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Dr. Harald Kahlenberg

Partner
Rechtsanwalt

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Dr. Harald Kahlenberg

Partner
Rechtsanwalt

Contact
CMS Hasche Sigle
Theodor-Heuss-Straße 29
70174 Stuttgart
Germany
Languages German, English, French

Harald Kahlenberg has long-standing experience advising his clients on EU and German merger control and competition law cases and in numerous merger control proceedings, he obtained approval from the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office. He in particular focuses on coordinating multinational merger control notifications in the European Union and worldwide and regularly advises on the structuring of joint ventures, business cooperations and distribution systems.

Harald represents companies in fine and administrative proceedings of the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office and the regional competition authorities in Germany as well as in competition disputes before the European and German courts. He also advises on competition-related compliance issues, such as setting up compliance systems or competition law audits and trainings.

Harald chairs the World Law Group’s Antitrust & Competition Practice Group and both JUVE, a German legal publisher, as well as Chambers regularly recommend him in their rankings. He joined CMS in 1997 and was made partner in 1999.

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Führender Name im Kartellrecht (über 50 Jahre)

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

„Oft empfohlen“ für Kartellrecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

„gut u. kompetent“, Mandant

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

"He has a good overview and is well connected.", client

Chambers Europe, 2023

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2023

Listed as leading individual

Chambers Europe, 2023

Listed for Competition / Antitrust

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

Listed as notable practitioners

Chambers Global, 2023

"He has a good overview and is well connected.", client

Chambers Global, 2023

"has a great deal of experience", competitor

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)

"Recommended" for Antitrust

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Global, 2021

"Harald Kahlenberg is very competent and extremely thorough"

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023

"Peers and clients say: 'He is a great practitioner' and 'Harald is the clear number one guy'"

Who's Who Legal 2021 – Competition

"Recommended" for Media and Antitrust

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2021 (GCLF)

Listed as Leading Individual

Chambers Europe, 2022

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2022

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Global, 2022

Listed as Leading Individual

Chambers Global, 2023

"Dr. Harald Kahlenberg: very good network in the area, broad experience, very good availability.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

"Harald Kahlenberg and Rolf Hempel are an excellent team. Both are experienced antitrust lawyers and are extremely thorough and reliable.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

"Good strategist", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

"Harald Kahlenberg and his team: very experienced, competent, reliable and responsive.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Führender Name im Kartellrecht (über 50 Jahre)

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

„Oft empfohlen“ für Kartellrecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

„gut u. kompetent“, Mandant

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

"He has a good overview and is well connected.", client

Chambers Europe, 2023

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2023

Listed as leading individual

Chambers Europe, 2023

Listed for Competition / Antitrust

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

Listed as notable practitioners

Chambers Global, 2023

"He has a good overview and is well connected.", client

Chambers Global, 2023

"has a great deal of experience", competitor

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)

Führender Berater im Kartellrecht (über 50 Jahre)

JUVE Handbuch, 2021/2022

"Recommended" for Antitrust

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)

Nennung für Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2022 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

Nennung als Top Anwalt für den Bereich Kartellrecht

WirtschaftsWoche Top-Kanzleien 2021; In Kooperation mit: Handelsblatt Research Institute

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Global, 2021

"Harald Kahlenberg is very competent and extremely thorough"

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023

"Peers and clients say: 'He is a great practitioner' and 'Harald is the clear number one guy'"

Who's Who Legal 2021 – Competition

"Recommended" for Media and Antitrust

JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2021 (GCLF)

Führender Berater im Medienkartellrecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2020/2021

Führender Berater im Kartellrecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2020/2021

Nennung als Top Anwalt für den Bereich Kartellrecht

WirtschaftsWoche Top-Kanzleien 2020; In Kooperation mit: Handelsblatt Research Institute

Listed as Leading Individual

Chambers Europe, 2022

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Europe, 2022

Listed as notable practitioner

Chambers Global, 2022

Listed as Leading Individual

Chambers Global, 2023

"Dr. Harald Kahlenberg: very good network in the area, broad experience, very good availability.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

"Harald Kahlenberg and Rolf Hempel are an excellent team. Both are experienced antitrust lawyers and are extremely thorough and reliable.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

"Good strategist", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

"Harald Kahlenberg and his team: very experienced, competent, reliable and responsive.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

„kompetent u. gut“, Mandant; „angenehm u. erfahren“, Wettbewerber

JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023

Führender Berater im Kartellrecht (über 50 Jahre)

JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023

„Oft empfohlen“ für Kartellrecht

JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023

Memberships & Roles

  • Chair of the World Law Group’s Antitrust & Competition Practice Group
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.
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Publications

  • "Die 10. GWB-Novelle: Mehr als eine Digitalisierungsnovelle", Betriebsberater (BB) 2021, 579(together with Dr Dietmar Rahlmeyer, Peter Giese)
  • "Die 10. GWB-Novelle (GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz) – der Regierungsentwurf", Betriebsberater (BB) 2020, 2691(together with Dr Dietmar Rahlmeyer, Peter Giese)
  • Competition Rules, Doing Business in Europe, 2017, Sweet & Maxwell(together with Prof. Dr Matthias Eck)
  • Kommentierung von § 36 Abs. 1 GWB (Materielle Fusionskontrolle), Loewenheim/Meessen/Riesenkampff, Kartellrecht, Band 2 GWB 2006
  • "Identifizierende Pressemitteilungen des Bundeskartellamts bei der Einleitung von Untersagungsverfahren", zusammen mit Dr. Rolf Hempel, WuW 2006, p. 127 ff
  • "Neues Deutsches Kartellgesetz", zusammen mit Dr. Christian Haellmigk, BB 2005, p. 1509 ff
  • "Erste praktische Erfahrungen mit Zusagenentscheidungen nach Art. 9 Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1/2003", zusammen mit Kai Neuhaus, EuZW 2005, p. 620 ff
  • "Referentenentwurf der 7. GWB-Novelle: Tiefgreifende Änderungen des deutschen Kartellrechts", zusammen mit Dr. Christian Haellmigk, BB 2004, p. 389 ff
  • Handbuch des Vertriebsrechts, 2. Auflage, C.H. Beck 2003, Martinek/Semler/Habermeier (Hrsg.)
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Lectures list

