Bulgaria

• 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.
    

R. Macedonia

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

Romania

• 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.
• assist clients to obtain the Romanian Competition Council's approval for economic concentrations,
• counsel under Romanian Competition Law governing pricing, distribution and consumer protection,
• represent clients in litigation and investigation issues.
  

Turkey

• 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;