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Pay-for-Delay Has a Tough (Antitrust) Time at EU Top Court

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In recent years, there have been various antitrust investigations in the pharmaceutical sector resulting in decisions of the European Commission (EC) and the European Courts.

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<p>Jens is a counsel at Morrison Foerster’s German office in Berlin. He advises clients in all areas of European and German competition law, including merger control filings, cartel authority investigations, cartel damage claims, distribution cartel law, antitrust compliance programs and unfair competition law. Jens has particular industry-specific experience in the areas of media, technology, telecommunication, transport and aviation. In addition, he advises in the fields of state aid and public procurement law.</p><p>Within the scope of the above described practice areas, Jens particularly provides antitrust advice on (cross-border) M&A projects where he coordinates multi-jurisdictional merger filings involving European, U.S. and Asian authorities. Jens further advises clients on a wide range of operational issues (e.g., abuse of dominance and internal investigations) and also represents them in litigation (e.g., (cross-border) cartel damage claims and claims based on unfair competition law).</p><p>Jens studied at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald. Afterwards, he worked as an academic assistant at the university and obtained his Dr. iur. in competition law. During his internship (second state exam in law), Jens worked for the Federal Ministry of the Interior and an international law firm in Berlin and Brussels.</p><h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Representation of plaintiffs in follow-on cartel  damages cases (for example, against the German sugar cartel). </li><li>Advice to a Japanese  multinational company as defendant in follow-on cartel damage  claims relating to cathode ray tubes and rechargeable batteries. </li><li>Advice to Japanese companies in cartel  investigations. </li><li>Advice  to and representation of cable  network operator Tele Columbus GmbH on antitrust, public procurement law and  unfair competition law. </li><li>Advising a global music entertainment  corporation on various commercial  matters, in particular on the structuring of an international joint venture. </li><li>Assisted with  representation of Renesas  Electronics, a Tokyo-based semiconductor supplier, in its $3.2 billion  acquisition of Intersil Corporation, a leading U.S. chipmaker. </li><li>Acting as ongoing antitrust  counsel for a leading German pay-TV provider  regarding restructuring and marketing issues. </li><li>Advised HALEX Holding GmbH (a  portfolio company of H2 Private Equity Partners) on the acquisition of Händle  Härterei GmbH.& Co. KG. </li><li>Advice to  Viacom on a TV and video ad sales marketing joint venture with Axel Springer SE. </li><li>Advice to  Axel Springer SE regarding the acquisition of N24 Media GmbH. </li><li>Advice to  Vita-Mix Corp., a U.S. manufacturer of high-end blenders, on its distribution  system. </li><li>Advice  on public procurement law to a client in the health care industry. </li><li>Advising a major international airline in a proceeding before the General  Court regarding the access to the administrative file of a cartel investigation  of the European Commission. </li><li>Advising a major international entity of the railway  sector on issues regarding cartel damage claims. </li><li>Advice to and representation of   several entities of the broadband cable market and the media,  telecommunication and technology sector in  competition law matters (merger  control; cartel litigation; abuse of dominance).</li></ul>

<p>Dr. Jens Hackl ist Counsel des deutschen Büros von Morrison Foerster in Berlin. Er berät Mandanten schwerpunktmäßig im europäischen und deutschen Kartellrecht, u. a. in Fusionskontrollverfahren, Kartellverfahren, im Vertriebskartellrecht sowie bei kartellrechtlichen Compliance Programmen.</p><p>Branchenspezifische Kenntnisse besitzt Jens Hackl hierbei in den Bereichen Medien, Telekommunikation, Transport und Luftfahrt. Zudem berät er Mandanten im Beihilfen- und Vergaberecht sowie zu Fragen des Lauterkeitsrechts (UWG).</p><p>Dr. Jens Hackl studierte an der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald und promovierte dort im Rahmen seiner Tätigkeit als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Kartellrecht. Während des Referendariats war er im Bundesinnenministerium und bei einer international tätigen Wirtschaftskanzlei in Berlin und Brüssel tätig.</p><h4>Referenzen</h4><ul><li>Beratung einer internationalen Fluggesellschaft in einem Verfahren vor dem Gericht der Europäischen Union hinsichtlich des Zugangs zur Verwaltungsakte einer Kartelluntersuchung der Europäischen Kommission.</li><li>Beratung eines internationalen Unternehmens des Eisenbahnsektors hinsichtlich kartellrechtlicher Schadensersatzansprüche (follow-on-Klage).</li><li>Außergerichtliche und gerichtliche Beratung diverser Unternehmen aus dem Medien- und Breitbandkabelsektor hinsichtlich kartellrechtlicher Fragen (Fusionskontrolle, Kartellverfahren, Missbrauch einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung).</li></ul>

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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>