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Sven-Michael is a partner in Bird & Bird's international Corporate Group based in Shanghai and has been living and working in China since 1999, and based in Shanghai since 2003.
His experience includes corporate transactions, commercial and regulatory advice, with a focus on advising clients in relation to the implementation of their technology driven, highly regulated or otherwise complex business models in China. During his career Sven-Michael has also been based in both London and Munich with a remit to develop China inbound and outbound work.

Over the years, Sven-Michael has acted for businesses from all over the world helping them set up, expand, operate and close their presence in China. This work has given him profound insights into the challenges and opportunities when doing business in China. The industry sectors Sven-Michael is often involved with are driven by IP or technology as a core consideration or are highly regulated.

Sven-Michael and his team also regularly advise on compliance, data security and anti-bribery matters, which have become a strong focus for many companies in China.

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Anne is an acknowledged competition law expert whose clients value her strong business sense and her pragmatic and results-oriented advice.

Anne, who divides her time between Brussels and Düsseldorf, is a Partner in our Competition & EU Law Group.
Anne has very substantial experience in German, EU and international merger control and has been involved in a large number of complex Phase 2 cases before the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office.
She regularly advises clients in cartel proceedings and internal cartel investigations. Her practice also covers abuse proceedings and advising on the competition law aspects of cooperation, distribution and license agreements.

Clients seek Anne’s strategic advice and assistance when developing and implementing competition law compliance programmes. Anne has very significant experience in this area and is known for her creative and innovative approach to designing highly customised, interactive and entertaining training programmes.

Anne's expertise spans a number of sectors, including automotive, telecommunications and media, healthcare, post and logistics, food and beverages, and energy.

Anne is regularly listed as a “frequently recommended” competition lawyer in the German directory JUVE and as a leading practitioner in The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers & Economists. She was featured in Global Competition Review's 100 "Women in Antitrust" 2013 survey and was ranked as one of the leading female competition lawyers in Belgium in the Euromoney Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law.

She joined us in early 2010 after 12 years as a partner in a major international law firm in Brussels.

A member of the Düsseldorf bar since 1992, Anne studied law at the universities of Passau, Freiburg im Breisgau and Toulouse and obtained an LL.M. degree in European law from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium).
She is fluent in English and French.

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Serafino Bartolozzi is an Italian graduated with a master in electrical engineering, he has worked for over 30 years in the automotive industry, starting in production for 10 years.

During this period Serafino had the chance to stay for two years in Japan, acquiring a deep knowledge of the Toyota Manufacturing System (TPM, Kaizen, JIT).

In 1996 he moved to Aftersales. In 1999 he was assigned as Aftersales director Fiat’s Japanese affiliation.

Since 2008, Serafino leads the Mahle business unit in Asia-Pacific. This position offers exposure to the Asian main markets, such as China, India, Japan and the ASEAN countries.

Since 2015 he is Chair of the Auto Components WG.

Serafino has been very active in the EUCCC lobbying activities for the reform of the Independent Aftermarket, promoting the WG activities in the industry and liaising with the CLEPA (Association of the European Auto Components Suppliers). He has also joined the EUCCC delegation to Brussels in January 2016 and February 2017 to express the concerns of European enterprises operating in China. In March 2016 he has been elected as board member of the EUCCC Chapter in Shanghai.

With a solid experience in the automotive industry and multi-cultural environment, he has achieved a formidable ability in dealing in diverse cultural contexts.

His character is open-minded, with strategic attitude, an innovator with a natural predisposition to leadership and of strong sense of duty. Ready to take risks but always conscious of the importance of making the best informed decision.