Dr. Josef Hainz is counsel in Dentons’ Berlin office. His practice focuses on European and German competition law. Josef advises and represents clients in complex administrative proceedings including litigation. He also advises national and international companies and trade associations on compliance issues. He has particular expertise in the energy, financial services, TMT and health care sectors. Josef teaches German and European competition law at the University of Potsdam and the EBS Law School in Wiesbaden.
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The German Federal Court of Justice (“BGH”) clarified in a decision of 20 October 2010 the requirements set by Article 3(5)(b)(ii) Regulation 1400/2002 for the short termination period for authorized distributor agreements on the grounds of the restructuring of distribution network. By this, it (...)
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In a decision of 24 June 2009, the German Federal Court of Justice (“BGH”) specified the relation between the primary and secondary distribution agreements in light of the short termination period provided for by Article 3(5)(b) EC Regulation 1400/2002. In its decision, the BGH upheld the (...)
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In the decision of 29 April 2009, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) prohibited the proposed acquisition of OMV Deutschland GmbH’s (“OMV”) 59 petrol stations located in Saxony and Thuringia by Total Deutschland GmbH (“Total”). The FCO founded in its decision that the concentration to strengthen (...)
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