Jean-Charles Albitre is managing and co-founding partner. He is a French attorney at the Paris bar and registered european lawyer at the Budapest bar. He focuses primarily on M&A transactions, stock exchange law and corporate but also has significant experience in construction and infrastructure, water and energy projects. He worked extensively in the industry, life sciences and agri-food sectors. A specialist of emerging markets, he previously worked at Gide LoyretteNoueland Dentons. He has been involved on Iranian matters for seven years and is established in Iran since 2015, where he has been in charge of launching the local practice of Dentons international law firm with Baki Maneche prior to founding Ferdowsi Legal. Jean-Charles speaks French, English, German and Hungarian with notions of Persian.
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The Hungarian Competition Office (HCO) led a procedure ex officio against Dual-Plus Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. (Dual-Plus) under allegations of abuse of a dominant position on the market, manifested through price increases well above the inflation rate. It rendered its decision on (...)
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The Hungarian Competition Council applied Article 82 of the EC Treaty in the Unilever Magyarország case. The Competition Council investigated a potential abuse of dominant position violating Article 82 originating from the reorganization (i. e. contraction) of the distribution network of (...)
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In Hungary the field of competition law is primarily regulated by the Act no. LVII of 1996 on the Prohibition of Unfair and Restrictive Market Practices (hereinafter referred to as : “the Act”), which is completely EU conform. The intention to follow the European legislation can be found in (...)
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Facts of the case The Rába Group (the "Group") is one of Hungary’s largest vehicle manufacturers, which produces undercarriages, spare parts and commercial vehicles, mainly for export markets (60% of its production is exported). The Rába Group is one of the biggest undercarriage constructors (...)
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Hungarian Competiton Office, 4 February 2005, Auchan/Tesco, Vj-168/2004/25 Article 21 of the Hungarian Act LVII of 1996 on the Prohibition of Unfair and Restrictive Market Practices (the “Competition Act”), largely harmonized with Community Law, prohibits the abuse of dominant position in a (...)
