Competition/European Law

The Baker McKenzie practice group is a full-service antitrust practice with global reach, covering the full range of antitrust advice. We have over 300 colleagues in 60 offices and 43 countries. Our multinational clients such as Allianz, Abbott, Mercedes-Benz, Merce-des Benz Truck, Sika, Google, Knorr-Bremse, Esprit, Accenture, Rheinmetall, as well as new clients to our practice group such as Siemens, Lufthansa and Warner Bros. appreciate this: We are trusted advisors for their questions on German antitrust law, EU antitrust law and just as regularly on international antitrust law issues and global transactions (in the area of merger control) as well as on complex internal company investigations and antitrust proceedings before the European Commission and national antitrust authorities. We work with our colleagues around the world on a daily basis and regularly take the opportunity to put together cross-office and cross-time zone teams for our clients with our more than 300 colleagues. Within this global practice group of Baker McKenzie, our German antitrust practice occupies a significant position.

Work highlights:

• We represented RUAG International, the leading Swiss company in the defense sector, in antitrust proceedings before the European Commission. The proceedings concerned allegations of market sharing in the hand grenade sector in the EU.