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 2024 - 02 - 22
Implications of penal and administrative competition enforcement in Estonia 2022 - 03 - 31
Baltic Competition Law Insight – March 2022 2022 - 03 - 21
New rules on unfair trading practices laws in the Baltics 2021 - 11 - 11
Baltic Competition Law News – December 2019 2019 - 12 - 20
Scrutiny of Industry Practices by the Competition Authority Continues 2019 - 09 - 05
International Comparative Legal Guide. Merger Control 2019. Latvia Chapter 2019 - 01 - 21
Baltic Competition Law News – December 2017 2017 - 12 - 19
Baltic Competition Law News – November 2016 2016 - 11 - 02
Litigation as an abuse of a dominant position: an EU competition law example 2016 - 06 - 14
Baltic Competition Law News – May 2016 2016 - 05 - 31
Baltic Competition Law News – January 2016 2016 - 01 - 21
Actions for Damages for Breach of State Aid Rules 2015 - 12 - 01
Judicial authorisation of dawn raids: reasons and subject-matter 2015 - 11 - 10
Hub-and-spoke information exchange between competitors 2015 - 09 - 07
Baltic Competition Law News – July 2015 2015 - 07 - 01
Competition Law News – April 2015 2015 - 04 - 30
Competition Council Penalizes Company Over Access to Workers’ E-mail in Inquiry 2014 - 11 - 27
Competition Law News – November 2014 2014 - 11 - 03
Competition in Latvia: Latvian Courts Rediscover the “Object and Effect” Distinction 2014 - 06 - 20
Nullity of Agreements Restricting Competition and Consequences Thereof 2014 - 05 - 12
Lithuanian Competition Law News (April, 2014) 2014 - 04 - 01
Global Antitrust Compliance handbook, Estonian chapter 2014 - 03 - 08
Competition Law in Central and Eastern Europe. Latvia chapter. 2014 - 02 - 12
Lithuanian Competition Law News (January, 2014) 2014 - 01 - 02
Lithuanian Competition Law News (October, 2013) 2013 - 10 - 31
Choice of merger notification system for small economies 2013 - 09 - 11
Lithuanian Competition Law News (July, 2013) 2013 - 07 - 04
Lithuanian Competition Law News (May, 2013) 2013 - 05 - 01
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2013. Latvia Chapter 2013 - 01 - 23
Suppliers vs.Retailers: Fight Goes On 2012 - 08 - 29
Competition Law News – April 2012 2012 - 04 - 04
Getting the Deal Through. Cartel Regulation 2010. Latvia Chapter 2010 - 02 - 10
Amendments to Competition Law: Do Ends Justify Means? 2009 - 06 - 04
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2009. Latvia Chapter. 2009 - 01 - 20
Mergers: When the Notification to Competition Council is Required? 2009 - 01 - 19
Getting the Deal Through. Cartel Regulation 2009. Latvia Chapter. 2009 - 01 - 08
Dominant position in retail – what to be expected from the new regulations? 2008 - 09 - 24
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2008. Latvia Chapter. 2008 - 02 - 01
Getting the Deal Through. Cartel Regulation 2008. Latvia Chapter. 2008 - 01 - 30
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2007. Latvia Chapter. 2007 - 01 - 11
Getting the Deal Through. Cartel Regulation 2007. Latvia Chapter. 2007 - 01 - 09
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2006. Latvia Chapter. 2006 - 10 - 02
Cartels: what the market participants know and what they should know about it? 2006 - 09 - 14
Getting the Deal Through. Dominance 2005. Latvia Chapter. 2005 - 01 - 29
Global Counsel Handbooks. Competition Law 2004. Latvia Chapter. 2004 - 01 - 05