Martin Eckel

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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职业发展

Since 2004	Partner, Taylor Wessing e\|n\|w\|c
2001 – 2004	Attorney, Taylor Wessing e\|n\|w\|c
1996 – 2000	Associate, Taylor Wessing e\|n\|w\|c

1994 – 1995

Judicial clerkship year, Higher Regional Court of Vienna

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教育

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

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

会员资格和附属关系

Vienna Bar Association

International Bar Association

Antitrust Lawyers Association, 'Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht'

Austrian Compliance Officer Association

语言

English

专长

执业领域和服务团队竞争、欧盟与贸易事务法人犯罪与合规性合规性保险与再保险纠纷

行业物流与运输保险

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

奖励

Best Lawyers in Austria 2020	Lawyers of the year: Competition and Antitrust Law
Chambers Europe 2020	Leading individual - Competiton/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.
Legal 500 2019	Recommended lawyer - EU and Competition
Chambers Europe 2018	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."
Chambers Europe 2017	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.
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2016	Leading individual - EU and competition (Austria)
Chambers Europe 2016	Leading individual (Competition): "Department head Martin Eckel has broad experience on a range of competition matters from cartels to merger control."