Oppenländer Rechtsanwälte‘s antitrust law team is renowned for its longstanding expertise in cartel damages and acts in both the enforcement as well as the defense against damages claims; Florian Schmidt-Volkmar regularly assists with the defense and Christoph Wolf is increasingly active on the claimants' side. The practice advises clients from the automotive, finance, media, energy and life sciences sectors on merger control, internal antitrust investigations and antitrust proceedings including market dominance issues, Andreas Hahn is a key contact here. Practice head Albrecht Bach is experienced in cartel damages and merger control.
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Key clients
- 272 deutsche Sparkassen
- Accord Healthcare GmbH
Work highlights
- Support for 272 German savings banks in 21 dispute cooperatives at 21 regional antitrust courts in the lawsuit for antitrust damages against Visa due to the ban on charging direct customer fees for transactions with Visa cards at ATMs.
- Supporting Burda/Funke in the release of the advertising cooperation regarding the fundamental decision of the Federal Cartel Office after a phase 2 procedure.