Severin Uhsler
Areas of practice
Severin Uhsler advises domestic and international clients on all matters pertaining to German and European antitrust law. In addition to dealing with merger control issues, he concentrates his practice on investigations and fine proceedings by cartel authorities and on judicial and extrajudicial dispute resolution. This also includes acting as a litigator in antitrust damages proceedings. His advisory services further focus on vertical agreements in distribution, cooperation between competitors and antitrust compliance. Moreover, Severin Uhsler also advises clients on investment control under German foreign trade and payments law (FDI).
Vita
Severin Uhsler studied law at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (Germany) and at the University of Oxford (England). He passed his second state law exam in Munich. Part of his legal training involved working for the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission in Brussels (Belgium) and in the antitrust department of an internationally operating law firm. In addition, he also spent several months abroad working for an international commercial law firm in New York (USA). Severin Uhsler is currently working on his doctorate at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, where he also worked for several years as a research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law, European and International Business Law.
Severin Uhsler was admitted to the German Bar in 2023 and commenced his professional career at Hengeler Mueller mbB, where he primarily advised on antitrust issues. He joined Luther’s Munich office as an antitrust lawyer in September 2024.
Publications
- Der Umgang mit dem Schutz personenbezogener Daten in den Freihandelsabkommen der Europäischen Union, in: Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR), 2022, S. 1034-1041
- Antitrust 4.0 - The rise of Artificial Intelligence and emerging challenges to antitrust law, in: European Competition Law Review (ECLR), 39 E.C.L.R., Issue 3/2018, p. 112-123
Blog posts
- ECJ clarifies conditions for restrictions on active sales in exclusive distribution contracts under the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation
- General Court bolsters up the European Commission: Dismissal of action brought by German fragrance company for annulment of inspection decision authorising a dawn raid to be conducted on the undertaking.
- 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
- The ECJ judgement Illumina/Grail – Minus plus minus does not equal plus regarding jurisdiction in European merger control
Memberships
- Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.
- Münchner Kartellrechtsforum e.V.
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Verena Dimarch
Counsel
Munich
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Stephanie Quaß
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Sebastian Berndt
Associate
Munich
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Pauline Kummer
Associate
Munich
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Mirjam Weiße
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Martin Kolmhuber
Counsel
Cologne
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Eva Bader
Associate
Munich
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr André Große Vorholt
Partner
Munich
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.