by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Vertical Agreements
⚡ TL;DRSelective distribution — supplying only dealers meeting defined criteria — is lawful without any market-share limit where the product justifies it, criteria are qualitative, objective and applied uniformly, and they go no further than necessary (Metro...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Vertical Agreements
⚡ TL;DRThe EU’s Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER 2022/720, in force to 2034) exempts supplier-distributor agreements where both parties’ market shares are at or below 30% — provided the agreement contains no hardcore restrictions: resale price...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Vertical Agreements
⚡ TL;DRResale price maintenance — a supplier fixing or imposing minimum resale prices on its distributors — is the most heavily enforced vertical restraint in the world. It is a hardcore restriction in the EU and Türkiye (no block exemption, fines regardless of market...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Competition Compliance
⚡ TL;DRPrivate damages actions have become the larger half of competition liability: EU claimants benefit from binding infringement findings, disclosure rights, a presumption of harm and five-year-plus limitation periods; the UK’s opt-out class regime, Dutch...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Competition Compliance
⚡ TL;DRAntitrust due diligence asks three questions of every target: does it carry unremediated infringement exposure (cartel participation, abusive contracts, unnotified past deals), will the transaction itself clear, and can the buyer operate the business lawfully...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Competition Compliance
⚡ TL;DRTrade associations are competition law’s most productive risk channel: they gather competitors, in a room, with an agenda — and a large share of cartel decisions begin in a legitimate industry forum that drifted. The controls are simple and...
