Susanne Zimmermann’s practice focuses on European and German competition law.

Susanne advises clients on all aspects of European and German competition law as well as EU digital regulation. Her experience includes complex multinational merger control and cartel proceedings, investigations under the European Digital Markets Act, antitrust and regulatory litigation, and abuse of dominance matters.

Her practice covers a variety of industries with a focus on tech, the automotive, steel, and copper industry, the recycling sector, and healthcare.

From 2017 to 2023, she worked for another international law firm in Düsseldorf.

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Notable Experience (Including those prior to joining Cleary)

  • A major tech company on EU DMA regulation, DMA related litigation, and merger control.

  • A U.S.-based med tech company in Phase II merger control proceedings at the FCO.

  • Ecolab Inc. in its $950 million sale of its global surgical solutions business to Medline Industries.

  • Aurubis in cartel investigations by the FCO in relation to flat rolled copper products.

  • Automotive companies in global cartel investigations.

  • A global recycling company in cartel investigations by the FCO.

  • German sugar producer Pfeifer & Langen in antitrust damages litigation in Germany.

  • RWE on its sale of Innogy to E.ON and swap of business activities with E.ON.

  • Takata in cartel investigations by the European Commission in relation to car safety systems.

  • thyssenkrupp before the FCO for agreeing on the calculation and incorporation of surcharges in relation to so called quarto plates.

  • Car parts manufacturer HELLA on all competition law related aspects of its 6.8 billion takeover by French car parts supplier Faurecia.

  • Agricultural trading companies HaGe Nord/BSL in cartel proceedings by the German Federal Cartel Office in the plant protection products’ business.

  • Industrial and technology group thyssenkrupp on all competition law related aspects of the sale of its mining business to FLSmidth.

  • Intralogistics group Jungheinrich on the acquisition of Storage Solutions, Inc. 

  • Copper producer and recycler Aurubis on all competition law related aspects of the proposed sale of its Flat Rolled Products’ segment (Flachwalzsparte) to Wieland-Werke.

  • thyssenkrupp in cartel proceedings by the German Federal Cartel Office in the heavy plates’ business.

  • HELLA on all competition law related aspects of the sale of its shareholding in HBPO to co-shareholder Plastic Omnium.

  • HELLA on all competition law related aspects of its sale of FTZ Autodele & Verktoj and Inter-Team to Swedish car parts supplier Mekonomen.

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Selected Activities

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Member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht

Publications

German Ministry of Economics Considers the “German Gatekeeper Rule” to Be a “Valuable Supplement” to the DMA

Access to real time data for rail passenger transport services - a comparative assessment under EU and German competition law

Digital Joint Ventures – ein Playbook für rechtliche und steuerliche Fragestellungen, in: Betriebs – Berater, Vol. 32/2023

Strafbarkeitsrisiken durch Compliance – Auswirkungen von Compliance-Regelungen auf das Wirtschaftsstrafrecht in: Strafrechtliche Abhandlunglen, Vol.255, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2014