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 have 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, a member of the ICC as a national expert, 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.

Martin has recently assisted a number of clients on merger issues, for instance Axel with the sale of SteelSeries to GN Store Nord, Hafnia Tankers with the acquisition of Chemical Tankers Inc. , Andel with the acquisition of Energi Danmark, Knorr-Bremse with the acquisition of DSB Component Workshop as well as Intact with the acquisition of RSA and sale of Codan, Salling with the acquisition of Tesco Poland, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. in obtaining Danish merger approval for the acquisition of the multinational company GCP Applied Technologies Inc. and Bunker Holding in its acquisition of CM Biomass.

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 and Who's Who Legal and top-ranked in Legal 500 (Hall of Fame and Leading individuals).

Memberships and activities

President of the Competition Law Commission, International Association of Lawyers (UIA) 2019 -
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