Martin Eckel

Vienna Austria

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Featured award

Legal500 2021

Recommended lawyer – EU and Competition: "Martin Eckel as well as David Konrath are top experts in the field of competition law with profound knowledge, paired with superb response time and a hands-on approach."

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.

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Since 2004 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2001 – 2004 Attorney, Taylor Wessing

1996 – 2000 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Career

Since 2004 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2001 – 2004 Attorney, Taylor Wessing

1996 – 2000 Associate, Taylor Wessing

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

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Awards

Legal500 2021

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Chambers Europe 2021

Best Lawyers in Austria 2020

Chambers Europe 2020

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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Stephan Manuel Nagel, LL.M. (EUI)

Dr. Stefan Horn, LL.B.

Martin Eckel, LL.M.

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