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Martin Eckel, LL.M.
Martin Eckel, LL.M.

Martin Eckel, LL.M.

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Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer - "Martin Eckel and his team have excellent knowledge in the field of competition law. He has a great deal of practical expertise and is very good at providing advice. (EU and competition) " Martin Eckel has experience in high-profile antitrust investigations that span across multiple jurisdictions. He is highly competent, pragmatic and well respected in Austria." (EU and competition)

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Martin's clients praise his practical, hands-on approach and universal knowledge of Austrian and EU competition law. He heads our Competition, EU & Trade, Compliance and Insurance groups in CEE. Martin is a recognised and experienced leader in antitrust investigations, penalty procedures and settlements, abuse of dominance and contractual competition restraints and also well known for the handling of multinational, cross-border merger filings throughout CEE.

Martin has been guiding clients through their competition and antitrust challenges in Europe and Austria for over two decades. His experience means he can expertly analyse your competition issues, defend you against penalty proceedings before the Courts, and even work with you to build robust and tailor-made competition compliance programmes. His reputation as a recognised specialist has led to his appointment as an auditor for the Austrian Standards institute.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Competition, EU & trade
Corporate crime & compliance
Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
Compliance
Insurance & reinsurance disputes

Sectors

Logistics & transport
Insurance

CV

Since 2004 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2001 – 2004 Attorney, Taylor Wessing
1996 – 2000 Associate, Taylor Wessing
1994 – 1995 Judicial clerkship year, Higher Regional Court of Vienna
2001 Admitted to the bar, Austria
1995 – 1996 Studies in European Business Law (LL.M.), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1989 – 1994 Legal studies, University of Vienna

Career

Since 2004 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2001 – 2004 Attorney, Taylor Wessing
1996 – 2000 Associate, Taylor Wessing
1994 – 1995 Judicial clerkship year, Higher Regional Court of Vienna

Education

2001 Admitted to the bar, Austria
1995 – 1996 Studies in European Business Law (LL.M.), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1989 – 1994 Legal studies, University of Vienna

Publications

"EU-Whistleblower-Richtlinie kompakt – Basics für Ihre Umsetzung", published by Austrian Standards, 2020

"Praxisleitfaden Kartellrechts-Compliance – 119 Fragen und Antworten", published by LexisNexis, 2017

He regularly publishes articles on different aspects of antitrust and merger control law as well as compliance.

Memberships & Associations

Vienna Bar Association

International Bar Association

Antitrust Lawyers Association, 'Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht'

Austrian Compliance Officer Association

Additional languages

English

Awards

Legal 500 2025

Featured

Recommended lawyer - "Martin Eckel and his team have excellent knowledge in the field of competition law. He has a great deal of practical expertise and is very good at providing advice. (EU and competition) " Martin Eckel has experience in high-profile antitrust investigations that span across multiple jurisdictions. He is highly competent, pragmatic and well respected in Austria." (EU and competition)

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer - EU and competition

Legal 500 2024

Recommended - "Martin Eckel is an exceptional partner. Not only does he have vast knowledge in his field of expertise, but also has a great understanding of foreign legal systems, which makes him an excellent partner to work with in multinational legal transactions and matters." (EU and competition)

Legal 500 2024

Recommended - "Martin Eckel is an exceptional partner. Not only does he have vast knowledge in his field of expertise, but also has a great understanding of foreign legal systems, which makes him an excellent partner to work with in multinational legal transactions and matters." (EU and competition)

"oft empfohlen: „hohe fachliche Kompetenz“, „professionelle Zusammenarbeit und gutes Verständnis von relevanten Märkten“, "high level of expertise", "professional cooperation and good understanding of relevant markets"

"Not only does he have vast knowledge in his field of expertise, but he also has a great understanding of foreign legal systems, which makes him an excellent partner to work with on multinational legal transactions and matters." (Competition/EU Law) "He has a deep understanding of the law and a commitment to staying up to date about legal developments." (Competition/EU Law)

"Recommended - "Martin Eckel stands out - very experienced and pragmatic competition lawyer." (EU and competition) "Martin Eckel has a very hands on approach. He offers sound advice and at the same time can convey complex issues in an intriguing communication style." (EU and competition) "The team covers all areas of competition law and, especially through Martin Eckel, brings an increasingly important link to compliance. The combination of professional knowledge and understanding of the needs of companies with regard to compliance is very rare." (EU and competition) "Thanks to his strong connections to the compliance community, Martin Eckel can bring a very strong practice-relevant focus to his advisory work." (EU and competition)

oft empfohlen: „lösungsorientiert und kreativ“ (Kartellrecht)

Experience

REWE Group

Competition and merger control law advice to REWE on various projects, among others on the acquisitions of coop and Lekkerland. REWE is one of the most important German trading and tourism companies, which we advise on various large-scale cross-border projects.

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ING on its cooperation with AXA

ING on all legal issues in the contractual design of its cooperation with AXA.

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