Antitrust & Competition Law

 

 

We advise national and international enterprises in all areas of German and European antitrust and competition law.

 

Antitrust Law

With our multi-disciplinary approach we also cover – together with our colleagues from Deloitte – economic and forensic aspects of complex antitrust matters. For international matters we can liaise with local attorneys of Deloitte Legal in more than 70 countries worldwide.

  • Preparation and conduct of national, European and multinational merger control proceedings
  • Assessment of „prohibition to implement“
  • Monitoring of Dawn Raids
  • Conducting internal audits / e-Discovery
  • Preparation of leniency application
  • Representation before antitrust authorities
  • Settlement negotiations
  • Appeal proceedings
  • Representation before civil courts (follow-on-claims)
  • Economic opinions (together with Deloitte)
  • Structuring and assessment of distribution agreements as well as procurement and cooperation agreements
  • Comprehensive advice regarding joint venture projects

Compliance

Companies today need to comply numerous national and international legislation and regulations, and need effective business processes to ensure compliance and prevention of regulatory issues.

A special focus of our practice is the development, implementation and review of compliance structures as well as the preparation of manuals and guidelines and staff trainings.

  • Alignment on the basis of IDW PS 980
  • Consideration of specific features of single areas of law
  • Corporate statement
  • Code of Conduct
  • Manuals/guidelines
  • Content alignment under consideration of risk groups and branch-specific features
  • Flexible and case-by-case concepts
  • Internal Audits
  • Forensic investigation
  • Assessment according to IDW PS 980 by external auditor