COMPETITION

Peli Filip Competition team has a wide-ranging
experience in both antitrust and state aid matters.
During their previous engagements, our lawyers have assisted in some of the landmark competition cases in Romania, bringing a new vision, new arguments, a
new manner of working (e.g., side by side with reputed economists). These projects included:

• The first investigation in the pharmaceutical industry and the first investigation of an alleged abuse of
  dominant position: assisting the largest Romanian
  manufacturer of generic products accused of
  having abused its position by ceasing to
  manufacture medicines essential to the public
  national healthcare system.
• The first investigation in the telecommunications
  industry: assisting one of the largest mobile
  operators in relation to the alleged cartel between
  the major mobile telecom players in Romania and
  the national fixed telecom incumbent to
  discriminate and refuse to deal with one of the
  new entrants on the mobile telephony market.
• The first investigation of an alleged collective
  dominance: assisting one of the largest cement
  producers in Romania in relation to the alleged
  abuse of collective dominance and price cartel.
• Phase II investigations and approvals of mergers: assisting one of the largest cement producers in Romania in its acquisition of the only Romanian stevedoring company for construction materials.
• Complex advices with respect to state aid matters
  in connection to privatisation cases: acquisition of
  an integrated oil & gas company (the largest
  Romanian company) or assisting the Romanian
  state in relation to the privatisation and sale of the
  largest Romanian bank.

Our lawyers have also acted in matters such as i) the
structuring of transactions; ii) notifications of
transactions (whether merger control, vertical
agreements, cooperation agreements) and assistance
for obtaining approval from the Competition
Council; iii) competition audits to verify competition
law compliance; iv) competition and regulatory advice
in relation to the structuring of corporate policies
(pricing, marketing, sales, strategic development, etc); v) training for clients and their employees (management, sales force, marketing personnel, etc) on competition law in Romania and the European Union.