Natalia Korosteleva and Grigory Chernyshov, Partners at EPAM, became the authors of Overview of Antitrust Laws in Russia, a chapter of the book "Comparative Summary of Antitrust Laws in the CIS Region". The book is a joint publication presented by a professional network of nine CIS leading law firms - the CIS Leading Counsel Network (LCN). The practical guide will help readers to navigate through the antitrust regimes in the CIS and stay abreast of the latest developments.
Information on Russia 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
