Antimonopoly Law

Due to a great number of accomplished projects and an in-depth knowledge of the competition legislation, our Antitrust Law Practice enjoys an unblemished reputation in the national market. We advise foreign companies and major Belarusian corporates on a vast range of services pertaining to antimonopoly law:

1. Obtaining authorisations from the antimonopoly regulator for the purpose of transactions involving shares and acquisition of property, M&A transactions;
2. Obtaining authorisations from the antimonopoly regulator for the purpose of restructuring;
3. Obtaining authorisations from the antimonopoly regulator for the purpose of concentration and concerted actions;
4. Obtaining authorisations for registration of holding companies, unions and other associations;
5. Obtaining expert opinions from the antimonopoly regulator on the compliance of agreements or concerted actions of business entities to antimonopoly laws;
6. Protection and representation of clients in the course of antimonopoly and cartel investigations;
7. Elaboration and implementation of antimonopoly compliance programmes;
8. Antimonopoly auditing;
9. Resolution of disputes in the sphere of antimonopoly regulation
   • Acknowledgment of actions involving use of a trademark as unfair competition; 
   • Acknowledgment of agreements or concerted actions of business entities as restriction of competition; 
   • Recovery of damages inflicted due to actions violating antimonopoly legislation; 
   • Contestation of a decision of the antimonopoly regulator.

*Representation of interests in court is carried out by independent lawyers.