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 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
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Verena Dimarch
Counsel
Munich
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Sebastian Berndt
Associate
Munich
Sebastian Wuschka LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Of Counsel
Hamburg
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Raphaël Schindler
Partner
Luxembourg
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Pauline Kummer
Associate
Munich
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Nele Wachholz
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Mirjam Weiße
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Marie Romero
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Marco Jerczynski
Counsel
Essen
Maike Böttcher
Associate
Hanover
Ludger Gruber
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
Liza Knecht
Associate
Leipzig
Linda Kirchhoff
Senior Associate
Munich
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Jannik Bel
Associate
Cologne
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Iman Bayrouti
Associate
Essen
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Eva Bader
Associate
Munich
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
David Bündgens
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Christina Göbel
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr André Große Vorholt
Partner
Munich
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich