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Competition

Ranked by the Legal 500 for Competition, Forgó, Damjanovic & Partners Law Firm provides specialist legal advice on competition and antitrust matters to Hungarian and international companies across a broad range of industries. We have particular experience in merger control, unfair trade practices and restrictive agreements, as well as competition law issues arising in commercial relationships and transactions.

Our lawyers regularly represent clients before the Hungarian Competition Authority and the consumer protection authority and advise on the competition law aspects of M&A transactions, commercial agreements, distribution arrangements and marketing activities. We have developed particularly strong expertise in competition matters in the pharmaceutical and food sectors and have also advised clients in the energy, FMCG, telecommunications and other sectors.

Services

We offer a full range of services in competition and antitrust law, including:

  • representing clients in merger control proceedings, including complex transactions and those involving multiple jurisdictions;
  • advising on unfair trade practices, including proceedings before the Hungarian Competition Authority and the consumer protection authority;
  • advising on restrictive agreements during due diligence exercises and contract negotiations;
  • advising on the competition law aspects of distribution, agency and other commercial agreements;
  • advising on marketing and advertising activities;
  • advising on non-compete and other restrictive covenants applicable to employees and business partners;
  • advising on cartel proceedings initiated by the Hungarian Competition Authority;
  • advising on the competition law aspects of M&A transactions, including merger control and FDI procedures; and
  • providing competition law training to management, sales, marketing and other personnel.

Contact

Zoltán Forgó
Zsófia Füzi
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Examples from our
track record

We advised and represented a major Hungarian pharmaceutical wholesaler in a merger control proceeding before the Hungarian Competition Authority.

We advised and represented a Danish investment firm active in renewable energy on a merger control procedure before the Hungarian Competition Authority concerning a complex restructuring transaction involving a business transfer and the merger of several investment funds.

We provide ongoing competition law advice to a multinational FMCG company, covering advertising and marketing initiatives, distribution contracts, B2B sales agreements, cooperation and category management agreements, agency agreements, and contentious advertising matters.

We advise a multinational consumer goods company on day-to-day competition law matters relating to advertising and marketing initiatives.

We advised a Hungarian food supplement distributor in proceedings arising from allegations of unfair trade practices and related competition law issues.

We advised a pharmaceutical company on competition law compliance and provided competition law training to their marketing, sales and other personnel.

We represented a major pharmaceutical company in several unfair trade practices cases before the Competition Authority.

We represent a health industry client in a lawsuit against a competitor who unlawfully poached its personnel and business from one of its operational sites.