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Competition/antitrust

Joanna Marek

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Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak

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.
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Work Department

Competition law, Motor industry

Position

Senior Ciunsel, attorney-at-law

Career

pecializes in consumer protection law and antitrust law. Represents clients in proceedings before the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKIK), the Court for Competition and Consumer Protection, and the Court of Appeal concerned with infringement of collective interests and anti-competitive practices. Offers advice on consumer protection and antitrust regulations to numerous clients on an ongoing basis.

In her practice to date, she has advised entrepreneurs operating in various sectors, including the financial, FMCG, logistics, household appliances, and cosmetics sectors. Was part of a working group that submitted remarks to draft legislative instruments on the protection of competition and consumers.

Languages

polish, english, italian

Education

  • Cracow University of Economics – MA in International Relations – 2010
  • Coventry University, United Kingdom – BA in International Economics and Trade – 2008-2009
  • Jagiellonian University in Kraków – MA in Law – 2008
  • Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy (Socrates–Erasmus program) – 2006-2007

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is exceptional and provides a high quality service. They are able to design special solutions for a client that has never been used before on the European market.’

  • ‘The team embodies professionalism, experience and a customer-oriented approach.’

Key clients

  • Alkam Security
  • Benefit Systems
  • BioAgra-Oil
  • Ceneo
  • Engie
  • Eurocash
  • Jeronimo Martins Polska
  • Nike
  • OMV
  • Orsted
  • Rockwool
  • Shell
  • Uniper
  • Vallen Distribution
  • Warner Bros Discovery
  • WizzAir
  • Wintershall
  • Zalando

Work highlights

Obtained a precedent injunction for Ceneo banning Google, for the duration of the court proceedings, from using a number of practices on its search results page.
Represented Shell, Engie, Wintershall, OMV, Uniper in the Court of Appeal.
Represented Eurocash in the Competition Court, leading to an annullment of a fine of PLN 76m.