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The German Federal Cartel Office, “FCO” [Bundeskartellamt, BKartA] has prohibited Facebook to combine user data from different sources without seeking explicit user consent. In this way it wishes to achieve an “internal unbundling” of the databases. In future, Facebook may no longer require its German users to generally consent to the practically unlimited collection and allocation of data to their user account. This is the first decision which establishes a breach of antitrust law on grounds of an infringement of data protection law. Despite the fact that the decision is based on German antitrust law, it may possibly have established a precedence beyond German borders. Below, we provide you with a more detailed description of the essential features of the decision, as seen from the perspective of our antitrust law and data protection experts.

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In December, the Hamburg office of the independent German commercial law firm Oppenhoff & Partner moved into its new office premises in HafenCity: Am Sandtorkai 74 – directly opposite the Elbphilharmonie. From here, a team now comprising seven lawyers advises the firm’s clients in and from the region of northern Germany.

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The law firm of Oppenhoff & Partner is strengthening its Hamburg office with the lawyer Christian Fischer as of 1 January 2019.

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Oppenhoff & Partner has advised Zürich Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft (Deutschland) on its exit from ADAC Autoversicherung AG, a joint venture with ADAC Versicherung AG founded in Munich in 2007 and the resulting sale of its joint venture stake to Allianz Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft.

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International groups are facing increasingly complex challenges. Many cases involve a combination of different legal requirements, for example in employment law in case of cross-border matrix structures. Here, the managing directors of a German subsidiary have to comply with German law even if the parent company has different ideas.

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Since 3 December 2018, the new EU Regulation 2018/302 against unjustified geoblocking applies directly in all EU Member States (the text of the Regulation can be found HERE). From now on the principle "shop like a local" applies: Customers may not be discriminated against in cross-border purchases of goods and services on the grounds of their nationality, place of residence or place of establishment.

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Oppenhoff has advised RGM Holding GmbH (Dortmund) on the sale of all of its shares in PropertyFirst GmbH to the Dutch property manager MVGM Vastgoedmanagement B.V. (MVGM).

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Oppenhoff & Partner has advised the Belgian family-run enterprise P. Van De Velde Group on the acquisition of Bergische Kartonagenfabrik Fritz Nießen located in Velbert.

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With effect as per 1 January 2019, Oppenhoff & Partner has made corporate lawyer Dr. Nefail Berjasevic and antitrust lawyer Dr. Simon Spangler partners of the law firm. Additionally, Timo Steffes-Holländer, Edder Cifuentes, Dr. Luise Hauschild, Johannes Janning, Dr. Susanne Maurer and Marvin Rochner have been made junior partners.

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Oppenhoff & Partner advised private equity house Finatem on the sale of Schollenberger to the French Socotec Group. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

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