Competition/Antitrust

Kinstellar Ukraine team advises on the full spectrum of competition law – from high profile and complex investigations and litigation through to strategic advisory work, and high value national and multi-jurisdictional mergers and joint venture arrangements. In particular, this includes:

–     Merger control advice (M&A, shareholders’ agreements, JVs) including obtaining permits for concentration from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine;

–     Antitrust and strategic competition advice;

–     Advice on anti-competitive concerted practices including obtaining permits from the AMCU;

–     Advice on antitrust aspects of commercial agreements and trade practices (distribution, marketing, merchandising, tendering procedures)

–     Intellectual property and competition law (franchising agreements, unfair competition);

–     Competition compliance audits (full scale due diligence of competition law compliance);

–     Advice on abuse of dominance;

–     Assistance in investigations by antimonopoly authorities;

–     Competition litigation;

–     State aid;

–     Public procurement;

–     Private enforcement of competition law and actions for damages;

–     Preparation and implementation of competition compliance policies;

–     Delivery of trainings to clients’ officer and employees on antitrust compliance.