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Antitrust proceedings: ECJ confirms acquisition by the EU Commission in respect of corporate restructuring
ECJ, Judgments of 1 October 2026, C-855/24 P (Crown Holdings) and C-845/24 P (Silgan Holdings) When the cartel investigation changes to the EU Commission Companies cannot rely on a trial that has been started at the Federal Cartel Office to be completed there. On 1 October 2026, the European Court of Justice confirmed that the European Commission had initiated antitrust proceedings under certain...
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Award compliance 2026: evidence of self-cleaning
A breach of compliance can jeopardise participation in public procurement. Self-cleaning depends on the legal requirements and comprehensible measures.
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Antitrust 2026: Competition contacts at trade fairs and association meetings
An informal conversation can become relevant under antitrust law if competitors exchange sensitive information. Companies should prepare employees for specific interview situations and offer a reliable internal reporting route.
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Compliance 2026 – What you need to know today
Compliance law covers many areas. In 2026, compliance is not only a legal obligation but also a competitive factor. Key topics include: Data protection and IT compliance: As digitalisation progresses, companies must ensure that the processing of personal data is lawful. DSGVO obligations include, as well as secure data transmission, access rights, data retention and reporting requirements for data protection violations. Antitrust and competition law: companies...
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The Federal Cartel Office monitors and regulates competition
The Bundeskartellamt is an independent competition authority in Germany, which is responsible for enforcing antitrust law and monitoring competition. Lawyer Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M. In the context of compliance rights, the Federal Cartel Office plays an important role as it obliges companies to comply with the applicable competition rules and not to commit antitrust infringements. Company...
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Enjoying corporate privilege
We advise and support you on all compliance issues. From a antitrust perspective, accurate observation is important for assessing compliance risks. The importance of compliance increases with antitrust risks. Lawyer Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M. Prohibiting agreements between competitors Antitrust prohibits agreements that affect competition between competitors, such as agreements on prices, price changes and calculations, as well as...
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The various jurisdictions of compliance
We advise and support you on all compliance issues. The design of an effective compliance management system includes various legal areas within a company. Legal experts with different focal points have experience with the crucial issues in the following compliance-relevant legal areas: It goes without saying that after identifying the risks, we will take the legal measures of a compliance management system for your specific needs.
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Monitor and improve CMS
We are represented throughout Germany. Visit our headquarters and our branches. IDW PS 980 is the ongoing monitoring and improvement of the compliance management system (CMS). The adequacy and effectiveness of the CMS are monitored. A sufficient documentation of the CMS is required for monitoring. Is the compliance management system appropriate and up-to-date? Is it still working? These are the questions that...
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Knowledge and skills of a compliance officer
Legal understanding, entrepreneurial understanding and security in the handling of data – these are the most important characteristics of a compliance officer. In addition, however, there is still further knowledge and skills that are among the requirements for a compliance officer. Strategic thinking is an ability that no compliance officer should lack. Lawyer Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M. We offer you a further education...
The aim of corporate privileges is to relieve companies. But the interests of natural persons are also opposed to constant privilege. This conflict does not only make the whistleblower protection law important.
According to ErwG. 48 GDPR a small corporate privilege. This allows group companies to exchange personal data relatively easily with each other. Provided it serves internal administrative purposes.
We advise and support you on all compliance issues.
From a antitrust perspective, accurate observation is important for assessing compliance risks. The importance of compliance increases with antitrust risks.
Rechtsanwalt Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
Prohibited agreements between competitors
Antitrust prohibits restrictive agreements between competitors such as agreements on prices, price changes and calculations, as well as on bidder and bid behaviour in tenders. The purpose of antitrust law is fair and uniform competition.
We are represented throughout Germany. Visit our headquarters and our branches.
Related companies
However, companies associated with each other enjoy the Group privilege. Internal agreements do not constitute an antitrust offence. Thus, the antitrust law does not apply to sins such as price agreements as long as they take place among related companies. For large companies, cartels and mergers are attractive. In the case of joint ventures, it is crucial for a risk analysis to determine how the groups are assigned and linked.
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