Studied law, French and history in Mainz and Hanover. Legal training in Hamburg and Brussels. 2009 first State examination, 2017 second State examination. 2009‐2012 research assistant at the department of Public Law, European Law and Legal Philosophy as well as lecturer at Leibniz University Hanover. 2012‐2013 graduate studies at Cambridge University (Magdalene College), LL.M. (first class honours). 2020 doctoral degree with Prof. Dr Ulrich Haltern, LL.M. (Yale).
Joined the firm in 2017.
State Aid Law, European Law, Public Commercial Law.
Recognized with the Legal 500 Award as “Public Law Team of the Year 2026”.
Member of the German Women Lawyers Association and the German Cambridge Society.
Advice and representation in State Aid Law, including proceedings before the European Commission and before EU Courts (including, among others, the Condor case); special focus on State Aid in the energy sector and environmental aid measures, SGEI, and State Aid related to indirect taxes (betting, gambling and lottery duties, VAT); Antitrust damages litigation, including the “roundwood cartel” case.
Published on EU law, German public law and public international law. Co‐author in Säcker/Karpenstein/Ludwigs, Münchener Kommentar zum Wettbewerbsrecht, Vol. 5: Beihilfenrecht, 4th edition 2022 (AGVO).
German, English, French
Dr Leslie Manthey, LL.M. (Cambridge)
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