Dr Christian Karbaum

EXPERIENCE AND MATTERS

• 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", "air cargo", and "gas insulated switchgears" as well as enforcement of claims of individual claimants in the cases "aluminium forges", "building equipment cartel", "stainless steel", "heavy plates", "air cargo" and "fire-fighting vehicles"), defence and enforcement of other antitrust claims (e.g. supply or access claims in the context of dominance), as well as advising e.g. Samsung in the context of the enforcement of standard-essential patents (e.g. in negotiations, litigation, and investigations by the European Commission) 
• 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 control/Advice on the preparation and implementation of mergers, e.g. to Provinzial Rheinland on its merger with Provinzial Nordwest; United Internet AG on its takeover bid for Telecolumbus 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 Oakley Capital or Vitruvian Partners on their investments etc.
• Compliance: Advice on the negotiation and implementation of cooperation agreements between competitors, on the development and evaluation of compliance organisations (investigation) as well as advice on distribution systems