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Wolfgang Nothhelfer

NOCON (London)

Founding Partner

Wolfgang is a founding partner of NOCON. He is a competition economist who has specialised in acting as monitoring trustee, supervising compliance with competition remedies and providing advice to corporations and competition agencies. Wolfgang has over 10 years of experience advising in antitrust proceedings. Previous roles include Assistant Director of Economics at the Competition and Markets Authority and Senior Manager at PwC.

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Wolfgang Nothhelfer The German Competition Authority blocks a joint venture creating an online video on demand platform by the two leading TV broadcasters (RTL / Pro7Sat1)

17 March 2011 810

I. Transaction RTL and Pro7Sat1 planned to set up an online video on demand (VOD) platform which allows users toaccess and watch professional video content. The concept of the platform was to provide content that has already been transmitted on TV and can be accessed free of cost for seven (...)

Wolfgang Nothhelfer The German Federal Cartel Office clears a merger in the markets for diaphragm carburettors and hand-held power tools with remedies, including the divestment of a major business unit in the United States (STIHL / ZAMA Asia)

18 July 2008 1373

The operation On 4 April 2008, STIHL notified the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) of its intention to purchase ZAMA Asia. STIHL is a German company active in the development, production and sale of hand-held motorized outdoor equipment, including chain saws, brush cutters and industrial (...)

Wolfgang Nothhelfer The Austrian Cartel Court approved a merger in the compressor industry subject to a brand divestment and other remedies (Atlas Copco/ABAC)

12 February 2007 1858

The operation On 17 August 2006, Atlas Copco AB, a world leader in compressors, generators, construction and mining equipment, industrial tools, assembly systems and equipment rental, notified the BWB of its plans to acquire ABAC Aria Compressor S.p.A, a subsidiary of the ABAC group (...)

Wolfgang Nothhelfer The Austrian Cartel Court approved a merger in the compressor industry subject to brand divestment and access to customer base, parallel to Bundeskartellamt merger investigation (Atlas Copco/ABAC)

12 February 2007 2288

Wolfgang Nothhelfer The German Competition Authority clears a merger in the gas and electricity market with remedies, including access to gas network pipelines (EnBW / Stadt Schramberg)

28 May 2001 1272

The operation On 5 February 2001, EnBW, the town of Schramberg, Stadtwerke Schramberg GmbH & Co. KG and EVS Energieversorgung Schramberg GmbH & Co. KG notified the FCO of their intent to form a joint venture. Energie Baden-Württemberg Regional AG (EnBW Reg) is a wholly owned subsidiary (...)

Wolfgang Nothhelfer The German Federal Cartel Office clears a merger in the utilities sector, subject to remedies requiring third party access to the parties’ gas networks, the disclosure of access prices and the option for industrial customers to terminate their supply contracts (EnBW / SSG)

26 January 2001 1158

The operation On 29 September 2000, EnBW Ostwürttemberg DonauRies AG (EnBW Donau) notified the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) of its intent to acquire 25.1 % of the shares of Stadtwerke Schwäbisch Gmünd GmbH (SSG). At that time 99.3 % of the shares in EnBW Donau were held by EnBW Regional (...)