Sascha Schubert is a Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, based in Brussels. His approach is to make his clients’ cause his own and turn every stone to get them the results they want, which goes hand-in-hand with first class client service. A highly motivated and collaborative lawyer, he enjoys building strong teams with his multinational clients. Sascha is a partner in the antitrust, competition group, based in the Brussels office. His practice focuses on merger control and conduct investigations and he has over 10 years’ experience of complex European Commission proceedings. He also has extensive experience representing clients before Germany’s Federal Cartel Office and is often called upon to advise on multi-jurisdictional investigations that involve competition authorities around the world. This experience enables him to offer clients a globally integrated approach to delivering regulatory clearances within ambitious timelines and coordinating successful defence strategies in cross-border investigations. He works across all sectors with particular experience in the telecoms and tech industries, where he has represented clients successfully in a number of high-profile investigations. A focus of his behavioural practice is online distribution and the application of antitrust laws in the digital economy. He speaks German, English and French.
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In a recently published policy paper, the European Commission (EC) assessed whether its jurisdictional merger control thresholds leave an enforcement gap, and whether the administrative burden on merging firms and other market participants is proportionate. The EC concludes that the (...)
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COVID-19 is impacting all sectors of the economy and society, and merger review is no exception. Competition authorities are struggling to balance the need for business continuity and compliance with administrative deadlines on the one hand, with a variety of practical challenges on the other. (...)
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The Commission’s decision on 27 June 2019 to impose a €28 million fine on Canon for breaching EU notification and standstill obligations is the latest in a series of cases showing the Commission’s determination to take action against procedural infringements of EU merger control. It follows a (...)
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On 31 May 2018, the EU’s Court of Justice (ECJ) gave judgment in the EY / KPMG case on whether the EU suspension obligation was violated when KPMG’s Danish unit terminated a material contract prior to receiving competition clearance for its merger with Ernst & Young (EY). The ECJ (...)
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European Commission decision provides guidance on how merging parties can mitigate the risk of ’gun jumping’ Following on from our update on this topic in April, the European Commission (Commission) has published the non-confidential version of its decision to fine multinational cable and (...)
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The European Commission (Commission) announced today its decision to fine multinational cable and telecoms company Altice €124.5 million for breaching the EU Merger Regulation by implementing its 2015 acquisition of a telecommunications operator, PT Portugal, before notification to, or (...)
