Dr Sebastian Janka advises national and international clients on European and German antitrust law and foreign direct investment control (FDI). His advisory services cover inter alia M&A/transactions (merger control by the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, FDI control cases, and coordination of multijurisdictional filings), antitrust investigations and fine proceedings conducted by the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, damages proceedings, and other judicial and extra-judicial disputes (before German courts, the European General Court, and the European Court of Justice), and compliance advice. Another focus of his work is digital business models. Sebastian Janka has been appointed Ambassador of the Artificial Intelligence Center Hamburg (ARIC) e.V. and elected member of the Legal (Antitrust) Working Group of “Plattform Industrie 4.0”, a digitisation project initiated and directed by the German Federal Ministry for Economics Affairs and Climate Action (BMWiK) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), leading industry associations, and top-ranking representatives of the business and scientific communities and trade unions.
Dr Sebastian Janka studied law at the Universities of Hamburg (Germany), Bordeaux (France), and Stellenbosch (South Africa) and did both his doctorate and his Master of Laws (LL.M.) on an antitrust law topic. As part of his legal training, he worked for the German Federal Cartel Office in Bonn (Germany) and the law firm M&M Bomchil in Buenos Aires (Argentina), amongst others. Sebastian Janka was admitted to the German Bar in 2008 and worked for the international law firm Noerr LLP as an associated partner in the area of antitrust law until mid-2019. In 2014, he did a secondment in the Antitrust Division of the US law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York (USA). Sebastian Janka joined Luther as a partner in 2019.
Sebastian Janka has authored numerous publications on matters relating to antitrust and sports law. Furthermore, he is a frequent lecturer and moderates discussions on the topic of antitrust law at national and international conferences. He is a member of, inter alia, Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, an association of German-speaking lawyers specialising in antitrust law, the American Bar Association (ABA), Forum Investitionsprüfung e.V., an association encouraging discussion about topics related to foreign investment review, and the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA). At Luther, he is a member of the Information Tech & Telecommunications and Mobility & Logistics industry groups.
Proceedings
Merger and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Control
Antitrust Law, Compliance & Internal Investigations
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr André Große Vorholt
Partner
Munich
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Dr Kay Oelschlägel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Verena Dimarch
Counsel
Munich
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Dominik Menhaj
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Anja Schwarz, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Amos Münch
Counsel
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Mirjam Weiße
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
Laura Hoffmann, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Stefanie Kandzia, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Pierre Daniel Wittmann
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Isabel Schäfer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Volker von Alvensleben
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Tobias Schneider
Senior Associate
Cologne
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Jonny H. Giessel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Manuel Rueß
Associate
Hamburg
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Anna-Laura Martens
Associate
Berlin
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Pauline Kummer
Associate
Munich
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Sebastian Berndt
Associate
Munich
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Alisa Schöneberg
Associate
Cologne
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Eva Bader
Associate
Munich
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Eric Sublon
Senior Partner
Luxembourg
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Dylan Corcoran
Associate
Luxembourg
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Mirjam Marte
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Ann-Kathrin Jungen
Associate
Cologne
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig