Competition law

„ILIEV AND PARTNERS“ has developed a strong competition practice thus providing the following legal services and advice related to:

• EU and national competition rules;

• Practice of the Commission on Protection of Competition;

• Representation before the Commission on Protection of Competition on competition law issues;

• Agreements, decisions and agreed practice violating the competition rules;

• Permissions of unified general terms;

• Abuse of dominant position;

• Cases of concentration;

• Obligatory notifications related to concentration and mergers;

• Merger control;

• Joint ventures;

• Unfair competition and unfair trade practices;

• Unfair attraction of clients and unfair advertising practices;

• Consequences resulting from violation of the legal rules;

• Clearance of agreements, decisions, agreed practice, strategic alliances and other co-operative arrangements;

• Clearance of concentrations;

• Horizontal and vertical restraints on trade;

• Prosecution of competition violations;

• Competition issues related to distributorship, agency, and marketing contracts;

• Development of marketing strategies in accordance with competition rules;

• Setting up of distribution networks;

• Competition issues related to franchising and licensing contracts;

• Competition law aspects of public procurement, consumer protection, data protection, telecommunications, energy and etc.