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.
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Daniel Zintl
Partner
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Reinhard Willemsen
Partner
Munich, Cologne
Dr Anika Wendelstein
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Mirjam Weiße
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Fabien Benjamin Wehner, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Stuttgart
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Severin Uhsler
Associate
Munich
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Prof. Dr Robert von Steinau-Steinrück
Partner
Berlin
Volker Steimle
Partner
Cologne
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Benjamin Schwenker
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Paul Schreiner
Partner
Cologne, Essen
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Of Counsel
Berlin
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Roberto Pirschel
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Michael Pfeiffer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Maxim Oertel
Senior Associate
Berlin
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Paulina Noppeney
Associate
Berlin
Katharina Müller-Ehrlichmann, LL.M. oec.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Denis Miller
Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Pauline Kummer
Associate
Munich
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Delia Jusciak
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Maresa Hormes
Counsel
Essen
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Jan-Moritz M. Hahn
Associate
Leipzig
Jette Gustafsson, LL.M. (Boston)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr André Große Vorholt
Partner
Munich
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Paul Gooren, LL.M. (Chicago)
Partner
Berlin
Alexandra Gebauer
Associate
Munich
Dr Steffen Gaber, LL.M. (Sydney)
Partner
Stuttgart
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Guido Dornieden
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Maximilian Dorndorf
Partner
Essen
Verena Dimarch
Counsel
Munich
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Axel Braun
Partner
Cologne
Achim Braner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christopher Borho
Associate
Stuttgart
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Dr Sebastian Berndt
Associate
Munich
Kerstin Belovitzer-Franz
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Eva Bader
Associate
Munich
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Sabrina Aurnhammer
Associate
Munich
Samira Altdorf, LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Counsel
Dusseldorf