Jan Marco Aatz, LL.M.
Counsel, Germany
Jan Marco Aatz advises clients on all aspects of German and European merger control and competition law.
He represents and advises clients on all merger control and competition law aspects before the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office and before courts. He regularly advises clients on all antitrust and competition law aspects of cooperation (including research and development cooperation as well as sales and marketing cooperation), the set up and design of distribution systems and contracts, and the implementation of competition compliance programs.
Marco regularly publishes articles on antitrust and competition law issues and has particular sector specific expertise in the life sciences and healthcare as well as the retail and consumer sector.
Marco studied law at the Ruhr-University Bochum. In his legal traineeship, he specialized in competition law with stages at the German Federal Cartel Office and the Deutsche Telekom in Bonn as well as an international law firm in Düsseldorf. He joined Osborne Clarke in 2018.
Expedition Growth Capital
Osborne Clarke has advised the British investment company Expedition Growth Capital on their first ever investment in Germany in the amount of EUR 10 million into IT company epilot. Read more.
gridscale
Osborne Clarke has advised German cloud provider gridscale on its acquisition by OVHcloud, read more.
Sdui
Osborne Clarke advises EdTech start-up Sdui on Series A funding round, read more
Fairmas Benchmarking
Osborne Clarke advises CoStar on acquisition of Fairmas Benchmarking, read more
Bandai Namco Europe
Osborne Clarke advises Bandai Namco Europe on acquisition of majority stake in games developer Limbic Entertainment, read more
Borealis Hotel Group
Osborne Clarke advises Borealis Hotel Group on the acquisition (including acquisition financing) of Bierwirth & Kluth Unternehmensgruppe, read more
Waverley Capital
Osborne Clarke advises Waverley Capital in Series B funding round at Endel, read more
node.energy
Osborne Clarke advises node.energy in Series A financing round, read more
DeepSkill
Osborne Clarke advises DeepSkill on pre-seed financing round, read more
Infosys
Osborne Clarke advises Indian IT group Infosys on acquisition of digital agency Oddity, read more
Galileo Global Education Germany
Osborne Clarke advises Galileo on acquisition of AKAD University, read more
instagrid
Osborne Clarke advises battery specialist instagrid on EUR 29 million funding round
Keen Venture Partners
Osborne Clarke advises Keen Venture Partners on EUR 25 million investment in Lendis, read more
JUNIQE
Osborne Clarke berät Gesellschafter von JUNIQE bei Verkauf der Anteile, lesen Sie hier mehr
Highland Europe
Osborne Clarke advises Highland Europe on investment in SoSafe, read more
coparion and VR Ventures
Osborne Clarke advises coparion and VR Ventures in Series A financing of Finanzguru, read more
FUNKE Mediengruppe
Osborne Clarke berät FUNKE Mediengruppe bei Übernahme von Mehrheit an Musterhaus.net, lesen Sie hier mehr
HTGF, eCapital & Demeter
Osborne Clarke advises HTGF, eCapital and Demeter on exit from envelio GmbH, read more
Taxdoo
Osborne Clarke advises Taxdoo in Series B funding round with Tiger Global
Onit
Osborne Clarke advises Onit on acquisition of BusyLamp, read more
Insights
Strategic Tech Investments and M&A
Turn it up a notch: EU regulatory hurdles in M&A transactions are getting even tougher
The Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (EU FSR) has been adopted by the European Parliament...
24/01/2023
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4m
Competition, antitrust and trade
Competition Outlook 2022
Antitrust activity across Europe is set for another busy year.
15/02/2022
Read time
6m
Managing Covid-19
Competition law in times of crisis: Can you get a free pass?
COVID-19 has affected our world in unprecedented ways. Hardly any industry is spared from the serious economic consequences. Though some...
26/03/2020
Read time
7m
24/03/2020
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7m
