Daniel Wiedmann

Daniel Wiedmann, LL.M. (NYU), is an associated partner at POELLATH in Frankfurt and head of the anti-trust team.

He advises clients on regulatory law and in particular on German and EU competition law, as well as foreign trade regulation.

A particular focus of his practice is on merger control and foreign direct investment review proceedings, as well as on sanctions and embargoes. He advises clients on compliance matters, contracts and represents them vis-à-vis authorities and courts. Daniel has been recommended multiple times by recognized rankings. He is strategic, forward-looking and, at the same time, pragmatic - as a sports and music enthusiast, endurance and creativity are also among his characteristics.

He is a speaker and lecturer in his areas of expertise and publishes regularly in national and international publications and is a sought-after German expert in many interviews for all German-related topics with regard to German and EU competition and M&A-related regulatory law.

He is a member of the Anti-Trust and Competition Working Group of Invest Europe; the German Antitrust Law Association (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht); the Frankfurt Antitrust Forum (KartellrechtsForum Frankfurt) (board member 2014-2018) and the German American Lawyers' Assocation.

He joined POELLATH in 2015, and worked previously at major US law firms (2006-2014) and was a research assistant at Hamburg University (2000-2001).

He studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg, Hamburg and New York (NYU, LL.M., 2002) and was admitted to the German bar in 2006.