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Anna Lubberger

Of Counsel

Frankfurt +49 69 768063 337

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    Anna Lubberger's practice focuses on European and German antitrust law. She has significant experience in EU and international merger control matters and has been involved in complex merger reviews. In addition, Anna advises clients in a broad range of antitrust matters, including cartel investigations, anticompetitive agreements, abusive dominance cases, vertical restraints, antitrust litigation and compliance.

    Anna's experience covers various industries, notably the consumer goods, chemical, pharmaceutical, automotive, digital and sports industries.

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    Selected Merger Control Experience

    • Advised Attestor Limited in its joint acquisition of Europcar ($2.5 billion) together with Volkswagen and Pon Holdings B.V.
    • Advised United Technologies Corporation in its $30 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins.
    • Advised The Dow Chemical Company in its $130 billion merger of equals with DuPont (including the implementation of the Dow remedies).

    Selected Behavioral/litigation Experience

    • Advised German football clubs Bayer 04 Leverkusen, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, and VfLWolfsburg before the German Federal Cartel Office in relation to the "50+1 rule", which prevents investors from controlling German football clubs.
    • Advised an American multinational technology company in the German Federal Cartel Office's investigation of significance across markets under the new rules for large digital players (Section 19a GWB).
    • Advised a leading sports media rights company in relation to an investigation into alleged anti-competitive behavior by the European Commission.
    • Advised the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in relation to restrictions on the exploitation of image rights of athletes during the Olympic Games.

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    Education
    • Higher Regional Court of Cologne
        • First and Second State Examination
    • University of Cologne
    Bar Admissions
    • Germany
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Higher Regional Court of Cologne
    Languages
    • German
    • English
    • French
    Accolades
    • Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers in Germany,: "Ones to Watch" for Antitrust in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • Member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.

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