Vber 2022: EU Competition Law for Vertical Agreements: Digital, Dual, Exclusive and Selective Distribution Plus Franchising

Dr. Benedikt Rohrßen is a German attorney-at-law and a partner at the international law firm Taylor Wessing. He leads the firm's Commercial Agreements & Distribution practice group. Benedikt specialises in the design and long-term strategic development of distribution and franchise systems, with a particular penchant for digital distribution and distribution-related competition law.

In addition, Benedikt serves on the editorial board of the Zeitschrift für Vertriebsrecht (Journal for Distribution Law), as a lecturer on commercial, distribution and competition law at the Munich Business School, as a lecturer on franchise law at the Deutsches Franchise Institut (Berlin) and is involved in various international organizations, including the T.R.A.D.E. Commission of the International Young Lawyers' Association (as whose President he served until September 2022), the International Distribution Institute, the International Bar Association and the European Competition Lawyers' Association.

Numerous publications, lectures and webinars attest to his proven expertise at the crossroads of distribution and competition law - including, beyond commenting on German commercial agency law, more than 30 contributions on franchising, selective distribution and antitrust/competition law in various law journals such as ZVertriebsR, GRUR-Prax, IWRZ, BB and IHR since 2016.

德國律師 Dr. Benedikt Rohrßen 是國際律師事務所 Taylor Wessing 的合夥人，負責該所的商業合約與分銷實務組。Benedikt 專注於分銷和特許經營系統的設計及長期戰略發展，特別對數位分銷和與分銷相關的競爭法有濃厚興趣。

此外，Benedikt 也擔任《Zeitschrift für Vertriebsrecht》（分銷法期刊）的編輯委員會成員，並在慕尼黑商學院教授商業、分銷及競爭法，在德國特許經營研究所（柏林）教授特許經營法，並參與多個國際組織，包括國際青年律師協會的 T.R.A.D.E. 委員會（他曾擔任主席至 2022 年 9 月）、國際分銷研究所、國際律師協會及歐洲競爭律師協會。

他在分銷與競爭法交匯處的專業知識得到了眾多出版物、講座和網路研討會的證明，包括自 2016 年以來，除了對德國商業代理法的評論外，還在多個法律期刊如 ZVertriebsR、GRUR-Prax、IWRZ、BB 和 IHR 發表了超過 30 篇有關特許經營、選擇性分銷及反壟斷/競爭法的文章。