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<p>Andreas is managing partner of Morrison Foerster’s Berlin office in Germany and a member of the firm’s worldwide board of directors. He heads the German Antitrust and Regulatory practice from the firm’s Berlin and Brussels offices.</p><p>As a seasoned German and EU antitrust lawyer, Andreas represents his clients in merger control proceedings, provides advice with regard to allegations of market power abuse, and counsels on all antitrust aspects of businesses’ day-to-day operations, e.g., on matters such as information exchanges, vertical restraints, or antitrust compliance. Andreas also provides antitrust counsel in the digital economy, including on novel laws like the German UPSCAM law (Sec. 19a ARC) and the EU Digital Markets Act.</p><p>Andreas’ regulatory practice focuses on the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sector. He advises on media regulation (e.g., advertising rules, youth protection, platform and intermediary regulation, media ownership control) and on telecoms laws. In addition, Andreas’ practice covers issues like content moderation (e.g., the Digital Services Act, Terrorist Content Online Regulation, and CSAM Regulation) and other technology topics (e.g., the EU Geo-Blocking Regulation and Data Act). He also supports his clients’ public policy initiatives, both around competition and other regulatory issues, by monitoring ongoing legislative developments and providing early-stage impact assessments and implementation counseling.</p><p>Andreas studied law in Würzburg and Münster (Dr. iur.). He was a research fellow with Professor Dr. Bernd Holznagel at the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law (ITM) in Münster, a visiting scholar at the Communications Media Center of New York Law School (1998), and an international fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School (1999).</p><p>Since 2005, Andreas has been teaching media and competition law at the University of Münster, where he was named an Honorary Professor in 2021.</p><h4>Representative Experience</h4><h5>Antitrust</h5><ul><li>Legal policy counsel to leading global technology companies on novel laws like the German UPSCAM law (Sec. 19a ARC), the 11th ARC amendment, and the EU Digital Markets Act</li><li>Merger control proceedings before the German Federal Cartel Office and the EU European Commission as well as coordination of global merger filings across a wide range of industries, including media, IT, semiconductors, automotive, pharma, professional services, and manufacturing, including “phase 2” cases like KDG/TeleColumbus, Liberty/KabelBW, KDG/Orion, and ish/iesy</li><li>Counsel in abuse of dominance cases, e.g., counsel to Sky Deutschland before the German Federal Cartel Office in the successful defense against abuse of dominance allegations in the German pay TV market</li><li>Antitrust counsel to technology and media companies on a wide range of operational issues</li></ul><h5>Regulatory</h5><ul><li>Counsel to international tech and media companies regarding compliance with the EU Digital Services Act and other tech-related EU and German regulations</li><li>Counsel to a leading worldwide provider of live-streaming services on a broad range of regulatory matters, e.g., content moderation, youth protection, and advertising regulations</li><li>Counsel to providers of cloud-based (OTT) communications solutions on compliance with telecommunications laws</li><li>Counsel to private pay and free TV providers on a wide range of media and competition issues</li><li>Counsel to ProSiebenSat.1 (P7S1) in the proceedings before the German Federal Administrative Court to successfully challenge the decision by the German media ownership commission (KEK) to block P7S1’s acquisition by Axel Springer</li></ul>

