Overview
With more than a decade of experience Dr. Laura Stammwitz advises and represents companies on competition and regulatory law. She represents companies and individuals in dawn raids and antitrust investigations by competition authorities. As regards transactions she advised companies in complex merger control proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission and also in foreign direct investment control filings before the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action. She has further extensive experience in providing compliance advice in both transactions and day-to-day business.
Her practice encompasses a wide array of industries, e.g. food manufacturing, packaging and the healthcare sector. She is providing a commercial mindset and solution-oriented advice for all her clients such as private equity firms, family-run businesses and multinational companies.
She regularly publishes on current regulatory developments and is member of the board of a regional antitrust association of leading law firms in Germany (www.kartellrechtsorum-frankfurt.de).
Results
Laura advised:
- Funds by Equistone Partners Europe in the sale of Sport Group, a global player in the manufacture of artificial turf systems and synthetic surfaces for sports and leisure, to KPS Capital Partner with respect to merger control proceedings
- An internationally active food manufacturer on the acquisition of a competitor’s businesses in Germany with respect to merger control proceedings before the European Commission
- Contentserv Group and its majority shareholder Investcorp on the acquisition of the French software company Shoppingfeed
- VR Equitypartner (VREP) on the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Midoco Holding GmbH
- Main Capital Partners and the further shareholders on the sale of their respective stakes in the GBTEC group including GBTEC Software AG (“GBTEC”) to global investment firm Carlyle
- Elos Medtech on its acquisition of Klingel Medical Group with respect to merger control and foreign investment control proceedings related to the medtech market
- Belden Inc., a supplier of network infrastructure products, on its acquisition of Sichert Group with respect to merger control proceedings
- Equistone Partners Europe on its sale of Amadys, a leading system integrator of end-to-end connectivity solutions, with respect to EU merger control and foreign direct investment control proceedings
- An internationally active manufacturer of metal packaging in antitrust proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office and the EU Commission*
- A leading equity investor in Europe in numerous merger control proceedings before the EU Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office and other national authorities*
- An internationally active food group in the context of several takeovers before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission as well as other national authorities*
- A packaging manufacturer in the appeal proceedings before the European General Court on the occasion of the EU antitrust proceedings “Food Packaging*
*Matters handled prior to joining McDermott.
Recognitions
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, “Ones to Watch” in Germany: Competition / Antitrust Law, 2023-2025
- JUVE, “The 50 Leading Minds in Investment Control”, 2024
- WirtschaftsWoche, Recommended, Germany: Antitrust law, 2024
- Global Competition Review, GCR 100, 2024
- Who is Who Legal, Future Leader Competition Law (non. partners), 2021-2023
- Who is Who Legal, “among the highest-ranked Lawyers”: Competition, 2024
Community
- Member of the Board Kartellrechtsforum Frankfurt e.V.
- Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.
Credentials
Education
University of Bayreuth, Dr. jur., 2017
Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt, Second State Exam, 2011
University of Bayreuth, First State Exam and additional education in economics, 2009
University of Birmingham, CertHE, 2006/2007
Admissions
Germany
Languages
English
German
