Taylor Wessing is experienced in transaction support in connection with merger controls, official antitrust proceedings, antitrust compliance as well as cooperation agreements and internal investigations; Recent instructions pertain to matters in the digital economy and antitrust damages. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel heads the team from Hamburg and is experienced in supporting international transactions and strategic cooperations, where he also covers issues at the interface with IP law. In Düsseldorf, Stephan Manuel Nagel boasts relevant expertise in distribution antitrust law and contract-related antitrust matters.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Marco Hartmann-Rüppel: Extremely service-oriented, clever and pragmatic. Always available. Very pleasant to deal with.'

  • 'Stephan Manuel Nagel: Availability 24/7, precise, precise elaborations. Outstanding comprehension skills; solution orientation; Practical relevance.'

  • 'Taylor Wessing is very well positioned overall and works very well in larger projects with experts from other areas. In antitrust law the team has an extremely strong and very well-positioned partner in Marco Hartmann-Rüppel.'

  • 'Stephan Manuel Nagel: High legal and economic competence, very good understanding of business processes, very good at communicating legal issues and solutions.'

  • 'Stephan Manuel Nagel offers excellent specialist knowledge, pragmatism and the ability to offer clients the right advice.'

Key clients

  • Advanced Manufacturing Control Systems AMCS
  • Alpina Partners
  • Duisburger Hafen AG
  • Flink
  • GetYourGuide
  • INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL INVESTORS S.E.
  • MOTORTECH GmbH
  • Pfeiffer GmbH
  • Röhm
  • thyssenkrupp
  • Triathlon Gruppe
  • Unilegion
  • VDDI - Verband der Deutschen Dental-Industrie / GFDI Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Dental-Industrie
  • VEG

Work highlights

  • Ongoing antitrust compliance advice to thyssenkrupp on various topics.
  • Competition law advice to GetYourGuide, a global online platform for tourist attractions and travel experiences.
  • Advising Flink on antitrust compliance.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marco Hartmann-Rüppel