Competition and consumer protection – KPDI advisory services
Competition and consumer protection law issues concern not only entities with a dominant market position. The role of our Law Firm is to ensure that the agreements concluded by our Clients comply with the principles of fair competition and do not violate the collective interests of consumers.
Unfair competition
Violations of fair competition rules can take many forms. Unfair advertising, persuading employees to switch to another employer, or disclosing protected business secrets are just a few examples of behaviors considered unlawful. Such actions may result in liability for damages.
Our law firm has been successfully advising clients in this area for many years.
Abuse of dominant position
Competition protection is a matter of interest to national and EU antitrust authorities. Their role includes counteracting various forms of abuse of a dominant market position. Such actions include, for example, imposing unfair prices or dividing the market according to territorial criteria.
Our advisory services also cover this issue.
Agreements restricting competition
A typical form of violation of competition rules is any kind of collusion between entrepreneurs whose purpose or effect is to distort healthy competition on the market. Such agreements may, for example, lead to restricted access to the market or the elimination of entrepreneurs not covered by such an agreement from the market. Price collusion and market sharing are prohibited. It is also prohibited to agree on the terms of bids submitted in tenders.
There are more manifestations of such agreements.
Concentration of enterprises
The protection of competition and consumers is also reflected in the control of business concentrations. This may involve more than just the acquisition of shares in competing companies. The mere acquisition of assets belonging to another business may also have an impact on the market.
The Law Firm’s task is to represent clients in proceedings before antitrust authorities when notifying them of their intention to concentrate.