Attila Komives is an associate at the Budapest office of Allen & Overy, working at the firm’s Central European Corporate group. He is specialized in EU and Hungarian competition law, and he also has a wide range of experience in intellectual property and regulatory matters. He previously worked for the European Commission’s Competition Directorate and as an associate at White & Case LLP. He graduated in 2004 from Eötvös Loránd University School of Law, Budapest. He also holds and LLM form the University of London. He speaks Hungarian and English.
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Background In its decision of 14 May 2008 (GVH Decision), the Competition Council of the Hungarian Competition Office (GVH) terminated the proceedings against Büki Ásványvíz- és Üditõital Kereskedelmi Kft. (Büki Ásványvíz), with respect to certain restraints in vertical agreements concluded by the (...)
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Background In its decision of 10 March 2008 (HCO Decision), the Competition Council of the Hungarian Competition Office (HCO) terminated the proceedings against Budapesti Elektromos Mûvek Nyrt (Elmû). Elmû is the electricity distribution system operator company in the metropolitan area of (...)
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Hungarian national competition authority Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (GVH) initiated proceedings against Dél-magyarországi Áramszolgltató Zrt. (DÉMÁSZ) and its fully-owned subsidiary, Démász Hálózati Elosztó Kft. (DHE). The investigation concerned a suspected abuse of a dominant position whereby DÉMÁSZ and (...)
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Background With its decision of 26 June 2007 (Decision), the Hungarian Competition Office (HCO) has approved a concentration whereby the city of Budapest (“Budapest City”) outsourced the operation of a sewage farm to a consortium consisting of Degrémont SA (Degrémont), OTV France (OTV), (...)
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Background With its decision of 20 April 2007 (Decision), the Hungarian Competition Office (HCO) has approved the acquisition of Matel Holding N.V. (Matel) by Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corporation (HTTC). HTTC controls Hungarotel Távközlési Zrt (Hungarotel). Hungarotel is the incumbent (...)
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On January 22, 2004, the Hungarian Competition Office (the “HCO”) issued a ruling which determined that Magyar Távközlési Rt. (“MATAV”) infringed the provisions of Hungarian competition law regarding the abuse of its dominant position by applying wholesale and retail tariffs that led to a margin (...)
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