Dr Lukas Höfling

Office Mönchengladbach

+49 2161 811-636

lukas.hoefling[@]kapellmann.de

Practice groups

Competition and EU law

Sector groups

Expertise

Competition law
Corporate compliance

Lukas advises on German and EU competition and antitrust law. His key practice area is advising companies and trade associations, in particular on investigations by the Federal Cartel Office, on the design of distribution systems and on antitrust-related contract law. He advises in German and English.

Curriculum vitae

Studied law at the Universities of Trier and Duesseldorf, 2013 to 2019
PhD in EU competition law on the prohibition of abuse at the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, 2019 to 2023
Research assistant in competition law and intellectual property law in Duesseldorf, 2019 to 2024
Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court Cologne, including seats in competition law at the Federal Cartel Office and at a DAX40 company, 2022 to 2024
Lawyer at Kapellmann since 2025

Publications

Books and book contributions

Host City Contracts auf dem Prüfstand der kartellrechtlichen Missbrauchskontrolle – Die Anwendbarkeit des Art. 102 AEUV auf die Ausrichtungsverträge zur UEFA EURO 2024 und zu den Olympischen Spielen 2024

Articles

Höfling, Host City Contracts – höchste Zeit für eine europäische Strategie, SpoPrax 2/2024, S. 104-109