Charlotte Legerlotz

Dr. Charlotte Legerlotz

Associate, Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Dusseldorf

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Published works

Overview

Charlotte specialises in European and German antitrust law, with a focus on cartel proceedings, compliance, abuse control and merger control.  She represents clients before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office as well as before European and German courts.

She has sector-specific expertise in the automotive industry, mobile communications, and the digital economy.

Charlotte is currently seconded to the Linklaters office in Brussels.

Work highlights
  • AUDI AG: advising on the entry into Formula 1 including the investment of QIA in Sauber.
  • Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG: advising in cartel proceedings before the European Commission concerning alleged conduct in relation to emission technologies.
  • Automotive suppliers: Advice on continuous competition matters, particularly regarding vertical matters, antitrust compliance and cooperations.

Professional experience

Charlotte joined Linklaters as an Associate in 2023. Previously, she worked for the firm in different functions, first as a Research Assistant and later as a Legal Trainee.

Charlotte is currently seconded to the Linklaters office in Brussels.

Education and qualifications

Charlotte studied law with a focus on competition law at the University of Bonn and at the University of Bologna (Italy). In 2022, she was awarded the legal doctorate (Dr. iur.) for her research dedicated to start-ups in the digital sector.

During her legal traineeship, Charlotte worked, inter alia, at Linklaters in New York City (USA).

She speaks German, English, French and Italian. 

Published works

  • Weirich, Yuxin/Legerlotz, Charlotte, Kartellrechtliche Compliance im HR-Bereich, ComplianceBusiness, 1/2025
  • Legerlotz, Charlotte/Birnbrich, Yaro, FIFA-Transferregeln teilweise nicht mit Unionsrecht vereinbar, GRUR-Prax 2024, 743
  • Der Aufkauf von Start-ups im digitalen Bereich - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der deutschen Fusionskontrolle (Dissertation), Peter Lang, 2022
  • Seifert, Roman / Legerlotz, Charlotte, Competition register established at the Federal Cartel Office: Potential exclusion from public procurement procedures increases need for compliance measures, E.C.L.R., 2021, 42 (7), N100-N101