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Moritz Pottek

Counsel
Rechtsanwalt

CMS EU Law Office
Avenue des Nerviens 85
1040 Brussels
Belgium
Languages German, English, Spanish

Moritz Pottek advises and represents German and international companies across sectors in competition law and trade matters. His competition law practice includes acting in merger control, abuse and fine proceedings before the EU Commission, the Federal Cartel Office and EU courts as well as advising on distribution issues related to competition law. He is particularly interested in digital business models.

His trade practice concentrates on foreign trade law, including foreign investment review procedures, export control matters, anti-dumping, trade sanctions and embargoes. In this context, he also handles compliance issues.

Moritz joined CMS in 2019, after having started his legal career in 2017 at an international law firm in dispute resolution. He can therefore also draw on arbitration experience, particularly with regards to investment protection. Having studied abroad at the Universidad de Chile and worked in Buenos Aires during his legal training, he is also experienced with the Latin-American legal culture. in 2024 he was appointed counsel.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V. (association of German-speaking lawyers specialising in competition law)
  • Lateinamerikaverein e.V. (Business Association for Latin America)
  • Hamburg Lawyers‘ Association
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Education

  • 2017: Second state examination in law
  • 2015 - 2017: Trainee lawyer at Celle Higher Regional Court including placements in a maritime law boutique firm in Hamburg and an international law firm in Buenos Aires
  • 2015: First state examination in law
  • 2008 - 2015: Law studies at the University of Hamburg and Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, with a focus on “law and economics”
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Moritz Pottek advises and represents German and international companies across sectors in competition law and trade matters. His competition law practice includes acting in merger control, abuse and fine proceedings before the EU Commission, the Federal Cartel Office and EU courts as well as advising on distribution issues related to competition law. He is particularly interested in digital business models.

His trade practice concentrates on foreign trade law, including foreign investment review procedures, export control matters, anti-dumping, trade sanctions and embargoes. In this context, he also handles compliance issues.

Moritz joined CMS in 2019, after having started his legal career in 2017 at an international law firm in dispute resolution. He can therefore also draw on arbitration experience, particularly with regards to investment protection. Having studied abroad at the Universidad de Chile and worked in Buenos Aires during his legal training, he is also experienced with the Latin-American legal culture.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V. (association of German-speaking lawyers specialising in competition law)
  • Lateinamerikaverein e.V. (Business Association for Latin America)
  • Hamburg Lawyers‘ Association
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Education

  • 2017: Second state examination in law
  • 2015 - 2017: Trainee lawyer at Celle Higher Regional Court including placements in a maritime law boutique firm in Hamburg and an international law firm in Buenos Aires
  • 2015: First state examination in law
  • 2008 - 2015: Law studies at the University of Hamburg and Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, with a focus on “law and economics”
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12/05/2022
10 key aspects of the revised EU competition law in the field of distribution...
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CMS advises WOW Tech Group on > EUR 1 bn business combination with Lovehoney...
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22/06/2021
Screening foreign subsidies – only for state aid enthusiasts?
In May, the European Commission presented its proposal for a Foreign Subsidy Regulation. In our second DiGI POD episode, Roxana Kruse, Peter Giese and Moritz Pottek will present the key points of the...
21/06/2021
DiGi POD – The podcast series on trending competition law developments
Our podcast series DiGi POD has been created to provide a platform for our clients, competition law experts as well as competition law enthusiasts to stay up to date on the developments and trending topics in connection with competition law. List of episodes:Episode 3: Vertical restraints under the cartel prohibition: what is expected to change after May 2022?Episode 2: Screening foreign subsidies – only for state aid en­thu­si­asts? Epis­ode 1: Digital markets and online platforms
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EU Commission proposes new investigative review tools to tackle market...
On 5th May 2021, the European Commission proposed the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (Foreign Subsidies Regulation or FSR)...
06/08/2020
First EU cyber sanctions go live
The EU ventured into new territory on 31 July 2020 by imposing its first ever cyber-sanctions under Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796 of 17 May 2019 ("EU-Cyber Sanctions Regulation"). The new sanctions...
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CMS and Kümmerlein advise Telefónica Deutschland on sale of rooftop radio...
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Foreign investments in German life science companies become subject to...
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EU Commission calls for closer scrutiny of foreign direct investment
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