Partner.
Mr. Svechkar is the partner heading the firm's Competition & Antitrust practice. Igor advises clients on a wide variety of competition law issues, including merger control, cartels, dominance, and state aid. He represents clients before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and at courts, develops antitrust compliance programs and policies, opines on the competition compliance of clients' activities, transactions and arrangements. Mr. Svechkar is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences, a contributor to Ukrainian and international publications on competition law, as well as an originator and supporter of legislative and regulatory initiatives.
Key clients
- BASF
- Blackstone
- Bosch
- Brookfield
- GIC
- KKR
- Microsoft
- Novo Nordisk
- Philip Morris
- Sanofi
Work highlights
- Advising Microsoft on its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
- Advising Brookfield on merger clearance for the acquisition by Cameco and Brookfield of joint control over Westinghouse.
- Representing Mironivsky Hliboproduct in the ongoing investigations into alleged abuse of dominance.
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Oleksandr's area of expertise encompasses a wide variety of competition law issues, including concerted practice, the abuse of dominance, restrictive and discriminatory practices, unfair competition, the procedural aspects of AMC's activity, as well as state aid and public procurement issues.
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Igor Svechkar