Band 6
Provided by Falk Schöning
Falk Schöning advises clients on all aspects of EU and German antitrust law, foreign investment control, FSR and export control. He focuses his practice on international cases which require coordination between different legal systems or representation vis-à-vis several regulators.
Falk regularly advises clients on structuring transactions, joint ventures or divestitures, and represents them in merger control, foreign investment control and FSR proceedings to ensure M&A transactions are successfully closed. He has extensive experience handling complex global mergers in front of the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office, and coordinating filings in jurisdictions globally. Falk has devised the strategy in multiple successful high-profile deals and procurements in the TMT, aerospace and defense, and chemicals sectors. He is praised by clients as solution-oriented, pragmatic and reliable.
Falk has substantial experience in the field of chemical and heavy industry sectors, where he deals with questions relating to supply chains, tolling agreements or joint R&D. Thanks to his first-hand experience of policymaking in Brussels and Berlin, Falk can also assist clients effectively in policy advocacy projects both in Germany and at EU level.
Provided by Chambers
Falk Schöning has extensive experience handling complex global merger and FDI filings before the European Commission and, due to his dual-qualification, also before the German Federal Cartel Office. He is also adept at assisting with investigations into allegations of anti-competitive agreements.
Provided by Chambers
Falk Schöning stands out for his strategic and exceptional insight into competition law, particularly in matters involving cross-border regulatory complexities.
He is very thorough, easy to work with, smart, and understands our needs and knows what is needed to get the job done.
He is very pragmatic and easy to work with.
Falk Schöning stands out for his strategic and exceptional insight into competition law, particularly in matters involving cross-border regulatory complexities.
He is very thorough, easy to work with, smart, and understands our needs and knows what is needed to get the job done.
He is very pragmatic and easy to work with.