Moritz Lorenz is a partner in the Berlin office of Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein. He is the head of the firm’s competition and State aid practice. He advises clients on all aspects of EU and German competition law, in particular on merger control, in connection with cartel infringements, on dominance issues, distribution systems, cooperations and licences as well as on follow-on damage claims. He develops compliance systems for companies of various industries and has conducted internal investigations into compliance incidents in Europe, China and Saudi-Arabia. He also has broad experience with EU state aid matters and advises both governmental bodies and undertakings and represents them in national and EU courts.

Moritz is the author of the textbook An Introduction to EU Competition Law (Cambridge University Press) and many other publications. He teaches German and EU competition law at Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany. Moritz serves as co-editor of the Journal of European Competition Law & Practice.

Moritz is regularly recommended by Who is Who Legal as a leading competition lawyer in Germany.

Track Record:

- Representing a para-swimmer in a damage claim against the IPC relating to a change in the classification rules without transitionary regime for previously qualified athletes.

- Conducting an internal investigation for a company in Berlin into suspected compliance incidents

- Follow-on damage litigation against the truck cartel on behalf of Themis Schaden GmbH

- Enforcing discovery claims under German antitrust law against a member of the car battery cartel on behalf of ALBA Group

-  Merger notification of a joint venture in the area of battery cell production for the automotive industry

 - Handling EU distribution law matters for a major international electronics company