Henner Schläfke
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), certified specialist in banking and capital markets law, Partner
Henner Schlaefke represents national and international clients in litigation before state courts and has extensive practical experience as a trial lawyer. He heads Noerr's class and mass action defense practice group. Henner specializes in antitrust damages litigation and is defending clients against follow-on claims in high-profile cases including collective actions. He is also experienced in setting up structured projects for companies claiming damages. His practice covers a wide range of industries with a special focus on retail, banking, automotive and consumer goods. Apart from this, Henner is an expert in banking and capital investment law and represents credit institutions in mass, collective and landmark proceedings.
Projects
- DAF Trucks / Paccar in the defence against numerous antitrust damages claims brought before German courts
- National Association of German Cooperative Banks (BVR): Defense against antitrust damages claims in connection with retailers’ charges for electronic cash
- Kapsch TrafficCom & CTS eventim: Advice following the winding up of the German small vehicle tolling system
- European manufacturer of wood-based panels: Defense against antitrust damages claims
- Cemex: Defense against the antitrust damages claim brought by CDC Cartel Damages Claims
Distinctions
- Frequently recommended lawyer for dispute resolution, JUVE Handbook (2023/2024)
- Legal500 Germany: Recommended for Commercial Litigation and Antitrust Law (2023)
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers Germany (2023): Lawyer of the Year, Litigation
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Career
Memberships
- German Lawyers’ Association (DAV)
- German Banking Law Association – Academic Society for Banking Law (BrV)
- German antitrust research association (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht)
- Competition Litigation Forum
Publications
- Kartellschadensersatzverfahren, in GRUR-Prax 2024, 526 ff. (jointly with Marco Leck)
- Collective Redress in Germany and the Transposition of the Representative Actions Directive, in Mass Claims 2/2023, S. 1 ff. (with Tobias Lühmann)
- Chapter on international private enforcement of the DMA, in: Schmidt/Hübener (eds.), The New Digital Markets Act, 2023
- Kollektiver Rechtsschutz nach der Umsetzung der EU-Verbandsklagenrichtlinie, in NJW 2023, S. 3385 ff. (jointly with Tobias Lühmann)
- DMA als Gegenstand von Private Enforcement, in: Schmidt/Hübener (Hrsg.), Das neue Recht der digitalen Märkte - Digital Markets Act (DMA), 2023 (with Immo Schuler)
- Vorschlag des BMJ zur Umsetzung der EU-Verbandsklagerichtlinie, in PHi 2022, S. 138 ff. (jointly with Dr. Tobias B. Lühmann and Lea Stegemann)
- Modernisierung und Digitalisierung des Zivilprozesses durch die neue Bundesregierung, in: Rethinking Law 2022, S. 41 ff.
- Die Europäische Verbandsklage – Grundzüge der politischen Einigung auf einen Richtlinienentwurf und Ausblick, in PHi 2020, S. 164 ff. (jointly with Dr. Tobias B. Lühmann)
- The German Federal Court of Justice provides guidance on assessment of effects in damage cases (Rail cartel), Concurrences e-Competitions Bulletin December 2018
- Kläger ohne Einfluss auf Verfahren – Bundestag beschließt Musterfeststellungsklage mit wesentlichen Änderungen (with Dieter Hettenbach), Börsenzeitung, 21 July 2018
- Vermögensbindung in der Kapitalgesellschaft & Co. KG als haftungsbeschränkter Personengesellschaft, Studien zum Handels-, Arbeits- und Wirtschaftsrecht, volume 147, 2013