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?”
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.”