Competition
Competition law is one of COBALT’s core business areas. Our team of competition law experts assists local and international clients with all aspects of national and EU competition laws. We understand the economics of competition law and are familiar with sector–specific regulations. Our multilingual team draws on decisional practice across Europe. Our services in this area cover:
- Horizontal practices, including cartels
- Vertical agreements
- Dominant position
- Merger control
- Self-assessment and individual exemptions
- Relevant market analysis with the purpose of determining the market shares of businesses
- Compliance (compliance programs, audits, trainings, review of standard agreements)
- Public enforcement
- Private enforcement
- Competitive neutrality
- Superior bargaining power
- Unfair competition
Catching Up: Recent Developments in Pharma Sector Competition Law Across the Baltics
Implications of penal and administrative competition enforcement in Estonia
Baltic Competition Law Insight – March 2022
New rules on unfair trading practices laws in the Baltics
Partner Elo Tamm wrote an article to the freshly published Finnish Competition Law Yearbook
Baltic Competition Law News – December 2019
Scrutiny of Industry Practices by the Competition Authority Continues
International Comparative Legal Guide. Merger Control 2019. Latvia Chapter
Baltic Competition Law News – December 2017
Baltic Competition Law News – November 2016
Litigation as an abuse of a dominant position: an EU competition law example
Baltic Competition Law News – May 2016
Baltic Competition Law News – January 2016
Actions for Damages for Breach of State Aid Rules
Judicial authorisation of dawn raids: reasons and subject-matter
Hub-and-spoke information exchange between competitors
Baltic Competition Law News – July 2015
Competition Law News – April 2015
Competition Council Penalizes Company Over Access to Workers’ E-mail in Inquiry
Competition Law News – November 2014
Extraterritorial merger control enforcement in small economies – challenges and possibilities
Competition in Latvia: Latvian Courts Rediscover the “Object and Effect” Distinction
Nullity of Agreements Restricting Competition and Consequences Thereof
Lithuanian Competition Law News (April, 2014)
Global Antitrust Compliance handbook, Estonian chapter
Competition Law in Central and Eastern Europe. Latvia chapter.
Lithuanian Competition Law News (January, 2014)
Lithuanian Competition Law News (October, 2013)
Choice of merger notification system for small economies
Lithuanian Competition Law News (July, 2013)
Lithuanian Competition Law News (May, 2013)
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2013. Latvia Chapter
Suppliers vs.Retailers: Fight Goes On
Competition Law News – April 2012
Getting the Deal Through. Cartel Regulation 2010. Latvia Chapter
Amendments to Competition Law: Do Ends Justify Means?
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2009. Latvia Chapter.
Mergers: When the Notification to Competition Council is Required?
Getting the Deal Through. Cartel Regulation 2009. Latvia Chapter.
Dominant position in retail – what to be expected from the new regulations?
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2008. Latvia Chapter.
Getting the Deal Through. Cartel Regulation 2008. Latvia Chapter.
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2007. Latvia Chapter.
Getting the Deal Through. Cartel Regulation 2007. Latvia Chapter.
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2006. Latvia Chapter.
Cartels: what the market participants know and what they should know about it?
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2005. Latvia Chapter.
Global Counsel Handbooks. Competition Law 2004. Latvia Chapter.