Dr Sebastian Hack advises clients on all aspects of German and European competition law and merger control.
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 the set up and design of distribution systems and contracts, with a focus on digital distribution models and online sales.
He has been short listed as one of Germany's top competition lawyers by the prestigious "WirtschaftsWoche". Sebastian regularly publishes articles on competition/antitrust law issues including commenting on the Coty and the ASICS case and he is author of the competition law section of the forthcoming Fashion Law Handbook (published by Beck). Sebastian has particular sector specific expertise in the retail and digital sector.
After his studies in Cologne (Dr. jur.), Pittsburgh, New York and London (LL.M.) and his legal training (including stages at the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission), he began his career in the competition group of an international law firm in the Düsseldorf office (with further stages in London and Brussels) in 2013. He joined Osborne Clarke in 2016.
Infosys
Osborne Clarke has advised Infosys, a leading global provider of digital services, on the acquisition of the in-tech Group, a technology company specialising in software development, testing and validation, read more.
Shareholders of natif.ai
Osborne Clarke has advised the shareholders of natif.ai, a provider of document automation, on the takeover by document management and workflow automation specialist DocuWare, read more.
Octane Group
Osborne Clarke has advised the Canadian Octane Group on the acquisition of Aesculap AG's stake in Reutlingen-based TETEC Tissue Engineering Technologies AG on an interdisciplinary basis, read more.
BayWa
Osborne Clarke has advised BayWa AG on the sale of the NEXT Farming software division, which belongs to the BayWa subsidiary FarmFacts GmbH, to the global player AGCO, read more.
gridscale
Osborne Clarke has advised German cloud provider gridscale on its acquisition by OVHcloud, read more.
Plantix
Osborne Clarke advises on sale of Plantix to Helm AG, read more.
Tobii Dynavox
Osborne Clarke advises Tobii Dynavox on its agreement to acquire Rehadapt Engineering. Read more here.
Taxfix
Osborne Clarke advises Taxfix on acquisition of start-up Steuerbot, read more
Allcargo Logistics
Osborne Clarke advises Allcargo Logistics on the acquisition of shares in Fair Trade GmbH, read more
Secomba
Osborne Clarke advises Secomba on the sale of its encryption software to Dropbox, read more
Waverley Capital
Osborne Clarke advises Waverley Capital in Series B funding round at Endel, read more
akquinet enterprise solutions GmbH
Osborne Clarke advises shareholders of akquinet enterprise solutions GmbH on the sale to Vertica Capital Partners, read more
Infosys
Osborne Clarke advises Indian IT group Infosys on acquisition of digital agency Oddity, read more
akquinet AG
Osborne Clarke advises AKQUINET AG on sale of shares and business interests to Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG), read more
Keen Venture Partners
Osborne Clarke advises Keen Venture Partners on EUR 25 million investment in Lendis, read more
Highland Europe
Osborne Clarke advises Highland Europe on investment in SoSafe, read more
DoorDash
Osborne Clarke has advised DoorDash on USD 750 million Series B financing round of rapid delivery firm Flink SE, read more
FUNKE Mediengruppe
Osborne Clarke berät FUNKE Mediengruppe bei Übernahme von Mehrheit an Musterhaus.net, lesen Sie hier mehr
Onit
Osborne Clarke advises Onit on acquisition of BusyLamp, read more
Bluu Biosciences
Osborne Clarke advises Bluu Biosciences in EUR 7 Mio financing round, read more
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