Competition Law

• obtained anti-trust clearance in Bulgaria for
• General Electric in its acquisition of Honeywell and the acquisition of BetzDearborn Division of Hercules,
  
• for Phillip Morris in its acquisition of food manufacturer Nabisco,
  
• for Nestle in its acquisition of the pet food company Ralston Purina,
  
• for IBM in its acquisition of the global business and technology consulting business of PricewaterhouseCoopers,
  
• for UniCredito Italiano S.p.A. and Allianz AG in their acquisition of 98% of the largest Bulgarian bank, Bulbank,
  
• for Kraft Foods in its acquisition of ESPRESSO EAD
  
• for Seaboard Corporation in its merger with Domaine Boyar AD resulting in the creation of the largest Bulgarian wine producer and exporter, and
  
• Interbrew S.A./N.V. in its acquisition of the controlling stake in its fourth brewery in Bulgaria, the merger of its three other breweries, and its acquisition of Becks.
  

• DTB advised Suzuki on competition issues in Croatia;
• Finnish distributor Rautakirja with regards to competition approval on envisaged merger;
• Patria Oy on public procurement issues and offset arrangement with regard to sale of armoured vehicles to Croatian Government.

• first lawyers engaged in proceedings at the Monopoly Administration,
  
  advised Philip Morris Skopje and its distributors in administrative procedures at the Monopoly Administration.
  

provided assistance to

• Microsoft Corporation in the acquisition of GeCad Antivirus,
  
• Philip Morris in the acquisition of Papastratos,
  
• Heineken International B.V. in the strategic alliance made with GETRANKE-BETEILIGUNGS AG Austria,
  
• Novartis in the acquisition of LEK Pharmaceutical & Chemical Company dd,
  
• Hewlett-Packard Company in the acquisition of Compaq Computer Corporation,
  
• Buderus Heitztechnik GmbH in the acquisition of two Romanian companies,
  
• Compaq Computer Corporation in the acquisition of Digital Equipment Corporation.

• counsel under Romanian Competition Law governing pricing, distribution and consumer protection,
  
• represent clients in litigation and investigation issues.

competition filing:

• and due diligence for the acquisition of Ontex N.V., a Belgian company listed on Euronext Brussels by Candover Partners;
• in the acquisition of Ford Otosan, a publicly traded Turkish car manufacturing company by a major US car manufacturing company;
• on behalf of a Belgian company acquiring a precious metals division of US-based OM Group, Inc.;

Resolved competition and antitrust issues in the following deals involving:

• CPS Color Group OY and Corob SpA;
• Peugeot and Kiraca Otomotiv Sanayi ve Tic. Yatirimlar;
• Northrop Grumman and TRW Group;
• Northrop Grumman and Litton;
• Teradyne and Genrad;
• Schroders Ventures and Henkel;
• Ashurst Morris Crisp;
• Thales Group and Magellan;