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Cooperation between competitors

Our experts can support you in structuring your cooperation in compliance with competition law:

  • Joint ventures
  • Specialisation agreements 
  • Joint production
  • Joint research and development (R&D)
  • Buying groups / retail alliances 
  • Joint commercialisation
  • Standardisation
  • Information exchange and benchmarking

Sustainability initiatives 

The European Commission has set itself ambitious goals for a sustainable transformation of the European economy through the European Green Deal. Achieving these goals requires massive investment and cross-sector collaboration. Compliance with State aid law and competition rules is a key factor in this regard.

We are also pioneers in advising our clients on sustainability agreements. As longstanding legal advisors to players from economic sectors such as the energy industry and automotive & mobility, we have the expertise and long-term thinking to provide legal support for the green transformation.

Our lawyers specialising in competition law advise on a large number of pioneering projects and can offer novel solutions to all your legal challenges.

M&A and competition

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New State aid Guidelines and Exemption Regulation in the transport sector

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