Sven Betzendörfer, LLM (College of Europe)
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Senior Associate
Sven Betzendörfer is a lawyer in NOERR’s Brussels office. His practice covers all aspects of European and German antitrust and competition law, foreign direct investment (FDI) control, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), and European State aid law. Sven specializes in complex cross-border merger control, FDI and FSR reviews. He also has significant experience representing clients in antitrust investigations and administrative fine proceedings, conducting internal investigations, and advising on antitrust-compliant structuring of distribution systems and cooperations.
Projects
- Representing STRABAG in the EU merger control proceeding as well as the coordination of various national merger control and FDI filings regarding the acquisition of WTE
- Representing AEQUITA in the EU merger control and FSR proceedings regarding the acquisition of olefins & polyolefins plants from LyondellBasell
- Representing AEQUITA in several cross-border transactions involving the coordination of various national merger control and FDI filings
- Representing a global automotive manufacturer in the European Commission’s cartel proceedings concerning end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recycling
- Representing Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. as part of a consortium on the EUR 3.5 billion acquisition of leading life insurance consolidator Viridium
- Representing global automotive Tier 1 supplier Lear Corporation in complex merger control proceedings before the European Commission and other antitrust authorities
- Representing KPS Capital Partners/Speira in the European Commission's conditional merger control clearance of the acquisition of Real Alloy Europe
My insights
Career
- Legal studies at the University of Passau
- Postgraduate studies (LL.M.) at the College of Europe (Bruges), European Law and Economic Analysis (ELEA)
- Legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, with stations at the Litigation practice group of a renowned international law firm in Hamburg, the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission in Brussels and the inhouse competition law department of Siemens AG in Munich
- Research associate in the Antitrust & Competition practice group at Noerr
- At Noerr since 2023
- Admitted to the Munich Chamber of Lawyers
Memberships
- Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht
Publications
- “The German Regional Court of Mainz partially restricts the automatic creation of email addresses under the Digital Markets Act (1&1 Mail & Media / Google)”, Concurrences Bulletin August 2025, Art. N° 129270
- “The German Higher Regional Court of Cologne dismisses a request to block the use of social media public data for AI training (Meta)”, Concurrences Bulletin May 2025, Art. N° 129266
- "Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI)", Bungenberg/Heinrich, Europäisches Beihilfenrecht, Kommentar, 2. Aufl. Verlag Nomos, 2025
- "Eliminating Grail – Which authority in the EU will assess potentially critical transactions?", NZKart October 2024
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