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Competition Law
…leads to innovation, lower prices, and greater choice for consumers
Violations of competition law can result in hefty fines and damage compensation obligations. To avoid such undesirable situations, we assist our clients in aligning their operations with competition law.
We assess whether specific provisions constitute prohibited agreements, review distribution terms, sales contracts, and other legal documents, represent clients in proceedings before the Competition Protection Agency, and conduct specialized workshops for employees—aiming to strengthen your business and minimize regulatory risks.
Compliance with Competition Law
We help clients align their operations with competition law. Our approach includes business analysis, risk detection, and the preparation of measures to comply with relevant regulations. We develop compliance programs and assist in their implementation.
Training in Competition Law
Employees, especially sales personnel, often are unaware that certain behaviors are prohibited and pose significant risks to the entire company.
We successfully train and empower our clients through lectures, education, and workshops designed for management and employees. The goal is to reduce the risk of violations by equipping all involved with the knowledge and tools needed for compliant market competition.
Agreements
The most common form of competition law violation is the conclusion of prohibited agreements between competitors or other business partners. Commercial contracts often contain clauses that restrict the activities of other businesses in the market.
We assist clients in evaluating the impact of agreements on market competition, identifying any risks of violations, and drafting contracts and other legal documentation in accordance with competition law.
Initiatives for Competition Law Violations
We help clients report competition law violations. We prepare initiatives for proceedings in accordance with the Competition Protection Act.
If you notice business practices that could restrict market competition, and if they involve multiple member states, you can report the prohibited practices to the EU level under certain conditions.
Unfair Trading Practices
Actions by traders that violate good commercial practices due to market competition are prohibited. These prohibitions are especially pronounced in food supply chain trade.
We assist you in aligning your business with good commercial practices. If you notice unfair trading practices by competitors or other traders, we can advise you on how to prevent such violations.
Sustainability Agreements
In the context of the European Commission’s recent Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements, our law firm can help clients analyze the permissibility of agreements between competitors. While such agreements are generally prohibited, there are exceptions when the purpose of these agreements is to achieve sustainability goals.
We assist clients in analyzing and defining sustainability goals, ensuring they are clearly aimed at economic, environmental, and social development objectives, such as combating climate change, reducing pollution, limiting natural resource exploitation, protecting human rights, ensuring animal welfare, and reducing food waste.
We also conduct a detailed assessment of agreements concerning competition parameters, identifying potential risks, and ensuring that the agreement will not negatively impact market competition. Through this process, we can advise clients on structuring agreements to avoid severe restrictions on competition and to focus on achieving sustainability goals.
