Tobias Rump | Lawyers

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Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group

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“I provide clients with clear and pragmatic advice on their most complex antitrust issues. My work, from global merger control to cartel investigations, is always driven by my clients’ actual commercial objectives. I specialise in European and German competition law, offering clients in-depth knowledge and experience across a wide range of key industries.”

Overview

Tobias is a counsel in Linklaters’ Düsseldorf Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group. He has extensive experience in foreign investment control and EU foreign subsidies and represented clients in merger control proceedings before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) as well as in foreign investment control proceedings before the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

Given his work on several global matters, Tobias is very familiar with key authorities, including in particular the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission.

Tobias represents clients across a wide range of key industries, including chemistry, energy, technology, life science, digital economy, industrials, healthcare, mobility and retail.

Before joining Linklaters, Tobias worked several years for another leading law firm in Cologne and Brussels.

Work Highlights

Tobias’s recent experience includes:

Triton: advising on (i) the sale of EQOS, a leading specialist in the installation and maintenance of critical infrastructure in Europe, to Eiffage Énergie Systèmes ("Eiffage"), and (ii) the acquisition of Caverion, including advising on outbidding a competing public takeover offer that has already been approved under EU law.
Covestro: advising, inter alia, (i) on the public takeover offer by Abu Dhabi owned ADNOC and (ii) the €1.6bn acquisition of the Resins & Functional Materials business from Royal DSM.
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik: advising on the joint takeover offer by Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
QIAGEN: advising on its proposed merger with Thermo Fisher Scientific.
McKesson: advising on the formation of a joint venture with Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Alstom: advising on its proposed merger with Siemens Mobility (with previous employer).

Beyond the Office

Tobias is actively involved in the practice group’s recruiting process acting as mentee for younger colleagues.

Furthermore, Tobias is a member of the German Study Association for Antitrust Lawyers (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht), and of the German-American Lawyers Association.

Education and Qualifications

Tobias studied law in Osnabrück and Stockholm. During his legal training, Tobias gained practical experience by working at two leading international law firms in Berlin. Tobias is currently enrolled in an Executive MBA program at Kellogg/WHU.

Tobias speaks German and English.

Thought Leadership

Tobias regularly publishes on antitrust law. His publications include:

„Der neue Digital Markets Act – die digitale Revolution des Kartellrechts?“ in RWI 2023, 321, with Daniela Seeliger;
„Kryptowährungen und Token (2. Auflage), S. 785, Frankfurt am Main: Recht und Wirtschaft, 2023, Kapitel zu Wettbewerbsrecht with Daniela Seeliger;
„Die neue EU-Drittstaatensubventionsverordnung – Eine neue Säule in der Wettbewerbspraxis“ in BB 2023, S. 131, with Theresa Noßke;
„Mehr Flexibilität und Rechtssicherheit: Neuerungen der Vertikal-GVO“ in ComplianceBusiness 2/2022, S. 3, with Caroline Hoffrichter;
„Kryptowährungen und Token (2nd Edition), 2023, chapter of Competition law with D. Seeliger;
“The Dominance and Monopolies Review” – Sixth Edition, 2018, chapter on Germany together with S. Barthelmess;
“Getting the Deal Through’s 2018 Dominance Guide”, 2018, chapter on Germany, together with P. Bock;
“Getting the Deal Through’s 2017 Dominance Guide”, 2017, chapter on Germany, together with P. Bock.

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