“COMMEO is a firm we can really trust and would recommend”. Our team is once again ranked in Band 3 in the current Chambers Global ranking. Our partners Dominique Wagener (Band 3), Stephanie Pautke (Band 4), Jörg-Martin Schultze and Johanna Kübler (Band 5) and Isabel Oest (Up and Coming) are also individually recommended as competition law experts. Stephanie Pautke is praised as a “leading lawyer for Vertical Block Exemption Regulations” and.Jörg-Martin Schultze as “one of the most strategic lawyers”. Johanna Kübler is “never stressed” and Isabel Oest “really one to watch”.
The Legal 500 EMEA/Germany 2024
COMMEO is once again ranked in Tier 3 in the current Legal 500 ranking. Dominique Wagener and Stephanie Pautke are listed as “Leading Names”. In addition, Jörg-Martin Schultze, Johanna Kübler, Isabel Oest and Christoph Weinert are recommended as antitrust experts.
Leaders League Germany 2024
In this year’s Leaders League ranking, in the field of Competition Litigation, COMMEO is ranked in Tier 2 in the category “Highly recommended”. Our partners Jörg-Martin Schultze, Dominique Wagener, Stephanie Pautke and Isabel Oest are listed as experts.
DAI – 7 May 2024, online
“Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Europäischen Kartellrecht”
Isabel Oest speaks on recent developments in European Antitrust
FTI IP Forum 2024, 24 – 26 April 2024, Tegernsee
Dr. Dominique Wagener speaks on “Inspirations for UPC damage calculations by antitrust procedures?”
Antitrust law and sports
In its three decisions European Super League, International Skating Union and Royal Antwerp Football Club, the ECJ once again emphasizes that sport associations are bound by antitrust law
Deutsche Anwalt Akademie – 24 April 2024, online
Dr. Stephanie Pautke speaks on “Vertriebsverträge nach der neuen vertikalen Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung (Vertikal-GVO)”
16. Speyerer Kartellrechtsforum – 22/23 April 2024, Speyer
Dr. Stephanie Pautke speaks on “Dualer Vertrieb im EU Vertriebskartellrecht”
German FCO “Wrapped” – The year 2023 in review
An overview of the FCO’s activities in 2023
“Gun Jumping” under EU merger control laws
The recent ECJ ruling Altice and the record fines imposed by the EU Commission in the Illumina / Grail case in summer 2023 illustrate the relevance of antitrust compliance in the context of M&A transactions
