Our Commercial & Competition Practice Group is subdivided into the areas of general commercial law and competition and antitrust law. The area ‘general commercial law’ includes trade and marketing law as well as the special fields of advising on funds and the energy industry.

Our advisory services are focused mainly in the areas of:
  • Trade and marketing law: general terms and conditions of business, trade agreements, concessionary agreements and other distribution agreements, compensation claims, cooperations and joint ventures, implementation of franchise systems, commission transactions
  • Advising on funds, including developing concepts for funds, creating prospectuses, assistance in obtaining approval from the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and the auditing of prospectuses according to Institute of Public Auditors in Germany (IDW) guidelines, legal expert opinions, accompanying advisement of investment companies, representation in legal disputes with investors and other involved parties
  • Energy industry: drafting and negotiation of energy and media supply agreements; right of access to networks and right of third party access; right of input; advising in the area of energy law (Energy Act (EnWG)), the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), the Act on Combined Heat and Power Generation (KWKG), regulations of energy law and EU directives; conducting of model case proceedings
  • Competition law: design and advising in sales, advertising, and other marketing activities, the prosecution and prevention of anti-competitive conduct, protection and defence of company and trade secrets and other know-how; extrajudicial proceedings (e.g. warning letters, cease-and-desist orders) and proceedings before the courts (e.g. temporary relief, protective letters, final declarations, etc.)
  • German and European antitrust law: design of vertical agreements, defence in antitrust agreements, defence in / proceedings against abuse of dominant position or misuse of market power, compensation for damages due to antitrust infringements, merger control, representation before the antitrust authorities and in antitrust court proceedings, antitrust due diligence and compliance

 

Your contacts for Commercial Law are:

Location Munich
Location Berlin
Location Frankfurt
Location Munich
Location Stuttgart

 

Your contacts for Competition and Cartel Law are:

Location Munich
Location Munich