a joint venture with Nanya Technology Corporation , (2009)
• OM Group acquires Borchers
• OMI acquired by Teekay and TORM for $2.2 billion
• Procter & Gamble secures regulatory approvals worldwide for Gillette acquisition
• Reader's Digest completes $2.0 billion sale to Ripplewood investor group , (2009)
• SAP wins antitrust approvals worldwide for acquisition of Business Objects
• SCHOTT acquires majority share in Japan-based Moritex, expanding fiber optic operations into Asia , (2009)
• SES Global's acquisition of DPC Digital Playout Center GmbH approved after in-depth merger control investigation in Germany
• Software company requests assistance with anti-corruption policies and procedures
• Special Metals acquired by Precision Castparts for $540 million
• Sumitomo merges with Dainippon Pharmaceutical
• SunPower acquires PowerLight for $332 million
• Tomkins acquires Eifeler Maschinenbau GmbH
• Toni & Guy's Mascolo brothers sell TIGI hair product business and advanced education academies for $411.5 million to Unilever , (2009)
• Verint Systems acquires Witness Systems for $950 million
• Viking Group sells shares to Minimax in a complex multi-country stock sale, a transaction that will create a combined company with over $1.5 billion in sales and 6,000 employees , (2009)
• WL Ross portfolio company acquires BST Safety Textiles from Prudential subsidiaries
• Woodward Governor acquires SEG Schaltanlagen-Elektronik-Gerate
• XAnge invests in FIDOR

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Copyrights, Deceptive Trade Practices, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Transactions, 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

• Germany

Education

• U Wuerzberg - Germany
• Wuerzberg - Germany

Published Works

• Antitrust Alert: Court Corrects Cartel Fining Practice of German Cartel Office, 2010
• Antitrust Alert: German Federal Cartel Office steps up the enforcement against resale price maintenance, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: New German government's roadmap could change antitrust rules for large firms in Germany, 2009
• Cartel And Antitrust Law, in Wegerich (ed.), Business Laws Of Germany, Thomson Reuters/West, vol. 2, chapter 11, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: European Commission to Publish Proposals on Private Antitrust Damages Litigation, 2009
• Recent Developments in the United States, EU and Asia at the Intersection of Antitrust and Patent Law, GCP Magazine, www.globalcompetitionpolicy.org, 2009
• International Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights: Issues Arising Under U.S., European, and Japanese Competition Law*, Intellectual Property Counselor, Thomson West, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: New Notification Threshold in Germany Reduces Risks to Offshore Transactions, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: New Legislation Sends Mixed Signals for German Merger Control and International Transactions, 2009
• International Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights: Issues Arising Under U.S., European and Japanese Competition Law, IP Perspectives, 2008
• German Merger Control and International Transactions - Mixed Signals, At Best, International Antitrust Bulletin, Vol. 4, 2008
• Antitrust Alert: EC Merger Control: Remedies Remedied, and Yet Another Public Consultation, 2008
• Es wäre besser, manche Rechtsinstrumente gar nicht erst zu schaffen, Platow Recht, 2008
• Weißbuch der Europäischen Kommission zu Schadensersatz in Kartellfällen, Der Betrieb, 2008
• Though Shallst Co-operate: Immunity Guidelines in Germany, (2007) E.C.L.R. 197-204, 2007
• 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
• Schlechte Zeiten für Kartellsünder, gute Zeiten für Kronzeugen - interview by Börsenzeitung, 2006
• Mehr Schutz für Kronzeugen - Financial Times Deutschland, 2006
• Das neue EG-Kartellrecht für Technologietransferverträge - Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis, 2005
• Coca-Cola vermeidet Buße - Lebensmittelzeitung, 2004
• EU-Kommission nimmt die Rabatte aufs Korn - Automobilwoche, 2004
• New Regulations for Technology Transfer Agreements, coauthor - European Biotechnology News, 2004
• Drittrechtsschutz ohne Rechte? - Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, 2004
• Die Ära des deutschen Kartellrechts geht zu Ende - Börsenzeitung, 2004
• Zusammenschlüsse können künftig leichter untersagt werden - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2004
• An der kurzen Leine: Das Kartellrecht in Europa steht vor dem größten Umbruch seiner Geschichte - Financial Times Deutschland, 2003
• Das europäische Kartellrecht wird dezentralisiert - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2003

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