hanno kaiser

Work

• Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, 1/2008 – present (Firm bio)
• Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, 1/2006 – 12/2007
• Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, 01/2001 – 12/2005
• Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Düsseldorf, Germany, 8/1998 – 12/2000

Teaching

• Adjunct professor, U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, 1/2009 – present. Courses taught:
  • Antitrust and the Internet, Spring 2010
  • International Antitrust Law and Policy, Spring 2009
• Adjunct professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, 5/2005 – 12/2007. Courses taught:
• Antitrust and Innovation, Fall 2007. (Syllabus, Slides)
• Merger Antitrust Law, Spring 2006. (Syllabus, Slides)
• International Antitrust Law, Spring 2005. (Syllabus)
• Lecturer, Heinrich-Heine-University School of Law, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2000

Education

• Ph.D. (Dr. jur.), philosophy of law, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany, 1998 (summa cum laude). Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. Günther Jakobs.
• Master of Laws, University of California at Davis, King Hall School of Law, 1997-98
• Visiting Scholar, University of California at Davis, King Hall School of Law, 1996-97
• Second State Exam, Court of Appeals, Düsseldorf (with distinction), 1996
• First State Exam, University of Bayreuth (with distinction), 1994
• Studies in law, economics, and philosophy
• Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1994-96
• Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, 1992
• University of Bayreuth, Germany, 1989-1994

Awards and Research Grants

• Prize of the President of the Italian Republic, 1999. Awarded for the best Ph.D. thesis in the Department of Law and Economics of the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn
• Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius ZEIT Foundation, 1998. LL.M. scholarship.
• German National Academic Foundation (”Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”).
• Ph.D. scholarship, 1996-98
• University scholarship, 1990-94

Academic Publications

• The Three Dimensions of Freedom, Crime, and Punishment, 9 Buff. Crim. L. Rev. 691 (2006)
• Debt Investments in Competitors under the Federal Antitrust Laws, 9 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 605 (2004)
• Widerspruch und Harte Behandlung (”Censure and Hard Treatment”). On the Justification of Punishment. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin (1999)

Other Publications

• A Primer in Antitrust Law and Policy, v. 1.4 (2009)
• Analysis of the D.C. Circuit’s Rambus decision (with D. Wall), April 25, 2008
• Merger Notification under China’s new Anti-Monopoly Law (with T. Lipsky and J. Colahan), April 9, 2008
• Put/Call Combos under the HSR Act, The Deal, June 12, 2006
• Extraterritorial Application of the US Antitrust Laws (2004) (Pre-Empagran)

Speeches and Presentations

• Advanced Patent Law Institute, Speaker, SSO developments, December 10-11, 2009, Palo Alto, CA. Stanford Law School, UC Berkeley, and University of Texas School of Law. Slides.
• Antitrust Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing, Speaker, Understanding the Intellectual Property License, November 5-6, 2009, Chicago, IL, Practicing Law Institute (PLI). Slides.
• Symposium on Systems Competition, Speaker, American Antitrust Institute, June 17, Washington, DC (2009). Slides and audio.
• Infrastructure Theory and Essential Facilities, Speaker, ABA, Section of Antitrust Law, Antitrust Intellectual Property Conference, February 5-6, Berkeley, CA (2009). Print version and screen version.
• Antitrust Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions, Speaker, Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, February 29, 2008, Scottsdale, AZ, American Law Institute & American Bar Association (ALI-ABA). Updated version, October 2009.
• Antitrust Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing, Speaker, Understanding the Intellectual Property License, October 15-16, 2007, Chicago, IL, Practicing Law Institute (PLI)
• Chart tracking the various Section 2 holdings as to exclusionary conduct in the U.S. v. Microsoft case (2007)
• Antitrust Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions, Speaker, Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, October 4-5, 2007, Boston, MA, American Law Institute & American Bar Association (ALI-ABA)
• Antitrust Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing, Speaker, Understanding the Intellectual Property License, October 19-20, 2006, Chicago, IL, Practicing Law Institute (PLI).
• Antitrust Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions, Speaker, Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, September 14-15, 2006, Boston, MA, American Law Institute & American Bar Association (ALI-ABA).
• Antitrust Due Diligence in Handling Transactions, Panelist, Managing Antitrust Matters in the Modern Corporate Governance Era, May 11-12, 2006, New York, NY, ABA Section of Antitrust Law & New York City Bar
• Legal Imperialism?, Speaker, German American Chamber of Commerce, March 3, 2005, New York, NY

Blogs

• Antitrust Review (Co-Founder)
• Law & Society Blog (Founder)

Bar Admissions, Memberships and Affiliations

• California (2009), New York (2002), Germany (1998).
• Member, Executive Committee, Antitrust Law Section, New York State Bar Association (2006-07)
• Member, Committee on Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2004-07)
• Member, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section (2002 – present)
• German American Bar Association (2001 – present)

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