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Dr. Heinz-Joachim Freund

Rechtsanwalt, Notary Public

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Dr. Heinz-Joachim Freund

Rechtsanwalt, Notary Public

Contact
CMS Hasche Sigle
Neue Mainzer Straße 2–4
60311 Frankfurt
Germany
Languages German, English, French

Heinz-Joachim Freund is a competition law and state aid expert, advising and representing companies and banks. He acted as legal counsel for the European Commission in numerous antitrust proceedings at the Community courts. He also advises companies on corporate law, with the latter also being at the core of his notary practice.

Heinz-Joachim joined the predecessor firm of CMS in Frankfurt in 1984, became a partner in 1988 and headed the Brussel office from 1990 to 1998.

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Listed for Competition / Antitrust

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Listed for Competition / Antitrust

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Relevant experience

Competition

  • Representing EU Commission in antitrust proceedings at the Community courts
  • Representing Vodafone Kabel Deutschland against Deutsche Telekom in a dispute over cable duct fees
  • Involved in merger control proceedings Telefónica / E-Plus
  • Representing a major brand against delivery claim of a retailer because of alleged, product range related dependency
  • Representing Deutsche Bundesbank against the Bundesvereinigung deutscher Geld- und Wertdienste (BDGW) in a case based upon alleged abuse of a dominant position and state aid in connection with providing cash services

State aid

  • Advising and representing Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (a German state bank) in a state aid dispute against the Association of German Banks regarding the transfer of special funds of the German federal state of Hesse
  • Advising Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen and Wirtschafts- und Infrastrukturbank Hessen on other state aid matters
  • Advising municipial authorities and banks on acting as guarantors

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Publications

  • Kartellrechtlicher Anspruch auf Nettopolice? - Zum Preisbindungsverbot in der Versicherungsvermittlung –, VersR 2014, Heft 31
  • Kontakt als Druck? Zur Kontakt-Linsenentscheidung des Bundeskartellamts, WuW 2011, S. 29.
  • Verteidigungsrechte im kartellrechtlichen Bußgeldverfahren - Zu den Urteilen ADM, Bolloré und Akzo Nobel des Gerichtshofs, EuZW 2009, p. 839
  • Nettopolice und Verbandsempfehlung - Erfahrungen mit einer dezentralen Anwendung des Kartellrechts, Liber Amicorum für Alexander Riesenkampff 2006, p. 39
  • Application of General Principles of Community Law in the Review of Commission Decisions on Fines by the Community Courts, ERA-Forum 2006, p. 40
  • International Survey of Investment Adviser Regulation (Germany), Kluwer Law International (2. Auflage) 1999, p. 143
  • Wettbewerbsverstöße durch Behinderung von Parallelimporten im Anschluss an den VW-Fall, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung vom 21.05.1999, p. 22
  • Directors Liabilities in Case of Insolvency (Germany), Kluwer Law International 1999, p. 271
  • Cahiers Jurisdiques et Fiscaux de l'Exportation, Livraisons et prestations franco-allemandes - Quelques particularités du droit allemand par rapport au droit français 1998, p. 1037
  • Keck und die Folgen - Zur neueren Rechtsprechung des EuG zur Warenverkehrsfreiheit, Juristische Arbeitsblätter (JA) 1997, p. 716
  • La citoyenneté européenne, ENA mensuel 1992, p. 12
  • Handelsvertreterverträge und EG-Kartellrecht - Für die Beendigung eines Privilegs, EuZW 1992, p. 408
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Education

  • PhD in 1984
  • Worked as assistant in the administrative law department at the University of Frankfurt
  • Law Studies in Frankfurt and at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris
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Expertise

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16/02/2018
CMS advises French tyre manufacturer Michelin on acquisition of minority...
Frankfurt/Main – Michelin, a world-leading tyre manufacturer, has entered into a partnership with Mobivia, one of the leading vehicle servicing and repair chains in Europe whose brands include Norauto...
Deals
02/07/2014
O2 acquires E-Plus - Telefónica/O2: Successful outcome with CMS Hasche...
One of the biggest merger control cases in the European mobile tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions marketBrussels – The EU Commission today approved the merger of Telefónica Deutschland (O2) and E-Plus subject to certain...
Press releases
06/07/2011
CMS Hasche Sigle advises owner at sale of Begerow to Eaton
Frankfurt/Main – CMS Hasche Sigle advised the owner of Begerow, a company specializing in liquid filtration, at the sale of its shares to US diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation. The...
Press releases