“Kartellrecht: Deutsches und Europäisches Kartellrecht im Überblick”
Speakers:
Isabel Oest, LL.M.
Daniel Wiedemann, LL.M. (P+P Pöllath+Partners)
Netzwerk Compliance, Arbeitsgruppe Kartellrecht – 9 November 2023, Frankfurt
Isabel Oest speaks on “Die 11. und 12. GWB-Novelle aus Compliance Sicht“
Deutsche Anwalt Akademie – 25 September 2023, online
Dr. Stephanie Pautke speaks on “Aktuelles Kartellrecht an der Schnittstelle Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz”
11th amendment to the German competition law passed by the Parliament
The German Parliament approved the 11th amendment to the Act against Restraints of Competition – granting far-reaching powers to the Federal Cartel Office
Whistleblowers and leniency applicants
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.