COMPETITION
The growing impact of new competition laws and more sophisticated competition law enforcement in South-East Europe is a concern for businesses. Our lawyers assist on the most complex competition investigations and merger reviews in each of the jurisdictions where we operate.
We have represented a number of companies in complex competition cases in the Adriatic region, from large multinational companies to small and medium enterprises whose growth, practices or cross-border trade exposed them to potential antitrust infringements. We help clients with the drafting of compliance manuals, compliance training, competition due diligence and other services in view of legal risk management from a competition law perspective. We are well versed in the analysis of commercial practices, transactions and agreements and the identification of any potential antitrust infringements. We also advise our clients on how to mitigate any repercussions in pending competition proceedings.
Abuse of dominance
We advise on the abuse of dominance assessment, business strategy and antitrust policy formulation and monitoring as well as the review of contracts and commercial practices.
Horizontal and Vertical Commercial Agreements
We review existing agreements and advise on antitrust implications (exclusivity, licensing, price-fixing, supply, and distribution etc.) including risk assessment of potentially infringing contractual provisions. We also advise on the applicability of block exemptions and assist in the procedure for obtaining individual exemptions.
Merger Control
We advise clients on merger control requirements, transaction structure and antitrust risks and we assist in the merger notification process including drafting and filing, assistance in the merger review process and in post-merger activities.
Compliance Review
We help in drafting internal company rules and general commercial terms and conditions, we devise bespoke compliance training for companies’ staff and management, we carry out antitrust due diligence reviews and advise on current or future antitrust issues. We also assist clients in proceedings before antitrust authorities.
Gjorgji Georgievski
NORTH MACEDONIA
Milkica Preradović
SERBIA
Suzana Bončina Jamšek, LL.M.
SLOVENIA
Hrvoje Smičibrada
CROATIA, SLOVENIA
ODI ranked in Chambers Europe 2020
We are proud to announce that we have been ranked in Chambers Europe for 2020 in the Corporate/Commercial, Banking & Finance, Real Estate and Dispute Resolution category.
Work from home
Regardless of the World Health Organization (WHO) recently declaring the coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic, with the latter also being declared as an epidemic in Slovenia, ODI remains open for business.
Data transfers in North Macedonia
“From Mobile Phones to Court“ (FORMOBILE), a project funded by EU’s Horizon 2020 – Research and Innovation Framework Programme, focuses on questions mainly evolving around modern technology (i.e. smartphones) and usage of data, held on various devices, in court.
Elite Ranking Retained by ODI in Legal 500 EMEA 2020
With the firm’s “cross-border expertise” and “its excellent ability to handle transactional matters” highlighted, ODI has maintained its elite Tier 1 status in the Legal 500 2020 EMEA edition. Building upon a tradition of over 33 years,
