Competition Law
What we can do for you:
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Structuring corporate and commercial transactions to comply with competition requirements
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Anti-competitive agreements, decisions and concerted practices
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Abuse of market power
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Vertical and horizontal agreements
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Unfair competition, including illegal use of IP rights and infringements of advertising law
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Acting for clients before competition authority (FAS)
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Administrative and court challenge of penalties, directions and other FAS enforcement measures
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Merger control filing, inter alia connected with the FAS pre-approval for a purchase of shares in commercial and financial companies, their formation and reorganization
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Filing of pre-acquisition petitions and notifications regarding acquisition of strategic companies for foreign investors
Our recent experience includes, in particular:
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Advising a Japanese manufacturer on unfair competition issues, including disclosure duties with regard to the goods imported into Russia.
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Advising an Austrian company on exempt from competition clearance duty for a company group restructuring.
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Filing with the FAS with regard to acquisition of the stocks in the airport (the Russian strategic company) by an international aviation investment fund.
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Filing of a petition to the FAS with regard to pre-approval for purchase of stocks in the leading Russian fashion house.
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Filing of a petition to the FAS with regard to pre-approval for purchase of the OOO sole share for an acquiring German manufacturer of medical devices.
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Advising a German producer of heat exchangers with regard to pre-approval by FAS of a non-compete clause included into a JV agreement.
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Advising a US aviation company with regard to the FAS pre-acquisition approval of the stocks acquisition of the Russian aviation company.
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Preparation of a pre-approval petition for a German chemical factory.
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Legal review of the Draft FAS regulations for the consumer credit agreements on behalf of the FAS.
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Report in the IX St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in 2005 on legal regulations on consumer credit in Western Europe at the invitation of the FAS.
