Address

PwC Legal

Alsterufer 1

20354 Hamburg

Contact

Mobile  +49 175 7328670

Email  E-Mail

Qualification

  • Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) since 2005
  • LL.M. in international economic law (Lausanne/Geneva) since 2002

Expertise

  • Automotive industry
  • Microelectronics and semiconductors
  • Aviation
  • Renewable energy
  • Infrastructure
  • Services of general economic interest (SGEI)

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
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About me

Jan Philipp Otter specialises in EU state aid law and German subsidy and grant law. He advises private companies as well as public sector entities and their companies. He represents clients before the courts as well as in proceedings held by the European Commission and the German authorities. He has experience in a wide range of industries, including the automotive, semiconductor, aviation and renewable energy sectors as well as infrastructure and SGEI. He and his team apply a multidisciplinary advisory approach that combines legal, commercial and – where required – technical aspects in a holistic manner.

Career
  • Since 2014: PwC Legal, Hamburg
  • Until 2014: employed at a major audit and tax consulting firm as well as its law firm, Hamburg
  • Until 2005: legal clerkship (Rechtsreferendariat), Hamburg
  • Until 2002: Master of Laws (LL.M.) post-graduate programme, Lausanne and Geneva (Switzerland)
  • Until 2000: student, Bonn and Göttingen
Publications
  • Kommentierung der Art. 13-16 der Allgemeinen Freistellungsverordnung Nr. 651/2014, Regionalbeihilfen, Regionale Investitionsbeihilfen, Regionale Betriebsbeihilfen, Regionale Stadtentwicklungsbeihilfen, in: Säcker (Hrsg.), Münchener Kommentar Europäisches und Deutsches Wettbewerbsrecht, Band 5: Beihilfenrecht, 4. Auflage 2022 (gemeinsam mit Kerstin Rohde und Anna-Fiona Weise);
  • Kommentierung des Art. 56 der Allgemeinen Freistellungsverordnung Nr. 651/2014, Investitionsbeihilfen für lokale Infrastrukturen, in: Säcker (Hrsg.), Münchener Kommentar Europäisches und Deutsches Wettbewerbsrecht, Band 5: Beihilfenrecht, 2. Auflage 2018 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Engin Ciftci)
Mentions
  • Recommended team for subsidy law (JUVE 2016/17)
  • “Valued Team” in the area of subsidy law (JUVE 2015/2016)