Pranvera Këllezi is an attorney at law in Geneva, Switzerland, and a member of the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO). She represents companies and public organisations in business law, antitrust and competition, data protection as well as in public economic law. Pranvera Këllezi holds a law degree and a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Law of the Geneva University, and an LL.M. in European Law from the College of Europe in Bruges.
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Remedies are an important tool for competition authorities in merger control. In most jurisdictions, prohibitions can be avoided by crafting remedies able to resolve competition law concerns. The design and implementation of merger remedies have evolved during the last two decades. Merger (...)
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The Albanian Competition Authority recently fined several companies for failure to notify a transaction and for late filing. The fines still remains symbolic at an amount not exceeding EUR 1’000; however, the number of decisions shows a trend in enforcement policy. On 5 February 2013, an (...)
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A new law entered into force in May 2013 extending the scope of protection of the legal professional privilege in Switzerland in various administrative, civil, and criminal procedures, thereby improving companies’ right to freely communicate with their lawyers. Prior to this, documents located (...)
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The Swiss Federal Court has dismissed two Competition Commission’s appeals relating to merger control (decision of February 13, 2007 (Swissgrid), and of February 22, 2007 (Berner Zeitung). The Swiss Federal Court rulings build a strict standard for merger control in Switzerland by stating the (...)
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Introduction Albania first adopted the law on the protection of competition in 1995 . The law included antitrust rules, unfair competition provisions, and rules on consumer protection. It created the basis for a competition policy in Albania, although it included numerous sectoral (...)
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Interview conducted by Dr Pranvera Këllezi, Attorney at law in Geneva and member of the Swiss Competition Commission, and David Mamane, Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich. Switzerland has had a competition law since 1962. The creation of an independent federal administrative commission in (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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Possible effects in Switzerland are sufficient to assert jurisdiction of Switzerland over conduct taking place outside Switzerland. The Supreme Court adopted a broad definition of the territorial scope of the Cartel Act, by not only refusing, but also prohibiting, to consider any level of (...)
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TF Switzerland, 28 Jan. 2015, aff. 2C_75/2014 (Pfizer), 2C_80/2014 (Bayer (Schweiz)) and 2C_79/2014 (Eli Lilly (Switzerland))» On January 28, 2015, the Swiss Federal Court ruled on an important case concerning the application of the Cartel Act (hereafter LCart; SR 251) to certain practices (...)
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Federal Administrative Court, Judgments of 3 December 1013, Pfizer, Eli Lilly (Switzerland), Bayer (Schweiz) v. Competition Commission, B-364/2010, B-362/2010 and B-360/2010, DPC 2013/4 704 In three much-awaited rulings, the Federal Administrative Court has upheld the appeals of the three (...)
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Introduction By a majority of three votes to two, the Federal Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Publigroupe et al. against the decision of the Federal Administrative Court of 27 April 2010 (FAC 2010/2 329), which had upheld the decision of the Competition Commission (hereinafter (...)
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En 2009, la Commission européenne a adopté une nouvelle communication concernant l’application aux services publics de radiodiffusion des règles relatives aux aides d’État. Cette communication introduit de nouvelles mesures et témoigne d’une tendance à octroyer aux Etats Membres un rôle (...)
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Albania is in the initial phase of enforcing the new law on the protection of competition entered into force in December 2003. The new law improves the legal framework by introducing a new independent competition authority and detailed rules on agreements, on abuse of dominant position and (...)
