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Hans Jürgen Meyer-Lindemann
Partner

Education
University of Bonn, Dr. jur., 1985
New York University, M.C.J., 1983
University of Geneva
University of Strasbourg
University of Coimbra

Practice
Hans Jürgen Meyer-Lindemann, Office Managing Partner of the Brussels office of Shearman & Sterling, practices German and European competition law. Before joining the firm, he worked with one of the leading German law firms in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf and with a U.S. firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Meyer-Lindemann joined the firm in 1992 and became a partner in 1995. He is a lecturer on competition law at Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf.

Experience
  • Allianz SE in the sale of Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank before the German Federal Cartel Office and in the acquisition of Cominvest Group from Commerzbank before the EU Commission
  • Axel Springer in its printing joint venture with Bertelsmann and Gruner + Jahr before the EU Commission
  • Barclays Bank in various acquisitions before the German Federal Cartel Office and the EU Commission
  • Cargolux regarding EU cartel investigations in the air freight industry
  • Ciba regarding EU cartel investigations in the heat stabilizers business
  • Continental in its acquisition of the automotive electronics business of Motorola before the EU Commission
  • Deutsche Bahn in its acquisition of Bax Global before the EU Commission
  • E.On in its acquisition of Ruhrgas and the divestiture of Ruhrgas Industries
  • International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) in the acquisition of MAN Ferrostaal
  • Novartis in its acquisition of Hexal and Eon Labs before the EU Commission
  • RAG Stiftung AG in the sale of a 25.01 % stake in Evonik AG to CVC
  • Sal. Oppenheim in its acquisition of BHF-Bank before the German Federal Cartel Office
  • Viacom in various competition and media law related matters before EU and German competition and media authorities including the acquisition of Viva by MTV before the German Federal Cartel Office
  • Wal-Mart in its litigation on predatory pricing issues against the German Federal Cartel Office before the OLG Duesseldorf and the BGH (Federal Supreme Court)


Selected Professional & Business Activities
  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • American Bar Association (ABA)


Bar Admissions/Qualifications
Düsseldorf, Germany
New York
Avocat établi à Bruxelles


Languages
German
English
French
Spanish
Portuguese