Overview

Sebastian van Helden is an antitrust and competition partner in the Frankfurt and Brussels offices of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. 

Sebastian advises clients on German and EU competition law and foreign investment control matters. Sebastian regularly counsels strategic and financial investors on domestic and cross-border transactions, including merger control, foreign direct investment (FDI) reviews, cartel investigations and abuse of dominance matters.

He assists clients in obtaining antitrust and regulatory clearances for complex transactions and coordinates multijurisdictional merger control and foreign investment filings worldwide. During an eight-month secondment, Sebastian worked in-house with Siemens, advising on a broad range of competition and foreign investment control issues.

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2019, Germany
  • 2019, Brussels (EU List)

Languages

  • German
  • English

Education

  • Higher Regional Court of KarlsruheSecond German State Examination2019
  • Heidelberg UniversityFirst German State Examination2016
  • Université Jean-Moulin, Lyon 3LL.M., International and European Business Law2016
  • National and Kapodistrian University of AthensErasmus Programme in Law2013