Herr Dr Thomas Funke > Osborne Clarke > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Osborne Clarke
15 INNERE KANALSTR
50823 KÖLN
Germany
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Work Department

Transport and Automotive, Merger control, Compliance and Strategy, Competition and Antitrust

Position

Leading our competition practice in Germany, Thomas advises on antitrust litigation, competition compliance, distribution strategies and merger control. Thomas’ experience includes cartel damages litigation before the European Court of Justice and the German Supreme Court. As lead counsel in German and EU antitrust investigations, Thomas as part of our smart cities team has represented clients from the automotive, energy, banking and technology sectors. He recently defended a multinational IT company in cartel investigations and secured the German merger clearance for a multibillion life sciences transaction. Having advised on the EU competition framework for the motor vehicle sector for more than a decade, Thomas regularly speaks at international conferences.

Languages

German, English, French

Lawyer Rankings

Deutschland > Transport > Beratung des Transportsektors

Osborne Clarke bündelt ihre Expertise im Technologie- und Transportsektor, um sowohl öffentliche als auch private Transport- und Logistikunternehmen bei der Integration von KI und anderen sich entwickelnden Technologien in ihren Betrieb zu beraten. Geleitet wird die Praxis von Thomas Funke, einem Kartellrechtsspezialisten, der über Expertise in Ermittlungs- und Bußgeldverfahren verfügt.

Deutschland > Kartellrecht > Kartellrecht

Das Kartellrechtsteam von Osborne Clarke überzeugt in der Begleitung von Missbrauchs-, Fusionskontroll- und Investitionskontrollverfahren und internen Untersuchungen sowie in der Beratung zur kartellrechtlichen Compliance und der kartellrechtskonformen Gestaltung von Vertriebs- und Kooperationsverträgen. Einen besonderen Beratungsschwerpunkt legt man auf Schadensersatzthemen, denen sich auch Praxisgruppenleiter Thomas Funke widmet.

Germany > Antitrust

Osborne Clarke‘s antitrust team impresses with expertise in abuse, merger control and investment control proceedings as well as internal investigations, antitrust compliance and the drafting of distribution and cooperation agreements in accordance with antitrust law. The team is particularly well versed in cartel damages compensation claims, which corresponds with the focus of practice head Thomas Funke.

Germany > Transport > Advice to the transport sector

Osborne Clarke combines its expertise in the technology and transport sectors and advises both public and private transport and logistics companies on the integration of AI and other evolving technologies into their operations. The practice is led by antitrust specialist Thomas Funke, he is also experienced in investigations and fines proceedings.