Michael Rosenthal
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Competition: EU
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About
Provided by Michael Rosenthal
Practice Areas
European and German Competition Law
Career
Dr. Michael Rosenthal, the founder of Sullivan & Cromwell’s Brussels office and co-head of the firm’s global antitrust group, advises clients on all aspects of EU and German competition law before the European Commission and the German competition authority and courts, as well as the European courts.
In his over 20 years of practice, Dr. Rosenthal has advised clients on a significant number of the largest global transactions, as well as complex cartel and abuse of dominance investigations and related litigation. Dr. Michael Rosenthal is the co-author of the EU merger control treatise Rosenthal/Thomas - European Merger Control (C.H. Beck).
Personal
Michael Rosenthal earned his LLM degree from Columbia Law School, his 1st and 2nd State Exams as well as his Dr. iur. (summa cum laude) from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität School of Law in Mainz and a French-German Business Law Degree from Université de Bourgogne School of Law in Dijon.
Chambers Review
Europe
Michael Rosenthal heads the firm's competition team and leads sophisticated merger control and behavioural matters that involve interaction with the EC. Standout mandates include his defence of clients in EC behavioural investigations into alleged cartel activities and subsequent follow-on damages actions. Splitting his time between the firm's offices in Belgium and Germany, he also has notable experience assisting clients with notifying mergers before the German authorities.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Michael Rosenthal has a lot of experience, knows his stuff and is good to work with."
"He is very thoughtful, you always feel like he is there for you. You feel like you are in safe hands with Michael on tricky issues and he has a wonderful demeanour in working with clients."
"He knows what he is doing, is very easy to deal with and gets the strategy. It was good to have someone of his experience and he is able to manage his clients well."
"Michael Rosenthal has a lot of experience, knows his stuff and is good to work with."
"He is very thoughtful, you always feel like he is there for you. You feel like you are in safe hands with Michael on tricky issues and he has a wonderful demeanour in working with clients."
"He knows what he is doing, is very easy to deal with and gets the strategy. It was good to have someone of his experience and he is able to manage his clients well."