Competition
and Antitrust
In today’s interconnected economy, Competition & Antitrust compliance is a critical factor in strategic decision-making for multinational corporations. As national competition regimes in Southeast Europe increasingly converge and regulators coordinate their enforcement activities, businesses are more frequently faced with parallel investigations or reviews by multiple authorities in the region on the very same matter.
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Peter Petrov
Head of the Practice Group
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Our dedicated Competition & Antitrust Practice Group spans all 12 jurisdictions in the region, offering clients a single point of contact for coordinated, consistent and high-quality legal solutions. This unique regional structure allows us to anticipate regulatory trends, manage multi-jurisdictional proceedings seamlessly and deliver swift, practical solutions to complex cross-border challenges.
We advise on all aspects of competition and antitrust law, including:
- Merger Control – local and cross-jurisdictional filings, transactional structuring and securing clearances in complex multi-market deals.
- FDI Screening and Foreign Investment Control – advising on national and EU-level foreign direct investment regimes, risk assessment, filing strategies and coordination with merger control processes.
- Antitrust Investigations and Litigation – defending clients in cartel, abuse of dominance and restrictive practices proceedings.
- Sector-Specific Advice – drawing on a deep bench of industry specialists in Banking, Insurance, Finance, Telecommunications, Pharma & Life Sciences, Construction, Real Estate, Automotive, Retail, Consumer Goods, Energy and more.
- Dawn Raids and Leniency Applications – immediate, coordinated regional response, including preparedness programs and on-site representation.
- Compliance and Training – designing and rolling out harmonised, yet locally-tailored compliance frameworks across all SEE jurisdictions.
- State Aid and Public Procurement – advising on compliance with local and EU state aid rules, challenging unlawful aid and navigating competitive tender processes.
Our lawyers have acted on some of the largest and most complex multi-jurisdictional merger control and FDI-sensitive transactions in the region, representing leading multinational corporations in deals exceeding hundreds of millions of euros. We have coordinated region-wide antitrust and foreign investment compliance programmes for global industry leaders and successfully defended clients in parallel investigations before multiple national authorities.
The following offerings set us apart from other legal service providers in the region:
- One-stop regional coordination – clients benefit from a single lead counsel managing all SEE jurisdictions with consistency, efficiency and deep local expertise.
- Rapid response capability – cross-border teams trained for immediate deployment in dawn raids, urgent investigations and FDI reviews.
- Business-oriented approach – legal strategies aligned with commercial objectives and market realities.
- Sector knowledge advantage – industry-specific teams that understand not just the law, but the commercial dynamics of our client’s sector.
Whether navigating a multi-jurisdictional merger filing, a sensitive cartel investigation, an FDI screening process or the implementation of a robust compliance culture across diverse jurisdictions, SEE Legal delivers competition and antitrust solutions that match the complexity of today’s regulatory and investment environment.
