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[http://www.euroconvention.com/] Counse link Arzinger 75, Zhylyanska Street., 5th floor, Kyiv , 01032 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 390 55 33 Fax: +38 (044) 390 55 40 mail@arzinger.ua www.arzinger.ua Chadbourne & Parke LLP 25B Sahaydachnoho Street, 3 Floor, Kyiv , 04070 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 461 75 75 Fax: +38 (044) 461 75 76 Kyiv@chadbourne.com www.chadbourne.com CMS Cameron McKenna LLC 6 Floor, 38 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv , 01034 , Ukraine Phone: (044) 391 33 77 Fax: (044) 391 33 88 kyivoffice@cms-cmck.com www.law-now.com DLA Piper Ukraine, LLC 77A Velyka Vasylkivska Street, Kyiv , 03150 , Ukraine Phone: (044) 490 95 75 Fax: (044) 490 95 77 ukraine@dlapiper.com www.dlapiper.com Gvozdiy & Oberkovych 19b Institutska str., Office 29, Kyiv , 01021 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 581 12 20 Phone: +38 (044) 581 12 21 Fax: +38 (044) 581 12 22 info@gvozdiy.com www.gvozdiy.com Konnov & Sozanovsky 23 Shota Rustaveli Street, Suite 3, Kiev , 01019 , Ukraine Phone: +380 (0) 44 490-5400 Fax: +380 (0) 44 490-5490 info@konnov.com www.konnov.com LCF Law Group 47 Volodymyrska street, Office 3, Kyiv , 01034 , Ukraine Phone: +38 (044) 455 88 87 Fax: +38 (044) 502 55 23 info@lcfgroup.com.ua www.lcfgroup.com.ua/en/ Spenser & Kauffmann 3 Panfilovtsev Street, Kyiv , 01015 , Ukraine Tel./Fax: +38 (044) 288 83 83 office@sklaw.com.ua www.sklaw.com.ua Volkov Koziakov & Partners 20, Velyka Zhytomyrska Street Panorama Business Center, Kyiv , 01025 , Ukraine Phone: +380 (44) 207 02 70 Fax: +380 (44) 207 02 72 office@vk-partners.com www.vk-partners.com CURRENT ISSUE ( July-August 2010 ) In focus – Competition Antimonopoly, antitrust, competition Ч all these terms are used to describe competition policy Ч the set of rules supporting the operation of a market economy. Competition regulation remains to be established mostly at national level with a certain degree of harmonizationЕ Expert Opinion AMCU Case Review Procedure: Issues of Concern Functioning Plainly Maksym O. Nazarenko The Official Report of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (the AMCU) for 2009, as published on its website, showed the highest number of cases on competition violations reviewed by the AMCU in 2009 in comparison with the previous five yearsЕ In Re Establishment of Indirect Control over Joint Ventures Volodymyr B. Solohub, Mykyta V. Nota Protection of Economic Competition Act of Ukraine of 11 January 2001 (the Competition Act) provides a non-exhaustive list of transactions qualifying as concentration of legal entitiesЕ Exclusivity Arrangements: Pros and Cons Igor V. Svechkar, Tetiana V. Vovk Exclusivity arrangements are quite common for a wide range of products and services that a consumer comes across nowadays, especially in distribution (particularly, in such industries as pharmaceuticals, automotive, etc.)Е Hostile Takeovers: Practical Aspects from a Ukrainian Antitrust Perspective Nataliya O. Klyuk, Andriy L. Moskalyk Though these quotations are the complete opposite of each other, they nevertheless each reflect certain aspects of the same concept. In recent years, takeovers have become omnipresent in every sphere of industry and trade, crossing all territorial and jurisdictional boundariesЕ Regulation of Vertical Agreements under Ukrainian Competition Law Natalia V. Pakhomovska In line with EC competition law Ukrainian competition law provides for a system of exemptions from general prohibition of concerted actions which may prevent, eliminate or restrict competition on the market for vertical agreements (i.e. agreements concluded between the entities which are at different levels in the production and distribution chain, such as manufacturer and wholesale distributor, wholesale distributor and dealers, dealers and retailers) and thus cannot be considered competitorsЕ Combating Counterfeits in Ukraine as Intellectual Property Rights Violations Angelina S. Chachuna, Oleg A. Dorofeev In order to develop their markets to their full potential, entrepreneurs must not only increase sales of their goods and services, but also protect their investments in property and goodwillЕ How To The AMCUТs Inspections: How they Work Liudmyla A. Gorodnycha State control over protection of economic competition in Ukraine is vested in the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU). The AMCU ensures enforcement of competition rules in the field of merger control, concerted practices, anticompetitive behaviour, abuse of dominance, unfair competition (which, in fact, is not typical for European system of competition rules), tenders and state procurementЕ Argument Developing Ukrainian Competition Law: the International Price-Fixing Angle Alan Riley The fact that the Brussels based European Commission has imposed over EUR 9 billion in fines for price-fixing in just four years may well not impress many executives or lawyers in KievЕ UkraineТs Development as a Centre for International Arbitration Centre for Eastern Europe and CIS Countries Sarosh Zaiwalla Ukraine is the largest country in Europe and, as it happens, is also in the very heart of central Europe. It is, therefore, well placed to take advantage of its geographical position to attract international businesses and develop a centre for dispute resolution for Eastern Europe and CIS countriesЕ Choice of Court Agreements: a Ukrainian Perspective Olena S. Perepelynska When entering into a contract with foreign companies Ukrainian entities quite often face the problem of agreeing upon a competent venue to resolve their potential disputes arising out of or connected with such a contractЕ Hot Issue Investigation of Collusive Practice in Ukrainian State Procurement Procedures Oleksandr A. Aleksyeyenko, Artur V. Yalovyy Intense competition among participants of procurement procedures helps governments to obtain the best value for the goods and services they procure. Conversely, when competition is restricted, for example, when suppliers are engaged in collusive practice and bid rigging, taxpayersТ money is wasted as governments pay more than a fair priceЕ Global Legal Update Multinational Enterprises and Competition Law Galyna P. Zagorodniuk The worldwide globalization process is characterized by an impressive augmentation of a number of multinational enterprises (MNE) Ч companies, corporations or other types of entities acting in more than one jurisdictionЕ Venue Crisis Receding. Lessons Learnt The International Trademark Association (INTA) held its 132nd Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts on 22-26 May 2010Е Legal Awards 2010 Alena A. Chernyavskaya It is a tradition that at the beginning of summer gurus of legal society in Ukraine come together for the great УLegal AwardsФ ceremony. The fourth event of this kind was held on 4 June at the Hyatt Regency HotelЕ Success in International Arbitration Nataliya V. Koloskova With the dissolution of the USSR, its former member states began to establish new business relationship with one another and the rest of the worldЕ UKRPHARMA 2010 Nataliya V. Koloskova Today the pharmaceutical business is influenced by many factors, one of which is the main role played by the regulatory aspectЕ Chamber 2010 Annual Charitable American Independence Day Picnic The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine was proud to continue its longstanding tradition of organizing the Annual Charitable American Independence Day Picnic in Kiev on 3 July 2010Е HOME CURRENT ISSUE SUBSCRIBE & ORDER NEWS ADVERTISE GET PUBLISHED EDITORIAL CALENDAR ARCHIVE CONTACT HOME CURRENT ISSUE SUBSCRIBE & ORDER NEWS ADVERTISE GET PUBLISHED EDITORIAL CALENDAR ARCHIVE CONTACT BANNER EXCHANGE Copyright © 2003-2010 by Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing. All rights reserved. Disclaimer .