Advantage in the (summer-) tiebreaker: Comment on the Federal Cartel Office’s preliminary assessment of DFL’s 50+1 ownership rule

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Dr. Joseph Fesenmair

Partner
Germany

I am a partner specialising in IP, media and sports law in our Munich office, where I act as co-head of our international Media, Entertainment and Sport Sector Group. I bring deep experience in trade mark, design, copyright and unfair competition law and am widely known for my expertise in sports and sponsorship.

On 31 May 2021 the Federal Cartel Office issued a press release which disrupted the world of professional football in its summer break - for some it came as a pleasant surprise, for others not so much. The press release concerns the office’s evaluation of the German Bundesliga’s so-called 50+1 ownership rule.

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