Fabian Hübener, LLM (Georgetown)
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Partner
Fabian Hübener is a Brussels-based partner specialising in EU antitrust law. He advises national and international clients on a broad range of antitrust, merger control and FDI matters. Over the past decade, he has been involved in several high-profile cases before the European Commission, national competition authorities and the European Court of Justice. His practice also focuses on the antitrust assessment of distribution models, with a strong track record in the automotive sector. He has significant experience in enforcing antitrust damages claims. Fabian is the co-author of a legal commentary on the Digital Markets Act and regularly publishes on key developments in antitrust law.
Projects
- Global automotive manufacturer – ELV recycling
Representing a global automotive manufacturer in the European Commission’s cartel proceedings concerning end‑of‑life vehicle (ELV) recycling - Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. – Viridium acquisition
Representing Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A., as part of a consortium, in the EUR 3.5 billion acquisition of leading life insurance consolidator Viridium - KPS Capital Partners / Speira – Real Alloy Europe
Representing KPS Capital Partners/Speira in obtaining conditional clearance for the acquisition of Real Alloy Europe from the European Commission - Lear Corporation – complex merger control
Representing global automotive supplier Lear Corporation in complex merger control proceedings before the European Commission and other competition authorities - PSA – access fees for repair and maintenance data
Representing PSA in preliminary ruling proceedings before the European Court of Justice on issues regarding access fees that vehicle manufacturers may charge publishers for the exploitation of repair and maintenance information - Scania – manufacturers’ data obligations
Representing Scania in preliminary ruling proceedings before the European Court of Justice concerning the scope and content of manufacturers’ obligations in providing vehicle, OBD, as well as repair and maintenance information - Volkswagen AG / Skoda Auto Deutschland GmbH– cross‑border sales of new vehicles
Representing Volkswagen AG and Skoda Auto Deutschland GmbH in cartel proceedings concerning alleged restrictions on cross‑border sales of new vehicles - PVC products manufacturer – ethylene cartel
Representing a manufacturer of PVC products in ethylene cartel proceedings before the European Commission - Battery manufacturer – car battery recycling cartel
Representing a battery manufacturer in the car battery recycling cartel proceedings before the European Commission
Distinctions
- "Future Leaders" Competition Law
Lexology Index 2025 (formerly Who's Who Legal)
My insights
Career
Legal studies at the University of Freiburg and Göttingen (Germany)
Postgraduate studies (LL.M.) at the Georgetown University Law Center (USA)
Doctorate at the University of Göttingen (Germany)
With Noerr since 2015
Admitted to the Munich Chamber of Lawyers
Memberships
- Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht
- The European Competition Lawyers Forum (ECLF)
Publications
- Potentielle Wirkungen und vertikale Beschränkungen - Anmerkung zu EuGH – Tallinna Kaubamaja Grupp
Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, 2025 - Datenzugang über OBD-Schnittstelle – welche Rolle spielt die Fahrzeugsicherheit?
GRUR-Prax 2025 - Zugang zu Fahrzeugreparatur- und -wartungsinformationen: Welche Rolle spielt das Kartellrecht?
Zeitschrift für Wettbewerbsrecht, 2024 - Anmerkung zum Urteil des EuG vom 18.10.2023, Az. T-590/20 - Zur Erhöhung des Grundbetrages einer Kartellbuße bei erneutem Begehen einer ähnlichen Zuwiderhandlung
EWiR 2024 - Das neue Recht der digitalen Märkte - Digital Markets Act (DMA) (with Jens Peter Schmidt)
Nomos Verlag, 2023 - EuGH: Im Zweifel keine bezweckte Wettbewerbsbeschränkung bei Interbankenentgelten
Recht der Zahlungsdienste, 2020, Editioon 3, p. 196 - Vertikale Mindestpreisbindungen im US- und EU-Recht, Die Auswirkungen des Leegin-Urteils des U.S. Supreme Court
Wirtschaftsrecht und Wirtschaftspolitik, Nomos Verlag, 2016 - SEP or No SEP? Open questions after Huawei/ZTE (with Moritz Jakobs)
E.C.L.R 2016, Edition 1, p 33 - A Practitioner´s View on the Role and Powers of National Competition Authorities (with Alexander Israel and Jan Lang)
Study for the ECON Committee, 2016
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