Tomáš Čihula is a partner in the Prague office of Kinstellar since 2019. He is the head of the Czech competition and state aid practice and leads the firm’s life sciences and healthcare practice.Tomás Čihula is specialising in competition, state aid, public procurement, European law and regulatory matters. Prior to joining Kinstellar, Tomás Čihula spent four years in Brussels working for the European Commission’s DG Competition and for a top-tier independent law firm. He speaks Czech and English.
346
On 19 December 2012 the Czech Competition Authority (the "Authority") imposed on four companies active in the area of waste management (some of them are also active in the market of road maintenance) a total fine of CZK 96,579 million (approximately EUR 3,825,000). The companies A.S.A., (...)
296
Subject matter of the case In March 2011, the Office for Protection of Competition (the “Office”) initiated administrative proceedings against Telefónica Czech Republic (“Telefónica“) for alleged abuse of dominant position by means of a margin squeeze in the market of access to Internet (...)
303
The case concerns the coordination of purchasing strategy between two retail chains in the Czech Republic, BILLA, spol. s r.o. (“Billa”) and JULIUS MEINL, a.s. (“Julius Meinl”, a company that currently bears the business name CREDITEX HOLDING, a.s.). In 2001 and 2002 the parties agreed to (...)
345
Subject matter of the case In the Czech Republic, prescriptions for medicinal products subject to prescription are subject to prescription fees. Some pharmacies have come up with a new marketing practice whose purpose is to attract new customers they offer to refund the prescription fee (...)
387
On 31 May 2011, the Chairman of the Czech Competition Authority (the “Authority”) imposed a fine of CZK 14.237 million (approximately EUR 580,000) on a group of poultry producers for their participation in a price-fixing agreement. The parties involved are AGRO Jevišovice, Zemědělské družstvo (...)
988
On 10 February 2011, the Czech Competition Authority (the “Competition Authority”) adopted a cartel settlement decision finding that the local subsidiaries of the Henkel, Procter & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser groups (the “Companies”) had participated in a cartel in respect of the sale of (...)
2302
On 21 October 2010, the Regional Court in Brno (the “Court”) confirmed a fine of almost CZK 53 M imposed on three Czech bakeries, DELTA PEKÁRNY, a.s., ODKOLEK, a.s. and PENAM, a.s. (the “Bakeries”). The fine was imposed by the Chairman of the Czech Competition Authority (the “Authority”) by (...)
930
The Czech Competition Authority (the “Authority”) has fined participants of a nation-wide bid-rigging cartel for the first time. The infringement involved the participation of five companies for their coordination of tender offers in public procurement proceedings concerning the operation of (...)
967
On 3 November 2009, the Regional Court in Brno (the “Court”) issued a judgment in which it ordered the Czech Competition Office (the “Office”) to issue a final decision in its investigation regarding the alleged breach of competition rules by Sokolovská uhelná, právní nástupce, a.s. (...)
