Romi Lepetska is an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, London. Her practice focuses on EU and Dutch antitrust law, in addition to Dutch corporate law. Ms. Lepetska joined the firm as a stagiaire in 2012 and became an associate in 2013. In 2011, she received an LL.M degree in Corporate Law from the University of Amsterdam. Additionally, she obtained two honours BA’s from Utrecht Law College and University College Utrecht. Before joining the firm, Ms. Lepetska completed a blue book internship at the European Commission DG Competition in 2011. Ms. Lepetska’s native language is Dutch, she is fluent in English and has a fair knowledge of French, German and Ukrainian.
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On 21 July 2020, the Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply) (Amendment) Order 2020 and the Enterprise Act 2002 (Turnover Test) (Amendment) Order 2020 came into force. Both Orders amend the jurisdictional thresholds for mergers in certain sectors. Under the new rules, the thresholds have been (...)
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On 17 June 2020, the Supreme Court handed down a much anticipated judgment concerning the default multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) set by Mastercard and Visa (together, the Appellants). The case considered appeals relating to three separate damages actions brought by retailers against (...)
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On 1 April 2020, the CAT published a summary of an application to commence collective proceedings under section 47B of the Competition Act 1998. The application was filed by Mark McLaren Class Representative Limited, a special purpose vehicle, alleging losses arising from the European (...)
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UK Clamps Down On Gun-Jumping On 12 February 2019, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) imposed a fine of £200,000 on Electro Rent for gun-jumping. [1] This is the third occasion on which the CMA has penalised a company for breaching “standstill” or “hold-separate” obligations (...)
