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
- „Carte blanche“ für Kartellbehörden? (Editorial), in: Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (EWS), Heft 3/2025, S. 1
- 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.
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Mirjam Weiße
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M., Munich
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Pauline Kummer
Associate
Munich
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Sebastian Berndt
Associate
Munich
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover