Increased global M&A activity and the renewed interest of the international investment community in the CIS have been the key factors for selecting the subject of antitrust regimes for the second CIS LCN publication. Cross-border deals involving several countries of CIS region have emerged as a new trend, requiring a comparative cross-regional analysis, while the laws and regulations, as well as the practices of antitrust authorities in our jurisdictions are becoming increasingly comprehensive and sophisticated, prompting the need to continuously monitor changes in the legislation and implementation practices.
The Practical Guide will help readers to navigate through the antitrust regimes in the CIS and stay abreast of the latest developments. Its on-line format will allow the authors to add regular updates and readers to benefit from easy-to-access and practical structure of the Guide. Information on each country is spread across five different sections:
1. Overview of competition regulations and authorities
2. Prevention of monopolistic activities and unfair competition, including subsections on:
- Dominance
- Monopolistic agreements and concerted actions
- Unfair competition
- Antitrust investigation
- Implications for infringers
3. Control over economic concentration, including subsections on:
- Transactions subject to approval
- Approval / notification thresholds
- "Groups" and "intragroup deals"
- Exceptions from transaction approval requirements
- General approval procedure
- Implications of a failure to obtain approval
4. Current Case Law trends
5. Basic trends in the development of antitrust laws in 2011-2012
