Competition and State Aid

Competition compliance services

On antitrust matters, we provide our clients with tailored competition compliance services, based on the company’s organisational model and specific needs: drafting and/or reviewing agreements and internal documents, assisting clients in preparing or reviewing pricing and discount policies, preparing and implementing compliance programs (competition seminars for management, key employees or business partners, compliance guidelines, conducting mock dawn raids etc.), organising internal audits in relation to the company’s business (including conducting IT forensic inspections using specialised equipment and software), risk analysis in relation to specific business scenarios, defining the commercial strategy or shaping distribution networks in accordance with competition law requirements, assisting clients in drafting proposals for legislative changes or interpreting legislation in areas ancillary to competition law etc.

Assistance and/or representation services during investigations

During the investigations conducted by the Competition Council or the European Commission, we have successfully assisted numerous clients at every procedural stage of the authority’s process: from the moment of the dawn raid, during IT forensic procedures and up to the conclusion of the investigation, as well as in relation to litigation claims before the courts of law. We conduct our own risk assessment of the evidence collected by the competition authority and we are constantly working with clients to identify and tailor the right defence strategy to their needs. Our services include both the preparation of defences against the competition authority’s allegations (correspondence or other position papers, reply to the statement of objections, participation in hearings etc.) and the identification and implementation of alternative procedures for closing the investigation (settlement procedure, commitments’ procedure etc.).