Joanna is the founding partner of the firm Affre i Wspólnicy. She specialises in broadly understood competition law. She also has wide experience in criminal business law and corporate services, including negotiations and disputes among shareholders. She is a member of the Board of the French-Polish Chamber of Commerce. She is also a member of the Competition Law Association and the European Competition Lawyers Association (ECLA). She is a leader lawyer in the area of competition and antitrust law in the 20th edition of the Law Firm Ranking organized by the “Rzeczpospolita” daily. Graduate of Wrocław University and post-graduate studies in Political Science (IEP Strasbourg,France), Community Law (Lyon III, France) and Competition Law (King’s College, London, UK).
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This article examines the phenomenon of greenwashing in advertising, which involves making misleading environmental claims to give the impression that a product or service is eco-friendly. It highlights the issues associated with this practice, as well as the efforts of the European Commission (...)
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Interview conducted by Joanna Affre, Founder and Managing Partner, Affre i Wspólnicy, Warsaw. ********** At the beginning of 2020, you were appointed President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection—that is, the Polish antitrust authority (“UOKiK”). We would like to (...)
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The article focuses on relatively new law in Poland aimed at elimination of unfair commercial practices in relations between undertakings in the agricultural and food products supply chain, thus at protection of weaker players - farmers and small suppliers. The Act on counteracting the unfair (...)
