Some of our recent antitrust projects include advice to:

• a major pharmaceutical company after FAS initiated several cases against the company alleging a cartel agreement existed and violated antitrust law;

• major insurance companies forming part of a financial group in connection with the initiation of cases by FAS territorial offices alleging a violation of antitrust law;

• a holding company in the course of purchasing shares in a power generating company;

• an international company providing medical services, on issues of unfair competition by competitors;

• a major international pharmaceutical company that FAS suspected of controlling the activities of its contractors;

• a Russian company engaged in supplying medical products, on issues interpreted as unfair competition by FAS;

• a Russian company, a natural monopoly on the heat transfer market, on issues of determining the geographical boundaries of its market;

• a major international manufacturer of beverages, on issues related to the permissibility of certain provisions of license agreements;

• a major international manufacturer of elevator equipment concerning a FAS scheduled inspection of its activities in Russia;

• a major international manufacturer of medical products, medical equipment and consumer products, on the application of the anticorruption laws of the USA and Great Britain in Russia, as well as on the preparation and obtaining FAS approval for the company’s commercial policy;

• a major international importer of wood derivatives, in connection with examination by a Committee of the FAS of a case on violation of the antitrust law;

• a major Russian software developer on disputing the actions of a tender administrator and other tender participants in the course of a state procurement procedure;

• an international manufacturer of hydraulic equipment and components on obtaining FAS approval for a purchase of the assets of a major holding company;

• banks in disputes with antitrust authorities on issues concerning their interaction with insurance companies;

• banks in the course of developing interbank cooperation models;

• leading automobile dealers in the course of forming contracts in new business areas;

• a leading manufacturer of transportation equipment in the course of setting up a dealership network;

• a major food manufacturer in the course of developing commercial and bonus policies and distribution agreements;

• a major distributor of personal hygiene goods on protection from unfair actions of a competitor disseminating unreliable information in the mass media;

• a major international manufacturer of office equipment on participation in procurement tenders and training for the company’s subdivisions;

• Russian agent of a company that is a global leader in ocean container liner shipping, in the course of an unscheduled inspection by the Russian antitrust authority (the FAS), as well as in a case of antitrust breach, initiated based on a suspected cartel agreement on the market.