Competition

Motieka & Audzevicius and TGS Baltic Advise on Merger Clearance for Medicinos Bankas Acquisition

Motieka & Audzevicius has assisted AAA Capital with obtaining merger clearance from the Lithuanian Competition Council for its acquisition of Medicinos Bankas. TGS Baltic advised Medicinos Bankas and sellers Konstantinas Karosas and Western Petroleum Limited on the merger clearance process.

UTP Directive Implemented in Romania: New Rules to Be Applied by Retailers and Suppliers

After a rather lengthy legislative process, Directive (EU) 2019/633 (the "UTP Directive") was implemented in Romania on 12 April 2022 by Law No. 81/2022 on unfair trade practices (UTPs) between companies within the agricultural and food supply chain (the "UTP Law"). It sets out a new set of rules applicable to food retailers and suppliers that have an annual turnover of around EUR 2m.

A Decision on the Welding Sector: How the Turkish Competition Board Uses Economic Analysis in the Presence and Absence of the Evidence of Communication among Competitor Undertakings?

The Turkish Competition Board’s (the “Board”) decision on whether undertakings that are active in the welding sector violated Article 4 of the Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition (“Law No. 4054”) by way of determining their prices together has been published.[1]

Mergers and Concerted Actions During Martial Law

On March 30, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (the AMCU) adopted Recommendations on some issues related to submission and consideration of applications for permission for concerted actions, mergers of economic entities during martial law (Recommendations).

Georgeta Gavriloiu and George Trantea Make Partner at Filip & Company

Former Counsels Georgeta Gavriloiu and George Trantea have been promoted to Partner at Filip & Company.

The AMC’s Guidelines on the Merger Control Procedure During the Time of the Martial Law in Ukraine

On 30 March 2022, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (the “AMC“) adopted the guidelines on the merger control procedure during the time of the martial law in Ukraine (the “Guidelines“).

Sectoral Threshold Exception Explained: Concentrations In Certain Sectors Are Now Expected To Be Way More Frequently Notifiable In Turkey

On March 4, 2022 the Turkish Competition Authority (“Authority”) published the Communiqué No. 2022/2 on the Amendment of Communiqué No. 2010/4 on the Mergers and Acquisitions Subject to the Approval of the Competition Board (“Amendment Communiqué”). The Amendment Communiqué introduces certain new regulations concerning the Turkish merger control regime, which will fundamentally affect the notifiabiliy analysis of the transactions and the merger control notifications submitted to the Authority.