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Heinz & Zagrosek is an independent law firm specialized in German and EU competition law and compliance. In addition, the law firm is active in litigation and European law. The law firm primarily offers legal advice to German and foreign companies, as well as to other law firms and consultancy firms.
The law firm is recommended by Global Competition Review for antitrust law in Germany and features in the Global Competition Review’s Top 100 competition law firms. The leading publication on German law firm, JUVE, lists Heinz & Zagrosek in the category of “acknowledged smaller law firms in antitrust law” and in its ranking of recommended “antitrust law firms”.
German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche lists Heinz & Zagrosek among the top law firms in Germany for compliance.
Heinz & Zagrosek recognized as top antitrust/competition law firm in Germany in several rankings
Heinz & Zagrosek has been recognized as one of the top antitrust/competition law firms in Germany in several rankings this year: renowned magazines brandeins, Wirtschaftswoche, Focus as well as Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers all rank partner Silke Heinz and the law...
Competition law compliance and digitization
Silke Heinz gave a short speech on the topic Competition law compliance and digitization at the webconference Legal & Compliance Forum on April 30, 2020. She speaks about the recent tendencies of competition authorities pursuing hardcore restrictions in vertical...
New publication: Knott/Zagrosek, The Company as Perpetrator – Compliance and M&A under the Planned German Corporate Criminal Sanctions Code (November 19, 2019).
The Company as Perpetrator, Compliance and M&A under the Planned German Corporate Criminal Sanctions Code. Germany law does not yet provide for a corporate criminal liability in general. For anti-trust law, similar corporate criminal provisions compared to those...
Amazon EU antitrust proceedings
Silke Heinz discusses the recently opened EU Amazon antitrust proceedings in a podcast of the ABA Antitrust Law Section’s series “Our Curious Amalgam”, together with the other guest, Damien Geradin, and the hosts Matthew Hall and John Roberti. The discussion covers...
German Supreme Court quashed Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf’s judgement that had sextupled Rossmann’s Federal Cartel Office cartel fine
On July 9, 2019, the Supreme Court (here) quashed the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, which had increased the fine for retailer Rossmann from EUR 5.25 million to EUR 30 million on the basis of vertical price agreements in the sale of roasted...
Bundeskartellamt’s settlement with Amazon in abuse of dominance proceedings
On July 17, 2019 the BKartA announced the settlement with Amazon and closed the abuse of dominance proceedings. Besides a press release (here), it also published a case summary (here). On the same day, the European Commission opened an investigation into possible...
European Commission fines Sanrio €6.2 million for restricting cross-border sales of licensed Hello-Kitty-products in the EEA
On July 9, 2019, the Commission imposed a fine of €6.2 million on Sanrio, manufacturer of Hello-Kitty-products, for vertical sales restrictions (see press release here). Sanrio licenses its brand and other IP rights for use in several Hello Kitty merchandising...
Federal Cartel Office clears paper dealer merger despite high combined market shares
On July 2, 2019, the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) cleared the acquisition of paper dealer Papyrus (part of OptiGroup) by Papier Union (Inapa group) in second phase, with a combined market share of 40-50% in the printing paper market (see press release in German...
German Federal Cartel Office launches consumer protection sector inquiry into user reviews on the Internet
German Federal Cartel Office launches consumer protection sector inquiry into user reviews on the Internet (press release of 23.5.2019) (see here). Online user reviews can refer to products such as sewing machines brand XY or service providers such as retailers and...
Booking.com prevails in court – „narrow“ MFNs now permissible in Germany
On June 4, 2019, the Düsseldorf Court of Appeals lifted the Bundeskartellamt’s prohibition decision of Booking.com’s “narrow” best price (or most favored nations, MFN) clauses in Germany. The court found that these clauses were necessary to ensure a “fair and balanced...
