Dr Ivo du Mont, LL.M.

Ivo advises on German and European merger control, in antitrust proceedings before the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission as well as on antitrust litigation matters before the German and European courts. A key practice area is the ongoing provision of advice to companies to ensure compliance with antitrust rules in their day-to-day business. Here Ivo advises, inter alia, on the antitrust aspects of contract law and provides training and compliance audits. He advises in German, English, French and Russian.

What others say

Leading lawyer for competition law 2023
WirtschaftsWoche Top-Kanzleien 2023

Frequently recommended for competition law; 'pragmatic and competent' - client; 'professionally outstanding' - competitor
JUVE Handbook 2020/2021 to 2024/25

Recommended lawyer for competition law and compliance; 'I like the uncomplicated, friendly and straightforward manner of Ivo DuMont, Axel Kallmayer and Gregor Schiffers, with whom I have worked so far, their in-depth knowledge and their ability to get to the heart of complex issues.
Legal 500 Germany 2025

One of the most frequently recommended lawyers for Competition/Antitrust Law, Corporate Governance & Compliance and European Law
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers^® 'Germany's Best Lawyers 2025'

Listed as a lawyer recommended by in-house counsel for competition law
kanzleimonitor.de 2024/25 (law firm directory of the German institute for legal departments & in-house lawyers)

Curriculum vitae

• Studied law in Saarbrücken, Lille (France) and Warwick (UK), 1996 to 2002
• Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), 1996 to 2002
• Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court Cologne, 2003 to 2005
• Research assistant and trainee with Linklaters Oppenhoff & Rädler, Cologne and Brussels, focusing on German and EU antitrust law, 2002 to 2004
• LL.M. (University of Warwick), European private law, 2005
• PhD on the German law of obligations, 2006
• Lawyer at law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Cologne, focusing on German and EU antitrust law, 2006 to 2009
• Lawyer at Kapellmann since 2009

Further qualifications and memberships

• Lecturer for Compliance at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University
• Speaker at numerous seminars on antitrust law, inter alia, in collaboration with the BME (Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf and Logistik e.V.)
• Member of the Antitrust Law Study Association (Studienvereinigung des Kartellrechts)