Carmen Peli is a partner at PeliFilip. Ms. Peli graduated Magna cum Laude from the University of Bucharest Law Faculty and received a University Degree in French and European Law from the French-Romanian Law College for European Studies, Pantheon Sorbonne University. In 2000, she earned an LL.M. in European Law from the College of Europe, Bruges. Prior to founding Peli Filip SCA in 2008, she was a partner at Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen. Before this, she was a legal advisor for the Ministry of Public Finance. Her major areas of expertise include mergers & acquisitions, cross-border commercial transactions and competition law. Mrs. Peli regularly counsels clients in connection with competition law matters including cartel investigations and Competition Council clearance. Mrs. Peli is a member of Bucharest Bar.
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On 14 November 2012, the Romanian Competition Council (the “Council”) issued Decisions n° 71 and 72/14.11.2012 sanctioning four undertakings active in the sector of construction of utility projects. The companies were held having performed anti-competitive practices in two public procurement (...)
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On 7 November 2012, the Romanian Competition Council (the “Council”) published its decision number 58 /2012 for the sanctioning of the Romanian National Union of Bailiffs (the “Union”). The professional association was fined for infringing competition rules by (i) setting enforcement expenses (...)
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On 28 October 2011, the Romanian Competition Council (the “Council”) published Decisions n° 51 and 52/28.10.2011 sanctioning two suppliers of prescription-only medicines - Belupo Iijekovi & kozmetica d.d. Croatia (“Belupo”) and Baxter AG Switzerland (“Baxter”) - and their distributors on (...)
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On 16 September 2010 the Romanian Competition Council (the “Council”) published Decision n° 39/07.09.2010 sanctioning almost all the players in the Romanian market for private administration of mandatory pensions funds (14 out of 18 players active on the market) for a client sharing cartel (...)
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During the past years the Competition Council (the “Council”) was engaged in quite an intense activity of merger clearance, as the constant growth of Romanian economy attracted both national and international investments. A significant increase was registered particularly on the market of (...)
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The Romanian Competition Council (the “Council”) continued in 2008 the series of decisions dedicated to the malfunctioning of the Romanian pharmaceutical market, by sanctioning through its decision 15/2008 (i) the insulin producer Eli Lilly Export SA and three of its distributors, A&A (...)
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The Romanian Competition Council (the “Council”) has issued earlier this year its decision 12/2008 (the “Decision”) regarding (i) the breach of art. 5(1) (f) of the competition Competition Law n° 21/1996 (the “Competition Law”), by Fresenius Medical care SRL, Alsifcom Intermed SRL and Opremi (...)
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The last years have revealed significant divergences between the Romanian Competition Council and the High Court of Cassation and Justice regarding certain merger notification aspects. A recent High Court of Cassation and Justice decision seems however to indicate a potential reconciliation of (...)
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The past few years have shown an increased need for competition analysis in relation to the National Health Programs that have been adopted by the Romanian authorities based on the legal provisions. Background The market for pharmaceuticals is a nationally regulated market in all the (...)
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Competition Law n° 21/1996, Romanian Official Journal, Part.I, n° 88, 30 April 1996, with subsequent amendments and completions Romanian Competition Council (Consiliul Concurentei), 22 December 2004, Decision n° 329, Kronospan SA Consiliul Concurentei, Decizia n° 329/22.12.2004, referitoare (...)
