Competition

Assisted the leading manufacturer of wood-based panel and associated products, with operations in Europe, Asia and the USA in front of the Competition Council in respect of the notification of the economic concentration on the wood processing market, during the laborious procedure of reviewing the consequences of the economic concentration created by taking over part of Constantia Group’s activity, as well as during the investigation and hearings conducted to that effect

Assisted an important integrated telecommunications services provider active on the Romanian market, on the entire acquisition process of the most significant operators of alternative voice services for corporate customers; rendered services also included assisted on merger clearance, with special attention required because of past acquisitions

Assisted the majority shareholder in the natural gas supplier and distributor in the process of selling the company; the firm prepared the submissions filed in response to the additional queries of the anti-trust regulator following the initial relevant notification, mainly aimed at determining whether there had been a requirement for a previous notification of an economic concentration

Assisted the second-largest tobacco company in the United States, an innovation leader in the industry before the Competition Council in the process of granting exemptions on various categories of exclusive distribution agreements

Assisted a world leading steel producer, a trading company also active in steel products trade and part of one of the world’s most diversified comprehensive trading, investment, and service companies as Romanian competition counsel in preparing the notification of the economic concentration on the steel market (created following the establishment of a joint venture in South Africa) and in the proceedings with the Competition Council, related to the economic concentration thus created on the steel market