Bird & Bird‘s team is well versed in antitrust proceedings, including abuse and cartel damages, and also assists with merger and investment control as well as distribution antitrust law. The practice routinely cooperates with other locations on cross-border matters. The industry expertise in the technology sector is frequently demonstrated at the interface with IP law, where the team advises on FRAND isssues. Other interface capacities include corporate, EU state aid law and public procurement law. Practice head Jörg Witting and Stephan Waldheim cover the IP interface, while Anne Federle is experienced in antitrust and abuse proceedings.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'The collaboration with Bird & Bird's competition law team is excellent. They are pragmatic and are good at explaining the concepts of EU competition law in a way that I can understand and act accordingly.'
'Stephan Waldheim: Very committed, excellent understanding of complex FRAND topics, client-oriented.'
'Anne Federle grasps the core of complex issues very quickly, providing calm advice.'
'Very good response times, pragmatic legal advice.'
Key clients
- 450connect
- AbbVie Inc.
- ACE (Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment) / GRACE (Global Recycling Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment)
- B&C Innovation Investments
- check24.de
- Covetrus
- DeNA (Japan)
- Digitial Realty
- Group14 Technologies
- Hisense Gorenje
- Hy24/Mirova
- Lloyd
- Mastercard
- Melitta Gruppe
- Nexteer Automotive
- Nokia
- NürnbergMesse GmbH
- Wolfspeed