Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Areas of practice
Martin Lawall advises clients on all matters pertaining to German and European antitrust law. This includes, in particular, acting as an advisor in antitrust fine, antitrust damages, merger control and abuse of dominance proceedings in Germany and abroad, as well as advising on the design of distribution systems and on cooperation arrangements between competitors and licence agreements. Martin Lawall also provides advice with a view to preventing infringements (compliance advice). Another focus area is the legally compliant design of subsidies in accordance with EU state aid law.
Vita
Martin Lawall studied law in Munich (Germany) and Glasgow (Scotland). After carrying out his legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Munich and in San Fransisco (USA), he initially worked as a research assistant and then as a lawyer in various large international and national law firms in the area of conflict resolution with a special emphasis on directors’ and managers’ liability.
Publications
- Missbrauchskontrolle bei Unternehmenszusammenschlüssen: Das Towercast-Urteil des EuGH und die Folgen für die M&A-Praxis
- 欧洲并购交易的额外审批要求
- Neues Freigabeerfordernis beim Erwerb von Unternehmen und Beteiligungen durch die EU-Verordnung über Subventionen aus Drittstaaten (SADVO) – Auswirkungen auf die M&A-Praxis
Blog posts
- The Clean Industrial Deal – The European Commission's new roadmap for strengthening competitiveness and decarbonising European industry
- Luther Antitrust & Competition Law Forecast 2025
- Update on managing directors’ personal liability: No ultimate liability for cartel fines (for now!)
- Sustainability – No “Carte Blanche” for cooperation between competitors under the European Commission’s new Horizontal Guidelines
- ECJ: Competition authorities in the EU may take action against mergers even if they fall below notification thresholds (C-449/21, "Towercast")
- ECJ Advocate General: Competition authorities may take action against mergers even if notification thresholds are not met
- German Ministry for Economic Affairs plans would empower authorities to require undertakings to pay 20 % of their group turnover for antitrust law infringements
- Soon to come: Additional clearance requirement for M&A transactions in the EU due to the Foreign Subsidies Regulation
- Changes for online platform business due to new competition law on vertical restrictions
- Luther Competition Law Forecast 2022 – Topics that will be important under antitrust law in 2022
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