Competition Law
Taking into consideration the vital importance of protecting free market economy dynamics and ensuring the legal security of companies in a competitive environment, our firm provides professional legal consultancy and advocacy services to its clients in the field of Competition Law. Safeguarding client privacy, confidentiality, trust, and adherence to legal ethics are our core principles throughout these processes.
We are fully aware of the massive administrative fines and commercial reputation losses that competition law violations and investigations can inflict upon businesses. Accordingly, our objective is to manage disputes and investigations fairly, effectively, and as swiftly as possible within the framework of statutory regulations, while strictly safeguarding our clients’ best interests.
The primary services we offer in the field of Competition Law include: • Executing effective legal defense of clients in Competition Board investigations (cartels, concerted practices, information exchange, etc.) • Coordinating Competition Authority approval and clearance processes for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and joint venture transactions • Preparing and following up on negative clearance and individual exemption applications • Developing and implementing defense strategies against allegations of abuse of dominance • Designing tailored Competition Compliance Programs for companies and conducting legal risk analyses • Reviewing and restructuring vertical and horizontal agreements (dealership, distributorship, and franchise agreements) for compliance with competition law • Providing emergency crisis management and legal support against Competition Authority dawn raids (on-site inspections) • Executing determination, injunction, and compensation lawsuits arising from unfair competition • Providing competition law compliance consultancy in privatizations, tenders, and large-scale commercial projects • Filing and tracking annulment lawsuits before Administrative Courts and the Council of State for the revocation of Competition Board decisions