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.
"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.
Vienna Bar Association
International Bar Association
Antitrust Lawyers Association, 'Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht'
Austrian Compliance Officer Association
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."
Recommended lawyer – Competition: One client says: "He is very competent, especially regarding his knowledge of our company. He is precise and tactically empathetic also when dealing with representatives of our parent company."
Lawyers of the year: Competition and Antitrust Law
Leading individual - Competition/European Law - Austria: Martin Eckel provides advice to clients in the construction, food and retail industries on a range of competition matters including distribution agreements, merger notifications and compliance.
Recommended lawyer - EU and Competition
Leading individual (Competition): Clients praise Martin Eckel's expansive knowledge of competition law noting that he "knows every decision in Austria as well as at the EU level," and is "able to apply it and able to convey this to me in a way I will understand."
Leading individual (Competition): Clients consider Martin Eckel to have "excellent expertise in competition law and a very practical approach." He is highly experienced in merger control projects, and is respected as a "hands-on" practitioner by market commentators. He is also active in distribution agreements and penalty proceedings.
Leading individual - EU and competition (Austria)
Leading individual (Competition): "Department head Martin Eckel has broad experience on a range of competition matters from cartels to merger control."
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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