Competition and Antitrust Law

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1 Competition and Antitrust Law For many years, REDEKER SELLNER DAHS has been advising and representing German and international clients on German and European competition law matters. Our firm s experienced and highly specialised lawyers support clients in all competition law-related matters and transactions.

2 Practice Areas Our practice covers the entire spectrum of German and European competition law, including merger control, cartel proceedings before cartel offices and appellate courts, questions of abuse of dominant positions, legal compliance of horizontal and vertical agreements between undertakings, sector-specific competition law, civil litigation involving antitrust issues and private actions for cartel damage claims. Our firm advises and represents clients in proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office, the European Commission, EU and national courts. With our offices in Bonn, Berlin and Brussels, we are present at the seats of the German Federal Cartel Office, the Euro pean Commission and the German and EU legislatures. Merger Control One important area of our practice is the preparation and conduct of merger control proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission, as well as the coordination of international merger control proceedings. Our integrated teams advise German and international companies of all sectors and industries on complex M&A and corporate transactions. Cartel Office Proceedings and Antitrust Enforcement Actions One of our main areas of practice is advising and representing clients before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission in cartel pro ceedings and antitrust enforcement actions. As proceedings of this nature often involve the interplay of antitrust, administrative and criminal law, we draw upon the expertise of colleagues specialised in admi nistrative and criminal law, depending on the requirements of the particular case. To avoid cartel proceedings and antitrust enforcement actions, we offer employee training programs and provide advice to companies on establishing and organising internal corporate compliance programmes. We also advise our clients on contracts, cooperation agreements, joint purchasing agreements, as well as distribution and licence agreements to ensure their compliance with competition law. Civil Antitrust Litigation We have special expertise and many years of experience litigating antitrust proceedings in the national and the EU courts. In addition, we advise and represent clients in civil litigation involving competition law issues and in cartel damage claims.

3 Our Clients We advise and represent a broad range of clients on antitrust/competition law matters, including German and international companies and associations from various sectors as well as public entities of the German federal government and of the German states (Länder). Dr Andreas Rosenfeld Partner 172, Av. de Cortenbergh 1000 Brussels Phone rosenfeld@redeker.de Born in Dortmund in Studied law in Würzburg and Dublin first State examination, 1998 second State examination Academy of International Law The Hague German Embassy Cape Town Lecturer for European law at the Academy for Administration of Berlin doctoral degree with Prof Dr Blumenwitz, Würzburg. Since 2000 lawyer in Berlin and Brussels. Joined the firm in Member of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.v., of the BDI panel for REACH law and of the scientific advisory board of the masters programme in business, competition and regulatory law of the Free University of Berlin. Publications on State aid law, competition law and EU law. State aid law; German and European competition law (antitrust, merger control); EU law and public economic law; regulatory law; REACH; legislative practice. Dr Stephan Gerstner Partner Leipziger Platz Berlin Phone Fax , Av. de Cortenbergh 1000 Brussels Phone gerstner@redeker.de Born in Erlangen in Studied law in Freiburg im Breisgau and Geneva first State examination, 1995 second State examination research assistant for administrative law at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau doctoral degree with Prof Dr Wahl, Freiburg im Breisgau. Since 1996 lawyer in Berlin. Joined the firm in Member of the firm s executive committee ( ). Member of Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.v. Publications on regulatory, antitrust, administrative and constitutional law. Commentary on network access statutes in Beck scher PostG- and Beck scher AEG-Kommentar. Regulatory and sector-specific antitrust law; particularly open network provision and price regulation; general antitrust law; merger control; general commercial law (pricing law); EU law.

4 Andreas Okonek Partner Willy-Brandt-Allee Bonn Phone Fax Born in Cologne in Studied law in Bonn first State examination, 1995 second State examination German-American Chamber of Commerce, Washington D.C. and German- Australian Chamber of Commerce, Sydney. Joined the firm in Member of the firm s executive committee. Member of Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e.v., of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und Informatik e.v., of the Working Group for Intellectual Property and Media and founding member of the Working Group for Information Technology in the German Association of Lawyers. Member of the State Examination Office at Cologne Court of Appeals and Ministry of Justice North Rhine- Westphalia. Publications on competition law. Protection of industrial property; competition and trademark law; publishing and copyright law; new media and information technology law. Dr Simone Lünenbürger Counsel 172, Av. de Cortenbergh 1000 Brussels Phone Fax luenenbuerger@redeker.de Born in Landau in Studied law in Mannheim first State examination, 1999 second State examination research associate at Lorenz-von- Stein-Institut for Administative Law Studies at Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, Germany doctoral degree with Prof Dr von Mutius, Kiel. Joined the firm in Bonn in 1999, resident in the Brussels office since Member of the German Bar Association s Administrative Law Working Group for the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia. Publications on regulatory law and pollution tax as well as finance law in the constitutional context. Regulatory law and sector-specific antitrust law; State aid law; environmental law and constitutional law. Dr Caroline Hemler, LL.M. Senior Associate 172, Av. de Cortenbergh 1000 Brüssel Phone hemler@redeker.de Born in Heidelberg in Studied law in Heidelberg and Lausanne first State examinaton, 2010 second State examina tion LL.M. at Vic - toria University of Wellington research assistant on comparative constitutional law and Eu ro pean law at the universities of Heidelberg and Buda - pest doctoral studies with Prof Dr Andreas Heine mann, University of Zurich. Joined the firm in Publications on Eu ro pean, WTO and competition law. Lecturer on Eu ro pean law at the Berlin University for Professional Studies (DUW). Member of the German Antitrust Lawyers Associa tion and of Society of Interna tional Economic Law (SIEL). Eu ro pean law; merger control; antitrust law; State aid law; WTO law.

5 Dr Sebastian Steinbarth, LL.M. Senior Associate 172, Av. de Cortenbergh 1000 Brüssel Phone steinbarth@redeker.de Born in Gifhorn in Studied law in Hanover and Leuven (Belgium) Magister Legum Europae (MLE) at Hanover University, 2002 first State examination, 2004 Magister Legum (LL.M.) at K.U. Leuven, research assistant at Hanover University, institute for public law and constitutional history, 2009 second State examination, 2010 doctoral degree with Prof Dr Jörg-Detlef Kühne, Hanover. Since 2010 lawyer in Frankfurt and Brussels. Joined the firm in Member of the German antitrust law association, member of the German association for parliamentary law, member of the German- Belgian law association. Publications on antitrust law, EU law and constitutional law. German and European antitrust law; merger control; anti-dumping; State aid law; EU law; constitutional law. Berlin Leipziger Platz Berlin Phone Fax berlin@redeker.de Bonn Willy-Brandt-Allee Bonn Phone Fax bonn@redeker.de Brüssel 172, Av. de Cortenbergh 1000 Brussels Phone bruessel@redeker.de Leipzig Mozartstraße Leipzig Phone Fax leipzig@redeker.de London 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU Phone Fax london@redeker.de München Maffeistraße München Phone Fax muenchen@redeker.de Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbb Registered Office: Bonn Partnerschaftsregister AG Essen PR

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