Florian Reiter is an associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. His practice covers EU and Austrian competition law. He advises on national and international merger transactions as well as antitrust compliance. He has a particular focus on EU State aid law. His recent experience includes EU and Austrian merger control reviews in a number of sectors, including the automotive industry, IT and payment services. In the area of State aid, he has worked on matters relating to the semiconductor, banking and renewable energy industries. Florian is fluent in German and English and speaks some French.
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Shortly before the end of 2021, the Austrian Federal Competition Authority (Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde, BWB) and the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt, BKA) published revised guidance on the interpretation of the transaction value-based thresholds in Austrian and German merger control (...)
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Earlier this month, an extensive amendment of the Austrian Cartel Act came into force. The changes relate to merger control (thresholds and substantive review), digital platforms and the role of sustainability in competition law. In this blog post, we focus on the changes to the merger control (...)
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