Competition/Antitrust
Europe Guide 2024 : Ukraine
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Provided by Arzinger
Our practice is among antitrust law leaders in the domestic legal market. Our level of expertise is noted by Chambers & Partners, WWL, and The Legal 500. The key to this is a carefully selected and well-balanced team of lawyers with in-depth expertise in various fields and industries as well as with work experience in both state authorities and big business.
Services
- obtaining permits for mergers and concerted actions (including retrospective analysis and transaction structuring)
- anticompetitive concerted actions (cartels, parallel behavior, information exchange cases, etc.)
- abuse of monopoly (dominance)
- unfair competition (including trade secret issues, advertising)
- representation in the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, sectoral antitrust and trade regulators, market investigations and studies
- representation in courts in antitrust cases, including on damages caused by competition violations
- antitrust audit (analysis of the client’s commercial practices, contracts, relations with contractors, discounts and bonuses, etc.)
- antitrust compliance (trainings and lectures focusing on the client’s field of activity; developing internal programs and policies)
- state aid
- public procurement
Chambers Review
Arzinger has a strong competition law offering, with notable activity in merger clearance and the competition compliance aspects of distribution strategies. The team is experienced in handling unfair competition disputes, including representing clients in sector investigations and appeals against AMCU decisions. Arzinger acts for international and domestic clients from the energy and media sectors. The law firm is particularly noted for advising pharmaceutical companies on antitrust disputes.
Work Highlights
- Arzinger represented the Patients of Ukraine Charity Foundation in a competition law challenge to the proposal to remove a range of medicinal products from the Ukrainian market.
Notable Practitioners
Lana Sinichkina assists clients with the competition law compliance aspects of mergers and concentrations. She also offers experience in AMCU investigations and advises on the compliance of distribution strategies. She has a number of clients from the life sciences sector.
Oleksander Dyakulych represents clients in challenges to AMCU decisions and appeals against fines.
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Industries
Provided by Arzinger
Pharmaceuticals, Tobacco, Consumer goods, Automotive, Retail, Energy & Oil and gas