Martin André Dittmer

Professional profile

Martin André Dittmer is the managing partner at Gorrissen Federspiel and co-head of the firm's EU & Competition practice group and advises our clients on all competition law issues. Martin's practice has particular focus on merger control in M&A transactions, and he has been involved in some of the most complex Danish mergers dealt with by the Danish competition authorities over the past many years. Martin also has extensive experience in merger notifications to the European Commission.

Martin also works with regulatory matters and advises on competition law issues, including for the shipping, energy and media industries.

Martin is very keen to share his experience by teaching competition law issues to our clients. Also, he is a frequent speaker at conferences in Denmark and abroad.

In addition, Martin is Secretary General of the European Maritime Law Organisation (EMLO), Chairman of the board of the DI Federation of Danish Professional Service Firms, Chairman of the ICC Commission on Competitiona and a member of the Association of Danish Law Firms and of the competition and procurement law committee of the Danish Bar and Law Society.

Significant cases
Martin advises a broad range of Danish and international companies on competition law issues on a current basis.

In the field of merger control, Martin has assisted Axcel with the sale of SteelSeries to GN Store Nord, Hafnia Tankers with the acquisition of Chemical Tankers, Andel with the acquisition of Energi Danmark, Intact with the acquisition of RSA and the sale of Codan, Salling with the acquisition of Tesco Poland, Saint Gobain with the acquisition of GCP Applied Technologies Inc, Bunker Holding with the acquisition of CM Biomass, Chr. Hansen in the merger with Novozymes, Swedish Telia Company with the sale of Telia Denmark to Norlys, the German company Knorr-Bremse in connection with the acquisition of DSB's component maintenance workshop, and KMD with the outsourcing of KMD's infrastructure services for midrange and mainframe.

Career and education

Career

Gorrissen Federspiel 2004 -
Managing Partner since 2018
Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel since 2007
Kromann Reumert 1995-2003
Head of Kromann Reumerts Brussels office 2001-2003

Education

Admitted to the Danish Bar 1998
Master of Laws, University of Copenhagen 1995
LL.M., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1995

Language

English, French

Ratings

Martin André Dittmer is top-ranked in Chambers Europe, in Who's Who Legal , and in Legal 500 (Hall of Fame).

