In these turbulent times businesses face many challenges, including how to reduce costs to maintain a high profit margin. The creation of a purchasing alliance with other companies ...

A leniency procedure has been in place in Ukraine for many years. However, available data suggests it has been severely underutilised.

On 18 March 2016 the law introducing major changes to the Ukrainian merger control rules was published. It will become effective in 2 months following publication – on 18 May 2016.

On 29 December 2017, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (the "AMC") published for comments and suggestions the draft methodology of market definition outlining the definition to be applied ...

Building on established practices, and taking inspiration from the successful experiences of international partners, the Ukrainian competition authority...

The Recommendations highlight the methodology used by the AMC to calculate fines and introduce a one year amnesty period for merger control violations.

Parties with Ukrainian assets or operations are advised to carefully consider their obligations under Ukrainian pre-merger notification laws before engaging in significant transactions.

The Ukrainian Competition Law was amended to exempt certain transactions in the military and defence sector from merger control requirements.

On 29 December 2017, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (the "AMC") published for comments and suggestions the draft methodology of market definition outlining the definition to be applied...

Over the past four years, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine ("AMC") has significantly intensified enforcement against so-called "gun-jumping" violations, in which mergers or acquisitions occur prior to obtaining AMC approval.

On 5 December 2017, the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (the Regulation) came into force in Ukraine.

On March 12, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (the "AMC") published its summary report (the "Report") on its enforcement record for 2012.

A so-called Procedure for Determining the Amount of Fines Imposed for the Violation of Laws on the Protection of Economic Competition (the "Procedure")...

Anastasia Usova, Partner at Redcliffe Partners, contributed to the e-Competitions Special Issue "Competition policy & COVID-19: An overview of antitrust agencies' responses".

The AMC will submit the draft law to the Ukrainian Parliament early this November and expects it to be adopted later this year.

In the last edition of Antitrust in focus we discussed various antitrust developments in connection with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

On March 13, 2012 the Parliament of Ukraine passed in first reading governmental Draft Law No. 10006 "On Peculiarities of State Procurement in Single Business Spheres".

On 24 February 2017, at the constituent assembly of the Public Council of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU), Oleksandr Nagorny, counsel at Sayenko Kharenko, was appointed to the position of Deputy Chairman.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd, the world's largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide...