The In-House Lawyer magazine published country-specific Q&A
that provides an overview to merger control laws and regulations
that may occur in Russia. This Q&A is part of The Legal 500:
Merger Control Country Comparative Guide (3rd edition). Stefan
Weber, Head of Noerr Moscow, Tatiana Dovgan, Senior Associate, and
Artem Kara, Associate answered the journalists' questions.
Overview
The Russian merger control rules are set forth in the Russian
federal law "On the Protection of Competition" (the
"Competition Law"). Since its coming into force in 2006,
the Competition Law has been amended repeatedly. The latest
significant amendments of the Competition Law in the area of merger
control were enacted in 2016 (the so-called "fourth
antimonopoly package"), introducing mandatory filings for the
approval of joint venture agreements between competitors. The
Competition Law provides for basic merger control rules that apply
to any industry or market and to various types of
