Dr. Alexander Rinne

Primary Focus & Experience

He specializes in merger control procedures as well as cartel investigations and dominance cases before the relevant antitrust authorities and has also extensive experience in antitrust litigation before German and European courts. In addition, he regularly advises clients in relation to the antitrust aspects of joint ventures, strategic alliances, distribution agreements and general antitrust compliance issues. He has in-depth expertise in representing clients in foreign investment control proceedings.

Selected Project Samples

• Regularly advising leading companies such as Otto, ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, Roche Diagnostics, Sartorius, SK hynix, Telefónica, Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, etc. on merger control and FDI proceedings in numerous strategic transactions including worldwide coordination.
• Leading investors like Advent, Carlyle, EQT, General Atlantic, H.I.G. Capital, etc. regarding worldwide merger control and FDI proceedings in numerous strategic transactions including worldwide coordination.
• Advising a leading German automobile manufacturer in connection with joint ventures and R&D collaborations with leading automotive and technology companies in the field of automated driving.
• Advising Müller-Milch on the acquisition of the Landliebe business and other brands from Friesland Campina.
• In-court and out-of-court defense in relation to antitrust damages claims in connection with numerous antitrust cases, including those involving coffee, power cables, bridge expansion joints, polyurethane foams, fittings and canned vegetables.
• Defending a leading manufacturer of power cables in relation to the investigation of the European Commission and before the European courts, as well as in relation to international follow-on damage claims.
• Advising a leading European major bank in relation to various antitrust proceedings in the banking and financial sector.
• Advising leading food and beverages companies with respect to antitrust damages claims against sugar suppliers.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Current rankings in directories as JUVE, Chambers, Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Who's Who Legal recognize Alexander Rinne as one of the leading lawyers for antitrust law. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of German and European antitrust law and frequently speaks at international conferences on antitrust law.

Prior to joining Milbank, Alexander Rinne was head of the German antitrust practice of a major international law firm and head of its Munich office.

He was admitted to the German bar in 1999. He studied law at the universities of Duesseldorf and Kiel.