EU: Gleiss Lutz appoints competition partner in Brussels and counsel in Hamburg

Gleiss Lutz has appointed two partners and eight counsel as of January 1, 2020: Dr. Johannes Hertfelder (competition/antitrust, Stuttgart), Dr. Marc Ruttloff (public law/product liability, Stuttgart), and Dr. Lukas Schultze-Moderow (dispute resolution, relocating to Hamburg) have been made partners.

Dr. Benedikt Burger (IP, Düsseldorf), Alexander Gebhardt (finance, Frankfurt), Dr. Daniel Heck (Hamburg), Dr. Thomas Kreuz (Stuttgart), Dr. Jonas Rybarz (Berlin, all corporate), Dr. Julia Herzberg (Düsseldorf), Frauke Sturm (Stuttgart, both employment), and Dr. Harald Weiß (competition/antitrust, Brussels) have been appointed as counsel.

“We take pride in the great potential shown by our young talent across all our practice areas and offices and look forward to continuing the successful collaboration with our new partners and counsel,” commented co-managing partner Professor Michael Arnold.

“With their outstanding dedication and their legal expertise, they will strengthen central competencies of our full service offering,” explained co-managing partner Dr. Alexander Schwarz. “At the same time, they bring with them the skills needed to master the legal challenges the future holds around the topic of digital transformation.”