Specialty Group: Competition and Antitrust

Introduction Mergers and acquisitions are one of the fundamental concepts of dynamic economies. However, in order to maintain a competitive environment in the marketplace, mergers and acquisitions must be subject to the ...

Introduction In general, tying practices indicate the cases in which the sale of a product is tied to the sale of another product. The first product demanded by the buyer is defined as the ‘tying product,’ and the p ...

Introduction Minority share transfers between competitors can be examined within the scope of Art. 4 of the Act on the Protection of Competition (“Competition Act”) on agreements, concerted practices, and decisions ...

Contact: Hristo Koparanov, Popov & Partners (Bulgaria) On July, 2015 on second hearing was adopted amendment in the Competition Protection Act (CPA). Similar amendment was adopted by the National assembly in 2 ...