Qualifications & Expertise
Our competition lawyers have had many years of experience, gained from numerous proceedings before German cartel authorities, the European Commission and both national and European courts. Good contacts with officials at the Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission help us to represent our clients effectively.

Through our Brussels office we are able to safeguard the interests of our clients vis-à-vis the European Commission directly on-site.

The competence of our lawyers in this area is reflected in the large number of publications on cartel legislation.


Main focuses of our work on competition legislation are:

• merger control proceedings at the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission
• coordinating several merger control proceedings before various cartel authorities worldwide in the case of international transactions
• screening, structuring and legalising joint ventures, marketing and licensing agreements and other forms of vertical and horizontal cooperation between companies
• administrative fine and prohibition proceedings
• deregulation, especially in the areas of telecommunications, power, gas and water
• subsidy control
• contract awarding law (tender duties and auditing procedures)