Kamilla Zembala-Börner is an associate in the Düsseldorf office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice.

Kamilla advises clients on all areas of European and German competition law as well as on foreign direct investment control (FDI).

She represents international companies and private equity funds before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) in a wide range of competition law matters, in particular with regards to merger control and abuse of dominance, as well as before the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy in FDI matters. She also represents clients in antitrust litigation before German and EU courts.

Kamilla advises clients on a variety of matters and transactions across various industry sectors, including telecommunications, digital markets, and manufacturing.

Prior to joining Latham, Kamilla worked as an associate for a leading German law firm in Brussels and Düsseldorf as well as a competition litigation boutique in Düsseldorf. Before and during her clerkship, Kamilla worked as an academic research assistant at Heidelberg University and at Goethe University Frankfurt and completed part of her clerkship at the European Commission.

Kamilla’s experience includes advising:

  • Apollo on the €3.2 billion investment in joint venture with RWE
  • Several telecommunication providers in competition disputes before German courts, including the Bundesgerichtshof*
  • A telecommunication provider in abuse of dominance proceedings before the Federal Cartel Office*
  • A global technology company in an investigation by the FCO regarding the client’s paramount significance for competition across markets*
  • Several global companies in relation to Phase II merger control proceedings in Germany and Poland*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwältin (Germany)

Education

  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court Frankfurt
  • First German State Exam, Heidelberg University

Languages Spoken

  • German
  • English