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Philipp Heuser

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PhoneT+32 27885 549

Philipp advises clients on antitrust and merger control cases. His focus is on M&A-related merger control matters. He has a significant track record working on multi-jurisdictional merger cases.

He represents clients before the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office as well as before the European and German courts.

His practice covers abuse of dominance and cartel investigations, compliance training/audits, State aid and public procurement law, follow-on damage claims litigation and aspects of the day-to-day business.

He practices in German and English, also speaks French.

Career

  • Admitted to bar 2013
  • Admitted to the bar in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and in Brussels, Belgium (E-List)

Practice Areas

Publications

(Electronic) Publications

  • "Foreign Subsidies under EU scrutiny: a revolution that will impact foreign undertakings active in the EU", together with Michel Struys et al., published on 13 January 2023
  • "The German Competition Authority declares non-compete clauses in a web of distribution agreements concluded by Germany’s main power tool manufacturer to be incompatible with competition rules, but does not impose fines (STIHL)", together with Sebastian Faust and Florian von Schreitter, Concurrences, 31 mai 2022, e-Competitions May 2022, Art. N° 108230
  • "The EU Commission sets out new rules on dual distribution agreements, parity clauses and resale price maintenance in its revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and guidelines on vertical restraints", together with Jan Philipp Sparenberg and Florian von Schreitter, Concurrences, 10 mai 2022, e-Competitions May 2022, Art. N° 106967
  • "The European Chips Act: Commission releases Europe's strategy on semiconductors", together with Carolin Marx et al., published on 10 February 2022
  • "Dual Distribution in the EU – European Commission publishes new draft guidance", together with Christan Ritz et al., published on 14 February 2022
  • "The EU Commission publishes new draft guidance with regard to exchange of information related to dual distribution", together with Christoph Wünschmann et al., Concurrences, 4 février 2022, e-Competitions February 2022, Art. N° 105167
  • “What Does the Coty Judgment of the European Court of Justice Mean for Companies?”, Case C-230/16, Coty Germany GmbH v. Parfümerie Akzente GmbH, ECJ Judgment of 6 December 2017, together with Jacques-Philippe Gunther et al., published on 13 December 2017
  • “The General Court and the airfreight cargo cartel: inconsistency between tenor and the reasons” (original German title: “EuG zum Luftfracht-Kartell: Unstimmigkeit zwischen Tenor und Begründung eines Kommissionsbeschlusses”), Beck-Online, Newsdienst Compliance, published in issue 2 in 2016, 22003
  • “Compliance during the public procurement procedure – new developments” (original German title: “Compliance bei der Auftragsvergabe – Neue Entwicklungen”),  together with Michael Jürgen Werner, PLATOW Online, published on 21 November 2013
  • “EU State aid law becomes the sword of Damocles” (original German title: “EU-Beihilfenrecht wird zum Damoklesschwert”, together with Michael Jürgen Werner, Börsen-Zeitung, 30 November 2013
  • “Beware of State aid law bearing gifts?” (original German title: “Ein beihilferechtliches Danaergeschenk?”), together with Michael Jürgen Werner, Börsen-Zeitung, 21 December 2013
  • “New developments in EU Competition Law” (original German title: “Neuere Entwicklungen des europäischen Wettbewerbsrecht”), report on the 40th conference of the “Forschungsinstituts für Wirtschaftsverfassung und Wettbewerb (FIW)” in Brussels, Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (EWS), 2011, p.525-527