Mr Krzysztof Kanton > Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak > Warsaw, Poland > Lawyer Profile
Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak Offices
UL. JASNA 26
00-054 WARSAW
Poland
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Mr Krzysztof Kanton
Work Department
Competition Law
Position
Partner at Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak. He specializes in competition law. He has extensive experience in handling merger control notifications and representing clients in antitrust matters before competition authorities and courts. He also regularly advises on competition compliance issues.
Career
Mr. Kanton joined SK&S in 1997 and, since becoming a partner in 2008, has led the firm’s competition law practice. He has represented clients in numerous antitrust proceedings, including high-profile cartel and dominance investigations, before the Polish Competition Authority (“PCA”) and the Competition and Appellate Courts. In the field of competition litigation he represents clients in private enforcement cases before the civil courts. Mr. Kanton secured a number of precedent-setting decisions of the Polish Competition Authority, including a first ever settlement decision in a price fixing case, and a landmark decision declaring rebates applied by a dominant market player as compatible with competition rules. He was involved in a number of complex merger control proceedings before the PCA, including consolidations on the borderline of permissible market dominance. He regularly conducts competition compliance training sessions for the clients of SK&S.
Languages
Polish, English
Memberships
A Member of Warsaw Bar (Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Warszawie)
Education
– Warsaw University – Master of Laws – 1997
– Warsaw University – Master of Social Politics – 1996
Lawyer Rankings
Poland > Competition/antitrust
(Hall of Fame)The ‘exceptional‘ team at Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak has extensive experience in handling both domestic and cross-border matters pertaining to merger control, compliance and private litigation. The team often appears before relevant authorities such as the Polish Competition Authority and the domestic courts and represents its clients in various complex disputes across a variety of sectors, including oil and gas, e-commerce and aviation. Leasing the practice is Krzysztof Kanton
, who specialises in merger control notifications and represents clients in antitrust matters before relevant authorities and courts. Joanna Marek assists domestic and international clients with proceedings before various authorities in matters such as the infringement of consumers’ collective interests and anti-competitive practices.