Lars Hettstedt|Senior Associate
Lawyer
- Admitted to the German Bar since 2017, joined ARNECKE SIBETH DABELSTEIN in 2022
- Advising on German and European antitrust law, in particular official representation of domestic and international companies in proceedings before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office.
- Advising in all matters of commercial and distribution law, in particular the creation, examination and (re)structuring of distribution systems such as franchising, selective distribution, online distribution or platforms.
- Advising on EU state aid law, in particular for companies and public institutions in connection with the receipt or granting of state aid as well as dispute resolution before national and European courts.
- Professional experience: Scope Group (2021-2022); Euler Hermes AG, Export Credit Guarantees of the Federal Republic of Germany, Department General Counsel (2020-2021); Dentons (2018-2020); Eversheds Sutherland (2016–2018)
- Legal clerkship in Leipzig, Munich and Dublin (2014-2016)
- Studies at the University of Leipzig and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (2007-2014)
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- Languages: German, English
- Memberships:
- Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V. (association of antitrust lawyers in Germany)
- Credentials:
- Advising a US Nürburgring bidder regarding state aid subsequent to the sale of the assets of the Nürburgring and representation of the client in the appeal proceedings before the European Court of Justice (C-665/19 P).
- Advice and legal representation of a telecommunications provider before civil courts, i. a., in interim relief proceedings due to the threat of granting of state aid.
- Advising a telecommunications provider on public procurement and State Aid law issues in the context of subsidized broadband expansion projects and representation in litigation before the administrative and civil courts.