Siobhan L.M. Kahmann

Siobhan L.M. Kahmann

Associate

Siobhan L.M. Kahmann has extensive experience advising on a range of competition issues, including cartel investigations and leniency applications, complex vertical distribution issues, European and multi-jurisdictional merger control filings, abuse of dominance claims, and competition compliance. Her practise includes providing wide-ranging and detailed advice on digital platforms and e-commerce in a competition context.

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Jumping the gun: the CMA’s approach to breaches of the standstill obligation

By Elaine Whiteford, Franka Felsner and Siobhan L.M. Kahmann on Posted in Competition Law, Competition Law in Europe, Enforcement, Investigations, United Kingdom
Introduction Gun-jumping has been in the spotlight this year both at the European level and in the UK. At the EU level, first there was DG Competition’s record fining of Altice of € 124.5m (here) and then the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) ruled on the scope of the EU law standstill obligation … Continue Reading

Advanced Competition Law Conference – Joint Presentation on Cartel Enforcement with Covington’s Johan Ysewyn and DG Competition’s Maria Jaspers

By Siobhan L.M. Kahmann on Posted in Competition Law, Competition Law in Europe, Enforcement, Technology
On 15 May 2018, Johan Ysewyn and Maria Jaspers (DG COMP) presented on recent major developments in the area of EU cartel enforcement at the Advanced Competition Law Conference in London. Their annual dual-presentation covered the traditional three pillars of enforcement, policy and court review. The topics covered in this latest instalment included: A review … Continue Reading

Higher Fines for Gun Jumping in Mergers – The European Commission’s Continued Emphasis on Procedural Merger Compliance

By Johan Ysewyn, Elaine Whiteford and Siobhan L.M. Kahmann on Posted in Competition Law in Europe
Last month’s Commission decision to impose a fine of €124.5 million on Altice for gun jumping is a stark reminder of the need to establish processes to ensure against conduct that can be characterized by the merger control authorities as violating the “hold-separate” obligation of the EU Merger Regulation (“EUMR”). That obligation prohibits parties to … Continue Reading

The UK Government Seeks Views on the Regulation of Digital Markets for a Post-Brexit Great Britain

By Siobhan L.M. Kahmann and Kevin Coates on Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Competition Law, Competition Law in Europe, Digital, E-Commerce, Internet of Things (IoT), Retail
The UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has just released a 75-page Green Paper on Modernising Consumer Markets, setting out the Government’s main priorities for the digital economy in a post-Brexit Britain. The Green Paper reflects on the current state of consumer markets and regulation, and lays down the key challenges and … Continue Reading

Update: EDEKA “Wedding Rebates” – German Federal Supreme Court Answers Key Questions on Abuse of Relative Market Power

By Kim-Simone Janutta and Siobhan L.M. Kahmann on Posted in Competition Law, Retail, Supply Chain
Germany’s Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) has now published its full judgment in EDEKA – wedding rebates (case KVR 3/17) on allegedly anti-competitive requests for preferential rebates and conditions by food retailers. For background on the preceding decisions of the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt – BKartA) and Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (OLG Düsseldorf) … Continue Reading

EDEKA “wedding rebates” – German Federal Supreme Court removes roadblock to antitrust enforcement in food retail sector

By Kim-Simone Janutta, Peter Camesasca and Siobhan L.M. Kahmann on Posted in Competition Law, Retail, Supply Chain
On 23 January 2018, Germany’s Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) handed down its judgment on alleged anti-competitive requests for preferential rebates and conditions by food retailers (case KVR 3/17 – not yet published).  This is an important judgment as it removes a major roadblock to antitrust enforcement in the food retail sector in Germany, … Continue Reading

The EU Commission Communication on SEPs: a workable resolution to patent wars in the EU, or more competition litigation battles ahead?

By Kevin Coates, Kim-Simone Janutta and Siobhan L.M. Kahmann on Posted in Competition Law, Competition Law in Europe, Digital, E-Commerce, Investigations, IP Protection, Telecommunications, Uncategorized
The European Commission published its highly anticipated Communication Setting out the EU approach to Standard Essential Patents at the end of 2017, as part of a package to protect Europe’s know-how and innovation leadership (see Commission Press Release Intellectual property: Protecting Europe’s know-how and innovation leadership). The first section proposes concrete measures to improve the … Continue Reading

The UK’s CMA Consults on its Proposed Annual Plan 2018/19

By Louise Freeman, Siobhan L.M. Kahmann and Gemma Nash on Posted in Competition Law, Competition Law in Europe, Digital, E-Commerce, Investigations
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) published its proposed “Annual Plan 2018 to 2019” for public consultation last month. Respondents have until January 14 2018, to respond as to whether they agree with the overall direction of the proposed Annual Plan, whether they believe there is anything more that the CMA should be … Continue Reading

Covington’s Net Neutrality and Zero-Rating Webinar

By Siobhan L.M. Kahmann, Kevin Coates and Matthew DelNero on Posted in Brand Building, Competition Law, Competition Law in Europe, Digital, Retail, Telecommunications
On 20 November, Covington hosted its webinar looking at developments in Net Neutrality and Zero-rating from both a US and a European perspective. Our presenters included ex-FCC Bureau Chief, Partner Matt DelNero from our DC office, and ex-DG Competition Head of Unit, Partner Kevin Coates and Senior Associate Siobhan Kahmann from our Brussels office. The … Continue Reading

Price comparison websites: The UK’s CMA weighs in on the competition law, data protection and consumer protection requirements

By Siobhan L.M. Kahmann and Kevin Coates on Posted in Competition Law, Competition Law in Europe, Digital, Investigations, Retail, Supply Chain
The UK’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has published a 349 page Final Report (combined with 5 Background Papers and a glossary) on its Market Study into what it refers to as Digital Comparison Tools (DCTs) – a term which includes price comparison websites, best buy tables, and other more automated services … Continue Reading

Welcome clarifications by the EU Court on the concept of excessive pricing

By Miranda Cole, Kevin Coates and Siobhan L.M. Kahmann on Posted in Competition Law
On 14 September, the Court of Justice of the European Union provided detailed guidance on the concept of excessive pricing under Article 102 TFEU, in response to questions posed by the Latvian Supreme Court. In Case C-177/16, the Latvian Supreme Court referred a number of questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union … Continue Reading
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