Anja Balitzki*

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PhoneT+49 211 8304 174

Anja advises domestic and foreign clients in all areas of European and German antitrust law, in particular merger control matters. She specialises in coordinating and reviewing foreign filings.

Her most recent mandates include adidas' sale of Reebok to ABG, the secured Federal Cartel Office approval for Andros' acquisition of Spreewaldkonserve Golßen and KKR's sale of a 25.1% stake in HENSOLDT to Leonardo.

Career

  • Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Dr. iur.)
  • University of Bremen
  • Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherland

*Not admitted to bar in Germany

Recent Work

Hengeler Mueller advises Bosch on the acquisition of Arioso Systems

Hengeler Mueller advises Danfoss on power electronics joint venture with SEMIKRON

Hengeler Mueller advises ams OSRAM on the sale of AMLS to Plastic Omnium

Practice Areas

Publications

  • Werbung mit ökologischen Selbstverpflichtungen, GRUR 2013, 670-675
  • Patente und technische Normen, Zugangsmöglichkeiten für Normnutzer, Marburg 2013
  • Merger control in Africa: COMESA Competition Commission under review, Concurrences Review N° 2-2014, Art. N° 65479, 237 ff.
  • Ein echter Europäischer Raum der Fusionskontrolle, ZWeR 1/2015 55-63
  • Mind the gap? An analysis from a German competition law perspective of the European Commission’s proposal to review non-controlling minority shareholdings under European merger control law, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 2016, 47(5), 595-616 (with Rhiannon Pugh)
  • Publication/updates of German merger control information in the Granville Knowledge Management database