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Mr Igor Svechkar

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Work Department

Competition and Antitrust

Position

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.

Career

Mr. Svechkar started his legal career as an associate with Asters in 1998 and was promoted to a partner in 2008.

Languages

English; Ukrainian; Russian.

Memberships

• Member of the Public Council with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine
• Member of Board of the Ukrainian Bar Association
• Member of the ICC Commission on Competition (Paris)
• Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
• Member of the American Bar Association (ABA)
• Member of the Kyiv Region Bar
• Ukrainian Country Reporter for International Committee of the ABA Antitrust Section

Education

Institute of International Relations of Kiev Taras Shevchenko National University (M.D., 1999);
Utrecht University Law School, the Netherlands (International Law, 1997).