Competition

PRIMUS lawyers are highly experienced in competition law, including: merger control; cartel agreements; restrictions of competition law applicable to merger, acquisition, and trade agreements; abuses of dominant position; state aid; public procurement; and the legal regulation of utility services. For our team, extensive knowledge of different branches of business and economic processes is an invaluable tool in overcoming competition law-related challenges faced by our clients.

Legal services:

analysis of vertical and horizontal agreements to identify associated risks, and assisting clients with drafting agreements compliant with legal regulations;
provision of legal advice on merger control;
representation in the process of obtaining permits from supervisory authorities for implementing mergers and acquisitions;
prevention of abuses of dominant position and examination of related factors;
representation before supervisory authorities during inspections and assistance with preparing for such;
state aid-related services;
competition law-related disputes.

Major projects:

We are providing legal advice to a client on purchasing companies incorporated in Lithuania that belong to one of the biggest and most advanced pasta manufacturing groups in the Baltics. We are representing the client before supervisory authorities to obtain a concentration clearance permits necessary to implement the transaction.
We have provided legal advice to an advertising agency in a dispute with a former sub-contractor regarding anti-competitive practices, namely soliciting customers, breaching contractual obligations, and unauthorised use of items subject to copyright law.
We have provided legal assistance to an IT services company during an investigation (inspection) conducted by the Competition Council into a potential cartel agreement. The investigation was discontinued.

KEY CONTACTS

GIEDRĖ DAILIDĖNAITĖ, CIPP/E
Partner

TEAM

DALIA MINELGAITĖ
Junior Associate

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