While the situation on the financial markets appears to be improving, the full impact of the financial crisis on the real economy is only slowly starting to be felt.

M&A and corporate transactions (including mere group-internal restructurings) in the financial sector often not only require profound corporate law documentation, but also financial regulatory...

If you are not yet registered, take a look at our Webinar "Competition law enforcement in CEE / what's hot?" that takes place on 24 June 2020!

We are excited to present a selection of legal developments in the area of technology & digitalisation in the wider CEE region.

On 28 November 2022, the Council of the European Union gave its final approval to the Regulation on Foreign Subsidies distorting the Internal Market (FSR) following the adoption of the regulation...

After a long consultation period, the European Commission recently published the new Block Exemption Regulation for Vertical Agreements (Regulation (EU) 2022/720 "VBER").

In a series of recent decisions, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that national provisions laying down a general prohibition on sales with bonuses are precluded under the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive. The respective Austrian provision has been found as precluded by the Directive.

Nach einer langen Konsultationsphase hat die Kommission die neue Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung für vertikale Vereinbarungen (Verordnung (EU) 2022/720/VO "VGVO") veröffentlicht.

June 2026 – Austria has enacted a European Media Freedom Act Implementation Act (EMFG-Begleitgesetz (BGBl I No. 20/2026)), introducing significant changes to the Austrian media regulatory and merger control framework.

Austrian law knows two – arguably three – versions of the principal witness rule: On the one hand, the "small" and "large" principal witness rules, found in Section 41a of the Austrian Criminal Code...

The Digital Markets Act proposal (DMA) is a collection of complex obligations imposed on certain digital service providers.

SAIC held a press conference to announce that it has launched a publication platform for antitrust enforcement decisions.

November 2025 – Kinstellar's Competition & FDI team is pleased to present the Q3 2025 update to our Regional Competition Review. This latest edition provides a snapshot of recent enforcement activity...

In response to the initial outbreak of COVID-19 several countries declared a state of emergency.

Welcome to the 10th edition of the DRInsider, the quarterly Newsletter of the Wolf Theiss Dispute Resolution Group. We provide an overview of recent developments in CEE/SEE and some very interesting case law.

The legal basis for the Cartel Prohibition in Austria is the Cartel Act (Kartellgesetz 2005).

This overview of the impact of the coronavirus on submissions, deadlines and meetings with competition authorities in CEE will be regularly updated.

The relevant merger authorities in Austria are the Federal Competition Authority (Bundeswettbewerbsbehorde "FCA"), an independent administrative body assigned to the Federal Minister of Economics and Labour, the Federal Cartel Prosecutor (Bundeskartellanwalt "FCP", together with the FCA referred to as the "Official Parties"), who is assigned to the Federal Minister of Justice, and the Cartel Court (Kartellgericht).

The legal basis for Cartel Prohibition in Austria is the Cartel Act (Kartellgesetz 2005), as amended

The legal basis for Cartel Prohibition in Austria is the Cartel Act (Kartellgesetz 2005), as amended – most recently in 2019.