The EU Commission fined Delivery Hero and Glovo for agreeing on no-poach agreements, exchanging information and allocating markets. The cartel was facilitated through Delivery Hero’s non-controlling minority shareholding in its competitor Glovo
Deutsche Anwaltakademie – 23 June 2025, online
Dr. Stephanie Pautke speaks on: „Die Vertikal-GVO – Konsequenzen für die Praxis“
Antitrust law and sport: They just want to play?
Recent rulings in sports antitrust echo far beyond the sidelines
7th ECLA Annual Competition Law Conference, 22 – 24 May 2025, Mallorca
Dr. Johanna Kübler speaks on: “New powers of the competition authorities, challenges, risks”
WirtschaftsWoche 2025
“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.
FDI-Control 2.0 – Review of Outbound Investments
The European Commission recommends Member States to review certain investments of EU investors in Non-EU countries
Foreign Subsidies Regulation – Recap, Initial Insights, and Outlook
Since 12 October 2023, M&A transactions meeting the relevant thresholds must be notified to the European Commission (“Commission“) under Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (“FSR“). Over the past year, the Commission, affected companies, and their legal counsel have been busy navigating the FSR framework
ECJ: National law must provide for collective redress of cartel damages if individual collection is excessively difficult
The decision by the European Court of Justice concerns the compatibility with EU law of the provisions of the German Act on Non-Judicial Legal Services regarding “class actions” for cartel damages via the assignment model
Chambers Global 2025
“You have the feeling the lawyers all love working on competition”. In the current Chambers Global ranking COMMEO is once again ranked in Band 3. Our partners Dominique Wagener (Band 3), Stephanie Pautke (Band 4), Johanna Kübler (Band 5) and Isabel Oest (Band 5) are also individually recommended as competition law experts. Stephanie Pautke is praised as a “brilliant lawyer at the intersection of IP and antitrust” and Dominique Wagener finds “practical solutions for intractable problems”. Johanna Kübler is “always two steps ahead of others” and Isabel Oest an “excellent choice for any legal issue”.
The Legal 500 Germany 2025
COMMEO is once again ranked in Tier 3 in the current Legal 500 ranking. Stephanie Pautke is considered an “excellent and pragmatic expert” and Isabel Oest offers “excellent advice” and is “highly professional and empathetic at the same time”. The “litigation specialist” Dominique Wagener and Stephanie Pautke are listed as “Leading names”. In addition, Johanna Kübler, Isabel Oest and Christoph Weinert “who is well-versed in antitrust dispute resolution” are recommended as antitrust experts.