We advise national and international clients from various sectors, such as financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, media, sports, automobile industry, food, construction and building materials, on all issues related to German and European antitrust law.

• Merger control proceedings
• Joint ventures and co-operation agreements between competitors in the areas of research and development, purchasing, joint production and distribution
• Distribution, franchise, and licence agreements
• Abuse of a dominant position, including discriminatory conduct
• Development and implementation of competition compliance programmes
• Proceedings for administrative fines, e.g. due to participation in cartel agreements
• Support during investigations by antitrust authorities (particularly for dawn raids by antitrust officials)
• Antitrust litigation (enforcing and fighting antitrust claims, such as claims for damages)
• EU law on state aid

Berlin: Dr. Karsten Metzlaff >>

Berlin: Dr. Kathrin Westermann >>

Bratislava: Ing. Mgr. Katarína Brocková >>

Düsseldorf: Dr. Hermann Picot >>

Moscow: Dr. Ilja Ratschkov, LL.M. >>

Munich: Dr. Alexander Birnstiel, LL.M. >>

Prague: Barbara Kusak >>

Warsaw: Dr. Jacek Bąk >>