1. Introduction The EU courts have rendered a number of important judgments during the past two years, many of which have been controversially discussed. This Special Issue is a compilation of case annotations published by Concurrences which will certainly be a useful tool for practitioners, (...)


Martina Maier
Martina Maier is Chief Compliance Officer at Siemens (Brussels). Prior to that, she was General Counsel at Unilever and previously, a partner in the international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery, based in the Brussels office. She headed the firm’s European Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. Ms Maier’s practice focuses on German and European competition law, including State aid, single firm conduct, merger control and agreements restricting competition. She has extensive experience in representing clients before the European Commission, national competition authorities and European courts. Martina is recommended by numerous publications and legal directories such as, Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, the JUVE Handbook of German Commercial Law Firms, the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers and European Legal Experts. She is also featured in Global Competition Review’s Leading Women in Antitrust and Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law.
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In its recent judgment in Land Burgenland (Joined Cases C-214/12 P, C-215/12 P and C-223/12 P) the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed that compatible State aid granted to an undertaking in the past must not be taken into account in the context of the Market Economy (...)
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The European Commission published on 17 October 2011 its new guidelines for best practices during antitrust procedures. The guidelines cover the main proceedings concerning alleged infringements of Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (cartel (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2012 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Introduction On 17 February 2011, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) – on a reference for a preliminary ruling by the Stockholm District Court (SDC) – clarified, (...)
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The application of the State aid rules to public infrastructure financing is a complex and recent issue, which raises numerous legal questions that cannot be answered unequivocally at this point in time. It is no longer sufficient to ensure equal and non-discriminatory access to the (...)
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The reform of the German competition law brings major changes to the Act against restraints of Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen, GWB). In the field of cartels it is brought in line with European competition law. However, the German rules on abuse of a dominant position remain (...)
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Leading competition professionals from around the world present reflections and forecasts on topical issues in antitrust and competition law and policy in this first volume of Women & (...)

This second edition of the Digest is enriched with a selection of more than 50 essays on European competition cases from the 27 European Union Member States, EU law, and US law. Each essay (...)