Competition/European Law

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Provided by BLOMSTEIN

BLOMSTEIN advises on all areas of antitrust and competition law, including cartel follow-on damages claims, merger control, vertical agreements, behavioural advice and abuse of dominance proceedings, compliance and monitoring, cartels, market investigations and sector inquiries as well as state aid. Clients benefit from their broad experience in a great variety of sectors ranging from TMT to FMCG and retail.

Recent highlights include:

■ Representing EDEKA in several follow-on damages proceedings against Beiersdorf and L’Oréal

■ Representing Vodafone in the FCO proceedings for alleged abuse of dominance in relation to 1&1’s roll-out of 5G infrastructure

■ Advising MAN Energy Solutions SE on the sale of its gas turbine business to Chinese CSIC Longjiang GH Gas Turbine Co Ltd (GHGT) (merger control and FDI advice)

■ Advising CRRC ZELC on the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation

■ Advising FASTNED with regard to the establishment and operation of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany

■ Advising Salzgitter on merger control aspects regarding the sale of Mannesmann Stainless Tubes-Gruppe (MST) to Italian Cogne Acciai Speciali

■ Representing DCM Film Distribution in a lawsuit against the EU Commission before the ECJ

■ Representing Vodafone in complaint procedures before the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf and the Federal Court of Justice against merger clearance and commitment decisions regarding a joint venture of EWE/Deutsche Telekom