  • Numerous lectures and seminars on EU and German competition law
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Education

  • 1995: PhD
  • 1991: Second state examination in law, Munich
  • 1987 - 1990: Trainee lawyer in Munich, including training with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Brussels in 1990
  • 1987: First state examination in law, Munich
  • 1983 - 1987: Law studies in Munich and Geneva
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Expertise

27/10/2023
JUVE Awards 2023: CMS recognised as Law Firm of the Year for Antitrust
Berlin – International commercial law firm CMS Germany was recognised yesterday evening as Law Firm of the Year for Antitrust at the JUVE Awards 2023. The JUVE Awards are regarded as among the most...
Press releases

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21/02/2024
CMS advises MVZ Laaff on sale to amedes
Stuttgart – The founder of medical laboratory MVZ Laaff, Prof. Helmut Laaff, has sold MVZ Laaff GmbH with its facilities in Freiburg, Heilbronn and Ulm to the amedes Group. amedes is a leading German lab services provider, operating a number of healthcare centres throughout Germany with different specialisations. MVZ Laaff provides services in fields of medicine including derma­to­path­o­logy, general pathology, immunohistology, molecular pathology and cytology, and is one of the leading laboratories in these specialist areas. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.A CMS team headed by lead partner Dr Christoph Lächler advised Prof. Helmut Laaff on all legal aspects of the transaction. The sale took place by way of an auction process. A particular focus of the advice was on structuring the transaction and the associated regulatory issues. CMS Germany Dr Christoph Lächler, Lead Part­ner Stefan-Ul­rich Müller, Partner Dr Jacob Siebert, Partner Viktoria Barthel, Senior Associate Tobias Kalski, Senior As­so­ci­ate An­dreas Kazmaier, Associate, all Corporate/M&A Dr Roland Wiring, Partner Dr Siham Hidar, Senior Associate, both Regulatory Dr Harald Kahlenberg, Partner Angelika Wieczorkowski, Senior Associate, both Antitrust, Competition & Trade Dr Stefan Voss, Partner Lukas Potstada, Counsel, both Real Estate Dr Martin Mohr, Partner, TaxPress Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com
Deals
27/10/2023
JUVE Awards 2023: CMS recognised as Law Firm of the Year for Antitrust
Berlin – International commercial law firm CMS Germany was recognised yesterday evening as Law Firm of the Year for Antitrust at the JUVE Awards 2023. The JUVE Awards are regarded as among the most...
Press releases
14/08/2023
CMS advises SYNLAB on sale of Veterinary Diagnostics business to Mars
Stuttgart – The SYNLAB Group, a leading provider of medical diagnostic services and specialist tests in Europe, has sold its Veterinary Diagnostics business (SYNLAB VET) to a subsidiary of US group...
Deals
02/06/2023
CMS advises SYNLAB on acquisition of WolfartKlinik
Stuttgart – The SYNLAB Group has acquired the WolfartKlinik hospital in Gräfelfing near Munich from the Wolfart family. The transaction was agreed in February 2023 and has now been successfully completed...
Deals
18/04/2023
Germany adopts proposal to give Federal Cartel Office more power to intervene...
On 5 April 2023, the German federal government adopted the proposal of the 11th amendment to the German Act for Restraints against Competition (GWB) and started the legislative procedure in the federal...
Law-Now Mergers & Acquisitions
10/10/2022
Germany proposes law on competition that strengthens the Federal Cartel...
On 26 September 2022, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) presented the draft for the 11th GWB amendment, which is to be called the Law for the Improvement of Competition...
Law-Now Antitrust, Competition & Trade
05/09/2022
CMS advises Clariant on the Signing of definitive agreement to sell Quats...
Stuttgart – Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, announced that it has reached a definitive agreement for the divestment of its Quats business to Global Amines...
Deals
20/01/2022
Success for Federal State of Baden-Württem­berg in “timber dispute” before...
Stuttgart – On 20 January 2022, Stuttgart Regional Court dismissed the lawsuit brought by 36 sawmills against the Federal State of Baden-Württem­berg in what has been dubbed the “timber dispute”...
Deals
22/01/2021
Germany amends the law against restraints of competition
On 20 January 2021, extensive amendments to German competition law came into force with the enactment of the 10th amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB), which was passed...
Law-Now Mergers & Acquisitions
19/01/2021
The 10th amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition...
Comprehensive amendments to German competition law came into force today with the 10th amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB) in the form of the GWB Digitisation Act.1 This...
Newsletter
30/12/2020
CMS advises savings banks in Kaiserslautern on merger
Stuttgart – District savings bank Kreissparkasse Kaiserslautern is merging with its municipal counterpart Stadtsparkasse Kaiserslautern. This involves Stadtsparkasse Kaiserslautern being absorbed into...
Deals
18/12/2020
CMS advises Dürr on acquisition of majority stake in teamtechnik
Stuttgart – The Dürr Group has acquired 75% of the shares in teamtechnik Maschinen und Anlagen GmbH, thereby strengthening its market position in the automation sector. teamtechnik, which is headquartered...
Deals
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