Wladimir Soltmann is an associate in the Brussels office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group.
His practice spans all aspects of competition law at both national and European levels before competition authorities and the European courts. He has developed in-depth knowledge of proceedings before the French Competition Authority, the European Commission, and the EU courts.
Wladimir’s experience includes merger control, foreign direct investment and foreign subsidies matters, abuse of dominance and anti-competitive agreements, State aid, stand-alone and follow-on litigation, as well as research and development, distribution, and commercial agreements.
Wladimir brings extensive experience from both enforcement and judicial perspectives. He previously served as a case handler in the Merger Unit of the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) and was subsequently appointed Référendaire at the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg. Before joining Gibson Dunn, he practiced competition law at a leading international law firm in Paris and Brussels.
In addition to his practice, Wladimir lectures on antitrust issues related to intellectual property rights at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Admitted to the Paris Bar, he holds a PhD in competition law and is the author of “Technical Standards and Innovation: Cross Analysis of IP Rights and Competition Law” (PhD thesis, 2015). Wladimir also graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a LLM degree with a certificate of specialization in intellectual property law. He has been a speaker at numerous symposiums in France and internationally.
He is fluent in French and English.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- Université Jean-Moulin Lyon III - 2015 Ph.D.
- University of California, Berkeley - 2014 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
- Université Jean-Moulin Lyon III - 2009 Master of European Law
Admissions:
- France - Avocat au Barreau de Paris