Max Hauser

Partner

Düsseldorf / Frankfurt
max.hauser@lw.com

PRACTICES

  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Litigation & Trial

INDUSTRIES

  • Automotive
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Financial Institutions
  • Retail & Consumer Products

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

EDUCATION

  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court Frankfurt, 2010
  • Dr. iur., Leibniz University Hannover, 2008
  • First German State Exam, Leibniz University Hannover, 2006

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

  • German
  • English

PROFILE

Max Hauser, Deputy Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins in Germany, advises clients on a broad spectrum of antitrust matters under German and EU laws.

Max draws on 15 years of experience and a sophisticated understanding of the global antitrust landscape to help clients navigate:

  • Merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI) clearances in Germany, the EU, and globally
  • Cartel and abuse-of-dominance investigations, as well as compliance programs and audits
  • Antitrust disputes, representing both defendants and claimants

Max consistently garners recognition from Chambers Europe, Handelsblatt Best Lawyers, JUVE, The Legal 500 EMEA, Who’s Who Legal, and WirtschaftsWoche as a leading antitrust and competition lawyer. He advises clients from a wide range of industries, including automotive, financial services, food retailing, pharmaceuticals, information technology, and oil and gas.

A recognized thought leader, Max is regional coordinator of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht for Frankfurt and co-founder of the Competition Litigation Forum in Germany. He regularly publishes articles on antitrust law issues and has co-authored a cartel damages handbook.

Max recently served on the firm’s Associates, Recruiting, and Legal Professional & Paralegal Committees, and he was local leader of the firm’s First Generation Professionals affinity group in Germany.

EXPERIENCE

Max’s experience includes advising:

Merger Control

  • AbbVie on its US$10.1 billion acquisition of Immunogen
  • Accentro Real Estate on refinancing with bondholders
  • Amphenol on its:
    • US$2.1 billion acquisition of CommScope's Mobile Network Business
    • US$2.025 billion acquisition of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies
    • US$1.7 billion acquisition of MTS Systems
  • Apollo Global Management on its:
    • US$8.1 billion acquisition of Univar
    • US$1 billion investment in Vonovia Portfolio
  • ArthroCare on its US$ 1.7 billion sale to Smith & Nephew
  • BC Partners on its sale of Synlab to Cinven 
  • Callaway Golf on its €418 million acquisition of Jack Wolfskin
  • CDPQ in its joint acquisition with Suez Environment of GE Water
  • Desktop Metal on its:
    • US$1.8 billion merger with Stratasys
    • US$575 million acquisition of ExOne
    • US$300 million acquisition of EnvisionTEC
  • GIP and KKR on a strategic joint control partnership with Vodafone, valued at €16 billion, to invest in Vantage Towers 
  • EG Group on acquiring the OMV petrol station network in Southern Germany 
  • Extreme Networks on its acquisitions of Zebra’s WLAN business and Avaya’s networking business
  • Fresenius on the sale of Vamed’s Rehabilitation Business
  • Hg on:
    • Acquiring Auvesy, Fonds Finanz, GGW Group, LucaNet, and Serrala
    • Selling F24, MeinAuto, and MEDIFOX DAN
  • HIG Capital on the contemplated sale of DSD – Duales System Deutschland (Der Grüne Punkt) to Remondis 
  • Hyundai and KIA on their investment in IONITY, a joint venture for a pan-European charging network for electric vehicles
  • LeanIX Investors on its sale to SAP
  • Omnicom on the sale of Sellbytel to KKR/Webhelp
  • Permira on its investment in FlixMobility Group
  • Renewable Energy Group on its US$3.15 billion acquisition by Chevron
  • Silver Lake Partners on its US$12.5 billion take-private acquisition of Qualtrics 
  • Skydance Media on its pending merger with Paramount to form “New Paramount” at an enterprise value of approximately US$28 billion
  • The Carlyle Group on multiple acquisitions, exits, and portfolio add-ons, including its US$2.025 billion acquisition of Flender from Siemens and Flender’s subsequent acquisition of Moventas
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific on its US$3.1 billion acquisition of Olink 
  • Tower Semiconductor on its US$5.9 billion acquisition by Intel
  • Triton on multiple transactions, including:
    • Acquiring Siemens Energy’s high-voltage component business Trench, IFCO, Royal Reesink, and the All4Labels Groups
    • Selling COBEX to Tokai Carbon and Aventics to Emerson 
  • Webhelp on its US$4.8 billion sale to Concentrix 

Cartel Investigations

  • Automotive clients in EU and multijurisdictional cartel investigations into automotive emission controls and automotive wire harnesses
  • Industry client with regard to cartel damages claims in connection with the German rail tracks cartel
  • A steel producer in a cartel investigation by the German Federal Cartel Office
  • Nestlé in a cartel investigation by the German Federal Cartel Office regarding food retail — the largest-ever antitrust investigation in Germany

Antitrust Disputes

  • A public utility group in arbitration proceedings regarding contract, energy, and antitrust and competition law issues
  • A private equity firm in arbitration proceedings regarding a post-M&A dispute