<p>Prof. Dr. Andreas Grünwald ist Managing Partner des Berliner Büros und Mitglied im weltweiten Board of Directors von Morrison Foerster. Er leitet die deutsche Kartellrechts- und Regulierungspraxis und arbeitet an unseren Standorten in Berlin und Brüssel.</p><p>Im deutschen und europäischen Kartellrecht berät Andreas Grünwald in Fusionskontrollverfahren, zu Fragen des Missbrauchs von Marktmacht sowie zu allen kartellrechtlichen Themen des operativen Geschäfts, z. B. zu Fragen des Informationsaustauschs, des Vertriebskartellrechts oder der kartellrechtlichen Compliance. Einen Schwerpunkt bildet dabei die kartellrechtliche Beratung in der Digitalwirtschaft, insbesondere zu § 19a GWB und dem Digital Markets Act auf europäischer Ebene.</p><p>Im Regulierungsrecht ist Andreas Grünwald vor allem in den Sektoren Technologie, Medien und Telekommunikation (TMT) tätig. Dazu zählt die Beratung im öffentlichen Medienrecht (u. a. Werberegulierung, Jugendschutz, Plattform- und Intermediärsregulierung, Konzentrationskontrolle) und im Telekommunikationsrecht. Hinzu kommen Fragestellungen aus den Bereichen Content Moderation (Digital Services Act, Terrorist Content Online Regulation, CSAM Verordnung) und anderen Digitalthemen (u. a. EU-Geo-Blocking-Verordnung, Data Act etc.) Außerdem unterstützt Andreas Grünwald seine Mandanten sowohl zu wettbewerbsrechtlichen als auch zu regulatorischen Themen umfassend bei ihren Public Policy-Initiativen, u. a. durch ein Monitoring entsprechender Gesetzesvorhaben und Folgenabschätzungen für die Geschäftsentwicklung in Deutschland und Europa.</p><p>Andreas Grünwald hat in Würzburg und Münster (Dr. iur.) studiert, war wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei Prof. Dr. Bernd Holznagel am Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht in Münster (ITM), Visiting Scholar am Communications Media Center der New York Law School (1998) und International Fellow des Information Society Project der Yale Law School (1999).</p><p>Seit 2005 ist Andreas Grünwald als Lehrbeauftragter im Medien- und Kartellrecht an der Universität Münster tätig und wurde dort im Jahr 2021 zum Honorarprofessor ernannt.</p><h4>Referenzen</h4><h5>Kartellrecht</h5><ul><li>Rechtspolitische Beratung weltweit führender Technologieunternehmen zum „GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz“, zur 11. GWB-Novelle und zum Digital Markets Act</li><li>Fusionskontrollverfahren vor dem Bundeskartellamt und der Europäischen Kommission sowie Koordination weltweiter Anmeldungen, u. a. in den Bereichen Medien, IT, Breitbandkabel, Halbleitertechnik, Automotive, Pharma, produzierendes Gewerbe und Dienstleistungen, darunter u. a. „Phase 2“ Verfahren in den Fällen Kabel Deutschland/Tele Columbus, Liberty/Kabel BW, Kabel Deutschland/Orion Cable sowie ish/iesy</li><li>Missbrauchsverfahren vor dem Bundeskartellamt, u. a. Vertretung von Sky Deutschland bei der erfolgreichen Abwendung von Vorwürfen des Missbrauchs einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung auf dem deutschen Pay-TV-Markt</li><li>Laufende kartellrechtliche Beratung von Medien- und Technologieunternehmen zu allen Fragen des operativen Geschäfts</li></ul><h5>Regulierung</h5><ul><li>Beratung international tätiger Technologie- und Medienunternehmen zur Compliance mit dem Digital Services Act und anderen aktuellen Regelungsvorhaben im Bereich der Digitalwirtschaft</li><li>Umfassende regulatorische Beratung eines führenden Anbieters von Live-Streaming-Diensten, u. a. zu Fragen zur Content Moderation, zum Jugendschutz und zur Werberegulierung</li><li>Telekommunikationsrechtliche Beratung von Anbietern cloudbasierter (OTT) Kommunikationslösungen</li><li>Beratung von privaten Pay- und Free-TV-Veranstaltern zu medien- und wettbewerbsrechtlichen Fragen</li><li>Vertretung von ProSiebenSat.1 (P7S1) im Verfahren vor dem Bundesverwaltungsgericht bei der erfolgreichen Anfechtung der Entscheidung der Kommission zur Ermittlung der Konzentration im Medienbereich (KEK) zur Untersagung der Übernahme von P7S1 durch Axel Springer</li></ul>

Andreas Grünwald

Managing Partner, Berlin

<p dir="ltr">Alistair Maughan co-leads Morrison Foerster's European Technology and Commercial Practice. He delivers commercial contracts and technology-based projects for major companies and public sector organizations. He advises on:</p><ul dir="ltr"><li>Commercial licensing and sales contracts</li><li>Service-based outsourcing transactions</li><li>Technology delivery models, such as cloud and as-a-service platforms</li><li>Contracts for the supply and acquisition of technology equipment</li><li>Key regulatory issues</li><li>Services and software</li><li>Agency and distribution contracts</li><li>Issues and contracts related to e-commerce</li><li dir="ltr">Drafting, negotiating, and advising on technology contracts and issues</li></ul><p dir="ltr">He advises on the deployment of new technology platforms involving, for example, the internet of things, AI and machine-learning, and blockchain and distributed ledger technology.</p><p dir="ltr">He also has many years of experience of working alongside our corporate lawyers on the IP, technology and ongoing transitional services aspects of some of the largest technology sector M&A transactions in recent years.</p><p dir="ltr">In recognition of his deep knowledge in this area, Alistair is recommended in leading independent guides to the legal profession, including <em>Legal 500</em>, <em>Chambers UK</em>, and <em>Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom</em>. Clients comment that he “is incredibly pragmatic, helpful, collaborative and smart” and “brings common sense to the negotiating table”. He “enjoys an excellent reputation as an outsourcing expert and for his deep experience in a wide range of technology issues” and “has a great ability to take a broad view and is proactive in finding legally correct solutions around the discussion points”.</p><p dir="ltr">Alistair is a member of the Technology Transactions Group and the Global Sourcing Group.</p>