Competition/Antitrust

Our attorneys have advised and represented a diverse portfolio of private and public sector clients over many years in all competition law issues, i.e. anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance (including private damages actions), merger control and state aid. We are experienced in handling these issues across all types of proceedings — civil, administrative, misdemeanour and criminal.

The firm’s state aid expertise is particularly distinguished, standing out from competing law firms in both the scale and complexity of mandates.

We have considerable experience in many specific areas such as energy, transportation, infrastructure and electronic communications, real estate, food industry, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, retail.

We would like to bring out the following recent highlights:

• Advising and representing high-profile clients (e.g. Tallinna Vesi) in significant (claims exceed 15 mEUR) and precedent-creating damages actions related to alleged abuses of dominant position;
• Advising clients in cases related to alleged cartel activity, including the administrative proceedings as well as follow-on damages actions;
• Advising both the State and local governments as well as private companies on complex state aid issues, e.g. advising several local governments and Tallinna Vesi on state aid matters related to investments;
• Representing clients in difficult concentration control cases;
• Carrying out extensive competition law audits for private companies.