Publications

Author and co-author of books and numerous articles on competition law, public procurement, etc. in various Danish and international legal magazines, including:
"EU competition law in 2023 – case law, judgments and legislation (January – October)” in EU Law and Human Rights Law (EU & Menneskeret), no. 4, pp. 213-231, 2023
"EU case law May 2019 - April 2020" (EU-praksis 2019- april 2020) in EU- Law and Human Rights Law (EU- & Menneskeret) no. 2, p. 68-87, 2020
"EU case law 2018 - April 2019" (EU-praksis 2018- april 2019) in EU-Law and Human Rights Law (EU- & Menneskeret) no. 2, p. 3-18, 2019
"The EU Court of Justice ruled in favour of the defendant after 16 years" (EU-retten gav tiltalte medhold efter 16 år) in The Attorney (Advokaten) no. 9, p. 40-42, 2019
"EU case law 2017 - April 2018" (EU-praksis 2017- april 2018) in EU- Law and Human Rights Law (EU- & Menneskeret) no. 2, p. 7-28, 2018
"EU case law 2016 to May 2017" (EU-praksis 2016 - maj 2017) in EU- Law and Human Rights Law (EU- & Menneskeret) no. 2, p. 21-37, 2017
Co-author of the chapter "International Mergers" in International Mergers - The Antitrust Process (Rowley & Baker), 2016
Co-author of the chapter "Denmark" in European Competition Laws (Frank L. Fine, red., Matthew Bender & Co.), 2016
"EU case law 2015" (EU-praksis 2015 i konkurrenceretssager) in EU- Law and Human Rights Law (EU- & Menneskeret) no. 2, p. 30-45, 2016
"The new law on tenders (Den nye udbudslov)" in Quarterly Analytics, 2016
"EU case law 2014" (EU-praksis 2014) in EU- Law and Human Rights Law (EU- & Menneskeret) no. 1, p. 21-32, 2015
Co-author of the chapter "Denmark" in European Competition Laws (Frank L. Fine, red., Matthew Bender & Co.), 2013
Co-author of the chapter "Denmark" in European Competition Laws (Frank L. Fine, red., Matthew Bender & Co.), 2012
Review of Christian Bergqvist, Jesper Kaltoft, and Sune Troels Poulsen, "Merger Control in Denmark" (Fusionskontrol i Danmark) in EU- Law and Human Rights Law (EU-ret & Menneskeret) no. 4, p. 159-165, 2012
"ECJ precedence and selected Commission decisions from 2010" (De Europæiske Fællesskabers Domstoles praksis og udvalgte Kommissionsafgørelser fra 2010) in EU- Law and Human Rights Law (EU-ret & Menneskeret), p. 235, 2011
Co-author of article on "Tenderer's change of Sub-Supplier after award of Contract - in light of ECJ decision, C-91/08 Wall" (Ændring af tilbudsgivers brug af underleverandører efter kontrakttildeling - i lyset af EU-Domstolensen afgørelse i sag C-91/08 Wall) in EU- Law and Human Rights Law (EU- & Menneskeret), p. 361, 2010
Co-author of article on "Franchising: Guidance or misrepresentation?" (Franchise: Vejledning eller vildledning?) in the Lawyer (Advokaten) no.1, p. 22-25, 2010
"The Future of Shipping Pools - Full-function Joint Ventures or Horizontal Cooperarion?" in Competition Law and Shipping, the EMLO Guide to EU Competition Law in the Shipping and Port Industries", 2009
"Maritime competition law - rough seas ahead?" in Bimco Bulletin volume 101, no. 6, 2006
Country reporter for the periodical European Public Private Partnership Law review ("EPPPL") 2006-
"The New Utilities Directive" in The New Procurement Directives, DJØF, 2005
Co-author of the publication "Cooperation between companies" (Samarbejde mellem virksomheder) published by Haandvaerksraadet (Håndværksrådet), 2005
Co-author of AIJA's publication on "Joint Ventures from Birth to Death", 2004
"Increased equal treatment in public procurement law" (Øget ligebehandling i udbudsretten- men til hvilken pris?) in Danske Kommuner, 2002
Editor of column in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten every second week on "brief news from the EU - focus on the Commission and the ECJs practice" (kort nyt fra EU - fokus på Kommissionens og EF-Domstolens praksis) from 2001-2003
Co-rapporteur in International Trade Law & Regulation, 1997
"Legal monopolies and EU-competition law" (Lovbestemte monopoler og EU-konkurrencereglerne) in EU- Law and Human Rights Law (EU- & Menneskeret) no. 5, 1995
"Family unification in the EU" (Familiesammenføring i EU-retten) in Justitia no. 2, 1993.

Memberships and Activities

Memberships

European Competition Lawyers Forum
The Danish Association of Competition Law
The Danish Association of European Law
The Danish Energy Law Association
The Danish Law Association
Association Européenne d' Etudes Juridiques et Fiscales (AEEJF)
Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)

Activities

Chairman of the ICC Commission on Competition 2024 -
Chairman of the board of the DI Federation of Danish Professional Service Firms 2023 -
DI Federation of Danish Professional Service Firms, member of the board, 2021 – 2023
President of the Competition Law Commission, International Association of Lawyers (UIA) 2019 - 2021
Secretary General, European Maritime Law Organisation (EMLO) 2017 -
SocietyExternal examiner, University of Copenhagen 2011 -
Associate professor in Competition Law at the University of Copenhagen 2004 - 2011
Teacher of European Law, University of Copenhagen 1999-2001
Teacher of European Law, The Copenhagen School of Business 1997-2001