Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Areas of practice
Samira Altdorf primarily advises on all matters related to German and European antitrust and distribution law, compliance, and dispute resolution, in and out of court.
Vita
After studying law at the University of Bielefeld and at Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf (both Germany), Samira Altdorf carried out her legal training at the Regional Court of Aachen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which included working for the Administrative Court of Aachen. As a pupil, she spent half a school year at Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt in Mexico City (Mexico).
Samira Altdorf has been working at Luther since 2017 in litigation and complex disputes, as well as in antitrust law (2019). In 2023, she was additionally awarded an LL.M. degree in Competition Law and Economics from the Brussels School of Competition.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2024/2025: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Antitrust Law"
Publications
- Die neue Vertikal-Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung (EU) 2022/720 nebst Vertikal-Leitlinien – Kontinuität und Umbruch in der Vertriebspraxis, in: Zeitschrift für Wettbewerbsrecht (ZWeR), Heft 03/2022, S. 243 (gemeinsam mit Anne C. Wegner & Benjamin Schwenker)
- 11. GWB-Novelle: Neue Eingriffsbefugnisse des Bundeskartellamts – Entflechtung trotz Rechtstreue?, in: EnergieKrise-Aktuell (EnK-Aktuell), Heft 06/2022, 01099 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Holger Stappert)
Blog posts
- ECJ clarifies conditions for restrictions on active sales in exclusive distribution contracts under the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation
- ECJ facilitates enforcement of claims of app providers against dominant platforms to establish interoperability of app and platform
- ECJ’s preliminary ruling on Art. 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (judgement dated 13 February, 2025, C-393/23 – Heineken) – concept of ‘economic unit’ establishing interna-tional jurisdiction
- Webinar: Luther Antitrust & Competition Law Forecast 2025
- ECJ’s preliminary ruling on claim bundling in cartel damages claims (‘Rundholzkartell’)
- Luther Antitrust & Competition Law Forecast 2025
- New draft German antitrust bill: Will the Federal Cartel Office be vested with new powers to order unbundling on any disfunctional market without having to prove a violation of an-titrust laws?
- Luther Competition Law Forecast 2022 – Topics that will be important under antitrust law in 2022
- Antitrust and distribution – current status of the reform of the Block Exemption Regulation for distribution agreements (VBER)?
- Challenges in dealing with cross-border cartel cases – why is this so relevant right now?
- ECJ defines end of bid-rigging cartels and limits of enforcement
- Federal Cartel Office launches sector inquiry on messenger services - the next step to a "Super Consumer Protection Authority" in the digital world?
- Today, in its decision the German Federal Court of Justice confirmed in summary proceedings that the extensive collection and use of data by Facebook across multiple services could constitute an abuse of a dominant market position (case no. KVR 69/19)
- Overcoming the crisis in the automotive sector: The Bundeskartellamt temporarily tolerates certain forms of cooperation during the restart of production and restructuring
- Effects of the corona pandemic on energy supply contracts - Contract adjustment due to force majeure or hardship?
- Collective follow-on cartel damages actions: 600 million Euros group claim for follow-on damages (truck cartel) rejected by Regional Court of Munich I
Memberships
- Member of Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.
Senior Associate
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Mirjam Weiße
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Pauline Kummer
Associate
Munich
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Marie Romero
Counsel
Luxembourg
Ludger Gruber
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Dr Sebastian Berndt
Associate
Munich
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Verena Dimarch
Counsel
Munich
Iman Bayrouti
Associate
Essen
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Jannik Bel
Associate
Cologne
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Marco Jerczynski
Counsel
Essen
Nele Wachholz
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr André Große Vorholt
Partner
Munich
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Raphaël Schindler
Partner
Luxembourg
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Liza Knecht
Associate
Leipzig
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Eva Bader
Associate
Munich
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin