Philipp Westerhoff

  • Senior Associate
  • Berlin
he / him / his
  • philipp.westerhoff@hausfeld.com
  • +49 30 322 903 001
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippwesterhoff/
Philipp Westerhoff

OVERVIEW

Philipp Westerhoff is a senior associate at Hausfeld in Berlin. He advises clients on EU and German competition law and antitrust litigation.

Before joining Hausfeld he worked for the media, telecommunications and competition law departments in leading international law firms in Berlin. Prior to his admission to the Bar, Philipp clerked at the Division for Competition Policy of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs as well as at the Chambers for Unfair Competition, Trademarks and IP, and Antitrust of the Regional Court of Berlin.

Philipp is a native German speaker, but is also fluent in English and French. Following his studies at the University of Cologne, Humboldt-University in Berlin, the University of Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas) and King’s College London, Philipp holds a Maîtrise en droit (European Law) and an LL.M. in Competition Law.

EDUCATION

LL.B. / 1st State Exam, Berlin

Bar Exam / 2nd State Exam, Berlin

LL.M., King’s College London 

Maîtrise en droit, University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas

BAR ADMISSIONS

Attorney, Germany

NEWS

Five Hausfeld articles nominated by the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards 2022

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium
  • Jan 21 2022

General Court dismisses Google’s appeal of the Google Shopping Decision

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Germany, United Kingdom
  • Nov 10 2021

Cooperation between Federal Ministry of Health and Google stopped

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Feb 10 2021

Hausfeld 2021 promotions announced

  • United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium
  • Jan 11 2021

Google’s appeal in EU Court watched closely by digital economy

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Germany, United Kingdom
  • Feb 13 2020

Four Hausfeld articles make Antitrust Writing Awards 2020 shortlist

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom
  • Jan 31 2020

Three Hausfeld clients granted permission to intervene in EC's Google Android decision appeal

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom
  • Oct 14 2019

Hausfeld and Freshfields advise idealo in >500 Million suit against Google for Abuse of Dominance

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Germany
  • Apr 15 2019

Four Hausfeld clients granted permission to intervene in EC's Google Search (Shopping) decision appeal

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium
  • Jan 24 2019

Hausfeld clients succeed with competition complaint against Google's Android practices, leading to € 4,34 BN fine

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Germany, United Kingdom
  • Jul 20 2018

PUBLICATIONS

First practical experiences with the private enforcement of the German ‘tipping paragraph’ (Sec. 20(3a) Competition Act)

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Germany
  • May 20 2022

Un-FRAND-ly use of content and data and other abuses of intermediation power: The German competition probes into Google’s ecosystem

  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium
  • Feb 28 2022

Privacy by default, abuse by design: EU competition concerns about Apple’s new app tracking policy

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • United Kingdom, Germany
  • May 25 2021

Abrupt end to 'hipster antitrust'? Tackling Facebook's expansion following the First Court ruling in Germany

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Germany
  • Nov 20 2019

The German Amazon Marketplace Agreement case: A landmark settlement with global reach or more hype than substance?

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Germany
  • Nov 20 2019

Taking a bite at the Apple: ensuring a level-playing-field for competition on app stores

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Germany
  • May 13 2019

The EU's competition investigation into Amazon's Marketplace

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Nov 09 2018

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

"Google Search (Shopping) as a Precedent for Disintermediation in Other Sectors: The Example of Google for Jobs", Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, Volume 9, Issue 10, December 2018, Pages 627–644 (co-author)

“Die Anwendbarkeit und Reichweite von Schiedsvereinbarungen in Kartellschadensersatzprozessen” (Effectiveness and scope of arbitration clauses in antitrust damages claims), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb 2017, 585-591 (co-author)

PERSPECTIVES

German Federal Cartel Office subjects Google as ‘undertaking of paramount significance for competition across markets’ to stricter antitrust law obligations

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Germany
  • Jan 07 2022

Google finally amends Choice Screen remedy to prevent non-compliance proceedings in EU Android case

  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium

What I think

German Federal Cartel Office subjects Google as ‘undertaking of paramount significance for competition across markets’ to stricter antitrust law obligations

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Germany
  • Jan 07 2022

Google finally amends Choice Screen remedy to prevent non-compliance proceedings in EU Android case

  • Technology & Data Breach
  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium