englischLong-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) are an established model for project financing in the US energy sector. Due to the increasing market integration of renewables, they are also gaining popularity in Germany. The author comprehensively analyzes which legal framework conditions promote [...]

englischThe work represents the first comprehensive scientific elaboration of the highly up-to-date issue of the tender in the EEG 2023. With this instrument, a groundbreaking system change in the promotion of re-newable energies has taken place. This highly innovative concept is analyzed in great [...]

englischAlthough agreements among employers concerning the labor market such as no-poaching agreements have become a focal point of public and private antitrust enforcement in the U.S., there is largely a lack of pertinent decisions and literature in Germany and the EU. Using the developments and [...]

englischInnovation is the origin of technical and thus economic progress. It is regularly the upstream research and development activity that generates innovation. It is therefore important for competition authorities to include R&D in the competitive investigation and to consider the long-term [...]

englischA secure electricity supply is essential for public safety, the economy and the well-being of citizens in Europe. One of the most important entities in cross-border electricity transmission are the Nominated Electricity Market Operators – in short: NEMOs.

NEMOs face a number of [...]

englischIn order to promote investments in very high capacity networks, Articles 76, 79 of Directive (EU) 2018/1972 require the national regulatory authorities not to impose obligations for an undertaking designated as having significant market power if they engage in the joint deployment of [...]

englischThis work deals with the complex interaction of the key elements of the prohibition on restrictive agreements in European and German competition law. It does not stop at a meta-legal interpretation based on outcome or interests, but develops the foundations of restrictions by object and [...]

englischThe current German law mandates data sharing only under narrow conditions. The increasing spread of "data-hungry" AI systems is prompting demands for data sharing obligations in other circumstances, directed in particular towards companies in the digital economy.

This study questions whether [...]

englischFrom a factual and legal perspective, the Renewable Energy Law is the catalyst for the energy transition. Comparable to the volatility of wind and photovoltaics, the legal framework is also changing. The final cesura was initiated with the introduction of a promoted tender-based direct [...]

englischEven mergers between hospitals that are required in terms of health policy have to overcome obstacles under antitrust law. The hospital financing and planning law described by the author regulates the competition parameters price, quantity and quality. The formal and material requirements of [...]