Dr Christian Karbaum

Experience and Matters

Examples of Christian Karbaums's recent experience include:

• Defence of companies and individuals in cartel investigations (including the cases "special mining services", "rail technology", "power transformers", "mill cartel", and "food retail" before the Federal Cartel Office)
• Litigation: Defence and enforcement of cartel damage claims (defence e.g. in the cartel cases "rail technology", "beer", "flour", "drugstore products", "sanitary fittings", "sausages", "retail food packaging", and "gas insulated switchgears" as well as active representation of individual claimants in the cases "aluminium forges", "steel forges", "building equipment cartel", "stainless steel", "heavy plates", "air cargo" (COM), "high voltage cables" (COM) and "fire-fighting vehicles"), defence and enforcement of antitrust claims in the context of market power (e.g. access or supply claims in the context of data pools or platforms as well as advice on the enforcement of standard-essential patents (e.g. from Samsung) and of the DMA
• Administrative matters: representation of companies like Deutsche Telekom AG (e.g. in the context of the acquisition of Unitymedia by Vodafone) as well as a fuel supplier in administrative and court proceedings following third-party complaints before the European Commission, the Federal Cartel Office and both national and European courts
• Merger and foreign direct investment control/Advice on the preparation and implementation of mergers, e.g. Scania AB on the establishment of a joint venture with Sennder, Provinzial Rheinland on its merger with Provinzial Nordwest; United Internet AG on its takeover bid for Tele Columbus AG, the acquisition of Strato AG and Drillisch AG or the creation of an affiliate marketing network (AWIN AG) with Axel Springer; Haniel in the acquisition of Emma Sleep ("Bettzeit"), Rovema or Rentokil Initial's Continental European business; AHG in the sale of its clinic operations to Median; private equity funds such as EMH Partners etc.
• Compliance: Advice on distribution antitrust issues, the negotiation and implementation of cooperation agreements between competitors, cooperation in affiliated groups, the design of B2B and B2C marketplaces, and the development and review of compliance structures and internal investigations