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About

Provided by ROCAN

ROCAN’s antitrust team provides full-service antitrust (and FDI) support, covering the entire lifecycle of corporate activity and regulatory scrutiny:

  • Merger Control & FDI: Strategic advice and coordination of German (FCO & BMWE), European (EC), and multi-jurisdictional filings. The firm regularly navigates complex proceedings.
  • Cartel Defense & Investigations: Representation in dawn raids, leniency applications, and administrative fine proceedings. The team has deep experience in proceedings in front of both national and European regulators.
  • Compliance: Advising on antitrust compliance, internal investigations, cooperations and distribution matters.
  • Digital Antitrust & Platform Regulation: Expert counsel on tech regulation, representing gatekeepers and digital innovators.
  • Antitrust Litigation: Defending against and pursuing follow-on damage claims and stand-alone proceedings in German courts.
  • Foreign Subsidies Regulations: Preparing filings and advising on data collection under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.

ROCAN serves a diverse and prestigious client base, ranging from Silicon Valley tech giants to German blue chips and established German "Mittelstand" leaders as well as financial investors. The firm is also regularly instructed by leading international law firms to act as specialised German counsel.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Competition/European Law - Germany

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

ROCAN enters the rankings this year on the back of its work defending high-profile technology sector clients in Section 19a investigations. The team has additional experience in representing clients in other behavioural investigations, as well as advising on merger control filings and competition law compliance.

Notable practitioners

Timo Angerbauer and Tobias Pukropski are key contacts for clients.

Wofür das Team bekannt ist

ROCAN schaffte es dieses Jahr aufgrund ihrer Arbeit bei der Verteidigung namhafter Mandanten aus dem Technologiesektor in Verfahren nach Section 19a in die Rankings. Das Team verfügt zudem über Erfahrung in der Vertretung von Mandanten in anderen Verhaltensuntersuchungen sowie in der Beratung zu Fusionskontrollverfahren und der Einhaltung des Kartellrechts.

Bemerkenswerte Praktiker

Timo Angerbauer und Tobias Pukropski sind wichtige Ansprechpartner für Kunden.

Work Highlights

  • ROCAN represented Google in the FCO's Section 19a investigation into Google Maps and Google Automotive Services.

  • ROCAN vertrat Google in der Untersuchung des Bundeskartellamts gemäß Abschnitt 19a zu Google Maps und Google Automotive Services.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

The lawyers are very hardworking; they are really knowledgeable about German competition law and keen to put a different spin on things.

Competition/European Law respondent
Germany

We appreciate the team's reliability, expertise and speed.

Competition/European Law respondent
Germany

The team was reactive; they fully understood the issues and dealt with them very efficiently, so we are very happy with the cooperation.

Competition/European Law respondent
Germany

The lawyers provide efficient, spot-on advice based on a great understanding of the client's perspective, and always with an eye for the essentials.

Competition/European Law respondent
Germany

It is a small, elite team focusing 100% on competition and related areas.

Competition/European Law respondent
Germany

Es handelt sich um ein kleines, hochkarätiges Team, das sich zu 100 % auf den Kartellrecht und verwandte Bereiche konzentriert.

Competition/European Law respondent
Germany

Wir schätzen die Zuverlässigkeit, das Fachwissen und die Schnelligkeit des Teams.

Competition/European Law respondent
Germany

Die Anwälte und Anwältinnen sind sehr fleißig; sie kennen sich im deutschen Wettbewerbsrecht hervorragend aus und sind bestrebt, die Dinge aus einem anderen Blickwinkel zu betrachten.

Competition/European Law respondent
Germany

Das Team reagierte schnell; es verstand die Probleme voll und ganz und ging sehr effizient damit um, daher sind wir mit der Zusammenarbeit sehr zufrieden.

Competition/European Law respondent
Germany

Die Anwälte und Anwältinnen bieten effiziente und präzise Beratung, die auf einem tiefen Verständnis der Perspektive des Mandanten beruht und stets das Wesentliche im Blick hat.

Competition/European Law respondent
Germany