The new German Whistleblower Protection Act obliges companies to set up reporting units to protect whistleblowers
University of Würzburg – 28 June 2023, Würzburg
Isabel Oest and Argyro Triantafyllou: DMA guest lecture
Merger Control below merger control thresholds: not an issue … Now it could be!
M&A in the context of non-notifiable transactions (under national and EU merger control legislation) after the CJEU’s Towercast decision
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers 2023 – Special Ranking from 16 June 2023
Isabel Oest is the only female, along with five colleagues, to be awarded “Lawyer of the Year 2023” for antitrust and competition law. In addition, our partners Jörg-Martin Schultze, Dominique Wagener, Stephanie Pautke and Johanna Kübler are among “Germany’s Best Lawyers 2023” in this field of law.
EU Commission has adopted revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and Horizontal Guidelines
On 1 July 2023, the EU Commission’s revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations (HBERs) on Research and Development and Specialisation Agreements will enter into force, accompanied by revised Horizontal Guidelines
WirtschaftsWoche 2023
“TOP Law Firm” and “TOP Lawyer”:
German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche ranks COMMEO as well as our four female partners Dominique Wagener, Stephanie Pautke, Johanna Kübler and Isabel Oest in the field of competition law in Germany.
Law Society: 3rd Annual International Antitrust Summer Conference 2023 – 21/22 June 2023, London
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?”