Joachim Grittmann

Counsel

Frankfurt
joachim.grittmann@lw.com
+49.69.6062.6548

PRACTICES

  • Communications
  • Connectivity, Privacy & Information
  • Economic Sanctions & Export Controls
  • Energy Regulatory & Markets
  • Environment, Land & Resources
  • Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
  • Litigation & Trial
  • Privacy & Cyber

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

EDUCATION

  • Second State Exam, State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Heidelberg University, 2001
  • First State Exam, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, 1999

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

  • German
  • English

PROFILE

Joachim Grittmann is counsel in the Frankfurt office and practices in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department. He has broad experience in administrative and regulatory law, including:

  • Public procurement law
  • State aid law
  • Compliance matters, e.g., data protection and export control

His practice involves all aspects of public law matters for a variety of public and non-public clients.

Joachim is also a Master of Public Administration and an associate professor for public law at the University of Heidelberg.

Publications

  • “Environmental Considerations in M&A”, Lawyer Monthly Magazine, March 2013
  • Commentary to the German Data Protection Act and Data Protection Rules; co-author, Heidelberg, Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft, 2010
  • “No voidness in case of de-facto-award of contract” (Keine Nichtigkeit bei De-facto-Vergabe), co-author, NVwZ 2004, p. 946 et seq.

EXPERIENCE

Joachim’s experience includes advising:

  • B/E Aerospace on the acquisition of Interturbine Aviation Logistics-Group and the related export control aspects*
  • Bregal on its majority investment in BSI Software
  • Daimler AG on the implementation of German toll system Toll Collect and related arbitration procedures: advice on administrative law and public procurement law
  • E.ON AG on the sale of Vereinigte Aluminiumwerke to Norsk Hydro: advice on public and environmental law*
  • E.ON AG on the sale of Stinnes AG to Deutsche Bahn AG: advice on public and environmental law*
  • Hypo Real Estate on state aid law*
  • IVG Caverns GmbH on the extension of an underground gas storage field*
  • IVG Immobilien AG on the sale of caverns business: advice on mining law and environmental law*
  • Main Capital Partners on the sale of software company Perbility to Rivean Capital 
  • Nokia on the formation of a joint venture (Nokia Siemens Networks) with Siemens AG: advice on data protection law and regulatory compliance*
  • Novartis in the acquisition of Hexal, the divestiture of Arevipharma and regarding post-M&A disputes*
  • Sembcorp Industries on the contemplated acquisition of E.ON Energy from Waste*
  • The Carlyle Group/Syniverse in the acquisition of MACH and in the subsequent divestiture of MACH’s EEA data clearing and NRTRDE businesses
  • Unsere Grüne Glasfaser on the acquisition of Infrafibre Germany

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham