Stephan Manuel Nagel, LL.M. (EUI)

With comprehensive expertise, Manuel advises clients on German and European competition law. His practice includes cross-border mergers, proceedings by competition authorities, competition litigation (in particular cartel damages), competition compliance, internal audits, distribution systems and agreements, as well as co-operations between companies. He represents clients in proceedings before the Federal Cartel Office, the European Commission and in court.

His successful management of large-scale projects and his consulting activities in Europe and Asia are part of his professional competence and portfolio. Manuel is a renowned expert when it comes to questions of competition law relating to the digital economy. A further focus of his expertise is in trade, energy, innovative industries, advertising and media.

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Career

Since 2015	Partner, Taylor Wessing
2009 – 2015	Principal associate, Antitrust, Competition and Trade Practice Group Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cologne
2011	Secondment to E.ON SE

2006 – 2004	Research assistant, Antitrust, Competition and Trade Practice Group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cologne
2000 – 2004	Assistant at the chair for Civil, Labour and Social Law, Rheinische Friedrich–Wilhelms–Universität, Bonn

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Education

2014	University of St. Gallen – School of Management, Economics, Law, Social Sciences and International Affairs, Summer School in Management
2008	Second state examination, Düsseldorf
2006 – 2008	Legal clerkship, Regional Court of Cologne including stages at the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office), the Cologne office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the First Cartel Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf

2004 – 2005	LL.M. in Comparative, European and International Law, European University Institute, Florence
2004	First state examination, Münster
1999 – 2004	Legal Studies, American Studies and Political Science, Rheinische Friedrich–Wilhelms–Universität, Bonn

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Publications

Nagel, „Kommentierung der VO/EU Nr. 316/2014 (Technologietransfer-GVO)", Münchener Kommentar zum Wettbewerbsrecht, Band 1 Europäisches Wettbewerbsrecht, 3. Aufl.
Nagel, „Price Algorithms as a Compliance Risk", PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, Edition #21, May 2019
Nagel/Stemmler, „Antitrust Assessment of Best Price Clauses on Hotel Reservation Platforms", PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, Edition #21, May 2019
Nagel, „Preisalgorithmen als Compliance-Risiko", Compliance, Die Zeitschrift für Compliance-Verantwortliche, März 2018
Nagel, „Rezension Vertragshandbuch Stromwirtschaft“, NJW 27/2015
Nagel/Dogan, „Monopolies Commission‘s Findings on Online Advertising“, E-Commerce Law and Policy, August 2015
Broomhall/Nagel/Scholz, „The application of competition law to the energy sector: An overview and comparison of recent practice by the Bundeskartellamt and the EU Commission”, Revue des droits de la concurrence, Concurrences No. 3-2013
Broomhall/Nagel/Scholz, „Anti-competitive practices in the energy sector: An overview of EU and national case law“, e-Competitions, No. 41759

Podcast Competition Cast

Nagel, Competition Cast, Ausgabe 1, 10.GWB-Novelle: Unternehmen mit überragender marktübergreifender Bedeutung für den Wettbewerb
Nagel, Competition Cast, Ausgabe 2, 10. GWB-Novelle: Missbräuchliche Verhaltensweisen nach §19a Abs. 2 GWB-Entwurf
Nagel, Competition Cast, Ausgabe 3, Dobule Feature Teil 1: Coronakrise & Beihilfsrecht
Nagel, Competition Cast, Ausgabe 4, Double Feature Teil 2: Coronakrise & Kartellrecht
Nagel, Competition Cast, Ausgabe 5, Common Ownership: Die fünfte Folge des Competition Cast ist online

Memberships & Associations

Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.
Competition Litigation Forum
DJW, Deutsch-Japanischer Wirtschaftskreis
Arbeitskreis Wettbewerbs- und Verbraucherrecht der bitkom
Arbeitskreis Recht im Unternehmen und Compliance der bitkom
Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf

Additional languages

English

French

Expertise

Services and Groups Competition, EU & trade Compliance Japan group

Sectors Technology, media & communications Energy & infrastructure Consumer & retail

Experience

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	Competition and merger control law advice to Saint-Gobain, a leading European manufacturer of construction and high-performance materials, including inter alia the acquisition of Kaimann GmbH, one of the leading European manufacturers of elastomeric insulation materials, and the establishment of a joint venture with RIB Software.
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.
Ströer SE	Advising Ströer, the leading German provider of out-of-home media and internet group, on the acquisition of the German business of the online marketing service provider ReachLocal and the acquisition of shares in StayFriends, Social Media Interactive and Vitalsana.

Awards

JUVE Handbook 2020/2021	„high expertise, very pragmatic“, competitor
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2020	Leading individual: Antitrust and competition law
Legal 500 Germany 2020	Ranked as “Next Generation Partner“ for competition law
WirtschaftsWoche/ Handelsblatt 2019	Listed as one of the most renowed antitrust lawyers in Germany
Legal 500 Germany 2019	Ranked as “Next Generation Lawyer“ for competition law
JUVE Handbook 2017	“Clients and competitors praise his precision, industry knowledge, reliability and efficiency”
JUVE Handbook 2017	“Through the aspiring partner Manuel Nagel, who is focused on patent and competition law, TW is up-to-date as regards digitization within the economy and the energy industry”
Legal 500 Germany 2017	Another area of focus is business in Asia; the ‘excellent’ Manuel Nagel is the main contact for this