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Max-Niklas Blome

Ashurst (Frankfurt)

Senior Associate

Max-Niklas Blome is an associate in the competition and dispute resolution practices. His work covers the whole of German and EU competition and antitrust law. This includes, among others, German and European merger control, cartel proceedings and litigation, co-operation and distribution contracts, and competition law compliance. Max-Niklas Blome is also part of the dispute resolution department, focusing on litigation and internal investigations. He is the author of various legal publications and a member of several professional associations, including Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, Kartellrechtsforum Frankfurt and WisteV. Max studied at the University of Mannheim (Dr. iur.) and London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M.). Prior to joining Ashurst, he worked as a competition associate in the Frankfurt office of Gleiss Lutz.

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302 Bulletin

Michael Holzhäuser, Max-Niklas Blome The German Lower Regional Court of Dortmund hands down a judgment regarding follow-on damages against a wholesale company for sanitary and heating products (Sanitary and heating cartel)

8 July 2020 160

On 8 July 2020, The German Lower Regional Court of Dortmund ("Court") recently handed down its ruling regarding follow-on damages against a specialist wholesale company for sanitary and heating products. Damages were sought following a fine of the German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") relating (...)

Max-Niklas Blome, Michael Holzhäuser, Maria Held The German Competition Authority announces that its operating capacity is ensured and that no decisions are affected by the effects of COVID-19

17 March 2020 25

The spread of the SARS Cov-2 virus ("Covid 19 pandemic") is not limited to health consequences. Due to the necessary restrictions imposed throughout Europe, the health crisis has caused an economic turmoil. The demand for goods has dropped dramatically and supply chains are interrupted. (...)

Michael Holzhäuser, Max-Niklas Blome The German Federal Court of Justice clarifies the requirements for establishing the necessary causality between anticompetitive behaviour and damages allegedly suffered by claimants (Schienenkartell II)

28 January 2020 45

On 28 January 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice ("FCJ"), handed down another highly relevant decision in the field of cartel damages, which has been published on 16 March 2020 (case KZR 24/17). In its decision the FCJ deals with the respective requirements regarding the condition of (...)

Michael Holzhäuser, Ute Zinsmeister, Maria Held, Max-Niklas Blome The German Competition Authority fines €100 million three car manufacturers for joint anti-competitive practices concerning the purchase of long steel products (BMW / Daimler / Volkswagen)

21 November 2019 72

On 21 November 2019, the German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") issued fines totalling approximately €100 million on BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen for joint anti-competitive practices concerning the purchase of long-steel products. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - KEY TAKEAWAYS In 2018, the FCO imposed (...)