Dr. Nils Bremer advises clients on a broad spectrum of German and EU competition matters, including before the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) and the European Commission (EC).

Nils’ practice focuses on regulatory aspects of mergers and acquisitions, in particular on multijurisdictional merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI) control notifications and proceedings. He also has extensive experience in advising clients on antitrust litigation, investigations, cooperation and distribution agreements, as well as antitrust compliance. 

Nils advises clients from a wide range of industries, in particular private equity, financial services, pharmaceuticals, aviation, food retailing, energy and infrastructure, and automotive.
He regularly contributes articles to leading antitrust journals and handbooks.

Nils’ experience includes advising:

  • Oakley Capital on the combination of Windstar with Merz Lifecare*
  • EQT X on its majority investment in Acronis AG*
  • Summit Partners on its minority investment in Revizto*
  • Altor on its acquisition of a majority stake in F24*
  • Masan on the sale of H.C. Starck Holding to Mitsubishi Materials Corporation*
  • The Carlyle Group on the strategic growth investment by TA in SER Group*
  • Advent International on:
    • Its acquisition of a majority shareholding in ZIMMERMANN*
    • The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s investment in INNIO*
  • Ardian on the sale of a majority stake in d&b Group to Providence*
  • General Atlantic on:
    • The PIPE investment in ATOSS Software AG*
    • The combination of Deutsche Börse’s Qontigo and ISS*
  • Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller on obtaining merger control clearances for its acquisition of Landliebe*
  • Werfen on its acquisition of Immucor*
  • Abra Group on the creation of leading air transportation group across Latin America*
  • Fortress on the sale of Falko Regional Aircraft Limited to Chorus Aviation*
  • EQT Infrastructure on:
    • The sale of its stake in G+E GETEC Holding GmbH to the Infrastructure Investment Fund*
    • The acquisition of Anticimex*
  • EQT IX on its partnership with Hellman & Friedman regarding the voluntary takeover offer for zooplus*
  • Italgas S.p.A. on its acquisition of DEPA Infrastructure S.A. as part of transformational privatization in the Greek energy sector*
  • About You on the completion of its IPO*
  • SVP Global and EnTrust Global on their acquisition of Aviation Investment and Asset Management Business from DVB Bank*
  • EMH on the sale of majority of shares in Native Instruments GmbH*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • LLM, University of California, Berkeley, 2017
  • Second State Exam, State of Hesse, 2014
  • Dr. jur., University of Marburg, 2012
  • First State Exam, University of Marburg, 2011