Dr. Stephanie Pautke speaks on “Vertical Agreements UK and EU”
Informa Competition Law – 13 June 2023, Brussels
Dr. Stephanie Pautke moderates the event: “Vertical Restraints & Distribution”
IBA – 17th Annual Competition Mid-Year Conference, 8 – 9 June 2023, Singapore
Dr. Stephanie Pautke speaks on “Abusive behaviour beyond dominance”
European Competition Lawyers Association, 4 – 6 May 2023, Palma
Dr. Johanna Kübler speaks on: “Dominance decisions: daring, daunting and dynamic?”
AIJA – 10th Annual Antitrust Conference, 27 – 29 April 2023, Budapest
Isabel Oest speaks on “Horizontalen Kooperationen”
Deutsche Anwalt Akademie – 26 April 2023, online
Dr. Stephanie Pautke speaks on „Vertikal-GVO”
ECJ in Unilever: Exclusivity clauses in abuse of dominance cases and imputability of antitrust violations in distribution agreements
European Court of Justice with clarifications on the conditions under which conduct of distributors can be imputed to the producer and with helpful guidance as to the assessment of exclusivity clauses and the so-called as efficient competitor test
Chambers Global/Europe 2023
Following a strong performance, COMMEO rises to band 3 in the current Chambers ranking. Our partners Jörg-Martin Schultze, Dominique Wagener, Stephanie Pautke, Johanna Kübler and Isabel Oest are also individually recommended as competition law experts. Jörg-Martin Schultze is praised as an “experienced practitioner.” Dominique Wagener is “very strong in distribution matters,” and Stephanie Pautke is an “expert in verticals.” Johanna Kübler “offers a clear strategy and communication and focuses on efficient processes,” and Isabel Oest provides “in-depth commercial awareness.”
The Legal 500 Germany 2023
COMMEO is again ranked in Tier 3 and “with 4 female partners and one male partner […] probably also has the best quota of women in antitrust law in Germany.” There isn’t a “team that is better organized than Commeo” and “the entire team has outstanding expertise on the most specific issues.” Johanna Kübler “is very level-headed and works prudently like few partners. She always has both the big picture and knowledge of the details.” Isabel Oest “has teeth – she doesn’t give up even when the case drags on for months or years.” Dominique Wagener and Stephanie Pautke are listed as “Leading Names”. In addition, Jörg-Martin Schultze, Johanna Kübler and Christoph Weinert are recommended as competition law experts.
Europa Institut an der Universität Zürich – 15 March 2023, Zurich
“Vertriebsvertragsrecht in der Praxis”
Dr. Dominique Wagener speaks on “Erste Erfahrungen mit der revidierten Vertikal-GVO der der Europäischen Kommission”
