Antitrust Law

Antitrust law affects not only large corporations, but medium-sized companies and public enterprises as well. Requirements under antitrust law have been considerably tightened in the past few years – for all enterprises, regardless of size.

Our chief areas of practice in antitrust law are:

Merger Control

Analysis of possible notification duties for mergers and acquisitions
Notifications of mergers and acquisitions with
- the German Federal Antitrust Office
- the European Commission
Representation in agency proceedings
Coordination of multi-jurisdictional merger control procedures
Joinder/Impleading of competitors into merger control procedures
Legal proceedings against clearance and interdiction orders

Legal proceedings against clearance and interdiction orders

Permissibility of cooperation between competitors, e.g. purchasing syndicates, etc.
Structuring of research and development agreements, specialization agreements, etc.

Distribution Law

Structuring of distribution systems in compliance with antitrust law
Structuring of authorized dealership and commercial representative agreements, etc.

Administrative and Civil Penalty Proceedings

Representation of accused/affected parties before German and European antitrust authorities and antitrust courts in administrative and civil penalty proceedings
Representation in proceedings under antitrust law for the redress of damages

Misconduct Examinations / Prohibitions on Discrimination

Analysis as to possible market-dominating position
Review of compliance with conduct requirements for market-dominating companies

Compliance with Antitrust Law

Analysis of antitrust-law risk exposure for companies
Implementation of preventive systems to avoid violations of antitrust law and risks of civil penalties
Developing and presenting training seminars for employees, and related programs

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