Anti-trust Law

Antitrust law shall guarantee fair competition including that companies behave independent of each other in the market. Therefore any anticompetitive arrangements are forbidden according to Art. 101 of the Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ( former Art. 81 TEC (treaty of the European Community)) prohibit any anticompetitive agreements or behaviour between competitors. Art. 102 of the Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ( former Art. 82 TEC(treaty of the European Community)) forbid market dominating companies to misuse their position. European antitrust law has to be considered mandatorily for companies globally operating in the market.

Our services:

• advise in drafting distribution agreements, R+D agreements and license- and know-how-agreements, especially taking the respective block exemptions into consideration
• examination of advertising and distribution concepts with respect to their conformity with antitrust law
• advise and litigation in legal proceedings before the respective courts
• compliance education