Competition
Compliant and Competitive

Competition law is the most unified and aggressively implemented regulation across the European Union. Cooperation efforts between authorities are unprecedented and their power to enforce the law is wide-ranging. Penalties are increasingly severe. Because the consequences of missteps are so serious and far reaching, you need an adviser who can help you identify competition issues before they arise.

With broad knowledge of competition law and its local and regional enforcement, Baker & McKenzie in Prague can help you play by the rules and confidently do business in the Czech Republic and across other markets. We can also help you remedy unfair practices by competitors, prepare legally sound commercial contracts and agreements, and clear mergers and joint venture agreements before the Czech Office for Protection of Economic Competition.

Our closely linked international network of law professionals enables us to quickly and easily create international teams to promote and protect your interests worldwide.

How We Can Help

• Compliance advisory – We advise on the competition aspects of business cooperation and business concentration agreements to ensure they don’t restrain competition and abuse dominant market positions.
• Merger notification – We assist you in filings with the Czech and EU competition authorities in relation to business concentrations and other matters.
• Commercial contracts – We advise on competition issues in distribution, franchise, technology transfer agreements and other commercial contracts.
• Compliance audit and training – We conduct internal audits on compliance with Czech and EU competition regulations. We also help in the development of internal competition compliance manuals and tools.
• Investigation and litigation – We represent you in investigations of anti-competitive behavior and cartel activity before Czech and EU competition authorities and courts, and provide assistance at “dawn raids” by the Czech or EU competition authorities.
• Unfair trade practice – We advise on available remedies in relation to unfair competition and other anti-competitive practices by competitors.