Competition law and Consumer Protection
Corporate behaviour in the interests of consumers, and building and maintaining a good reputation in the marketplace, are a priority for all businesses. Our firm helps our Clients to achieve this goal, both in improving the way they operate as a business and in representing them before the authorities and the courts.
Reference
- Our firm has represented a number of Hungarian and, in cross-border international transactions, foreign Clients in merger clearance proceedings before the Competition Authority
- We also offer Clients a wide range of legal services in the areas of competition and consumer law, including the legal framework for corporate transactions, contract opinions, representation before public authorities and courts, and compliance
- Our day-to-day advice covers fair market pricing, the legality of vertical and horizontal contracts, and dominant market behaviour
- We advised on the formation of a new company by Clients with dominant positions in the relevant market and also represented financial investors in a European Union merger case
- We have represented our Clients in unfair market practice proceedings before the Competition Authority, successfully proving the legal compliance of the commercial practices used
- We are involved in drafting codes of ethics for our manufacturing and service Clients, which set out the basic rules of good commercial practice
