17.01.2022

ADVANT Beiten Advises MYPOSTER on Takeover and Exit of JUNIQE

Dusseldorf, 18 January 2022 – The international commercial law firm ADVANT Beiten has comprehensively advised the Munich-based e-commerce group MYPOSTER on the acquisition of all shares in Kollwitz…

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11.01.2022

Cartel Office sets its sights on Google

"The competition authority has been given new instruments for abuse control. Google is now feeling the effects. Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google have an "outstanding cross-market significance" for…

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10.01.2022

On the Interpretation of the EU Blocking Regulation by the ECJ

The Prelude On 21 December 2021, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered the first judgment on the interpretation of the EU Blocking Regulation in Case C-124/20 Bank Melli Iran. Five months…

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13.12.2021

ADVANT Beiten Advises Comer Industries on Takeover of Walterscheid Powertrain Group

Berlin, 14 December 2021 – The international commercial law firm ADVANT Beiten together with ADVANT Nctm, Italy, has advised Comer Industries S. p. A., a leading global developer and manufacturer of…

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10.08.2021

David against Goliath? The fight of the German Federal Cartel Office against Facebook

The digitalisation of the economy was accelerated by the pandemic. The main beneficiaries were the large internet corporations, which were able to further expand their power and market position. For the…

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01.07.2021

EU Digital COVID Certificate

On 1 July 2021, the EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation entered into application in all EU Member States. EU citizens and residents will now be able to have their Digital COVID Certificate issued and…

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16.03.2021

Saving free movement and the tourism industry with an EU vaccination passport - dubbed a Digital Green Certificate

The freedom of movement in the European Union has been battered by EU countries imposing border closures within the EU for over one year now, with tremendous negative consequences for industry and…

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24.02.2021

The New German Competition Law: What’s in It for Start-ups and VC?

Since the middle of January, Germany has had a new competition law designed to take account of the increasing digitalisation of the economy. For start-ups, this new competition law means simpler access to…

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20.12.2020

Brexit - BaFin on the End of EU Passporting for UK Enterprises

Investment firms and asset management companies domiciled in the United Kingdom will no longer be allowed to operate on the German market on the basis of the European passport after the expiry of the…

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22.09.2020

Updating the German competition rules for big players in the Digital Economy

The German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB) Digitalisation Act is coming – slowly. The draft bill under the heading of Competition Law 4.0 was already published at the end of January. Now the…

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31.07.2020

EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement In Force

The Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Vietnam, abbreviated EVFTA, entered into force on 1 August 2020. It is the EU's second free trade agreement in the ASEAN region after the agreement with…

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20.07.2020

Support from Brussels: The EU Recovery Plan and Budget

The members of the European Council (i.e. Presidents and Prime Ministers) agreed in Brussels, after lengthy discussions, on the long-term budget of the European Union for 2021 - 2027 and a recovery plan…

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