Sponsors
Sponsors
Hansberry Competition provides strategic advice and representation in complex competition cases, with an emphasis on cartels. Our services run from conducting audits and competition compliance training for our clients to working on all phases of an investigation and litigation. Ms. Hansberry-Biegunska, the head and founder of the firm, also counsels and provides training on litigation strategy and practice.
Ms. Hansberry-Biegunska offers unparalleled experience and perspective having worked as a lawyer and senior executive on both sides of the Atlantic. She worked as a regulator in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and as an advisor to several competition authorities in Central Europe. As a general counsel and executive of large media companies, she understands companies' challenges in complying with competition laws. As a senior partner in a Polish law firm, she headed a leading competition practice team.
Hansberry Competition combines the experience of Ms. Hansberry-Biegunska with the talent of a team of specialised lawyers, chosen according to the needs of particular cases and clients. Ms. Hansberry-Biegunska, has been widely recognised internationally and nationally as a leading practitioner in her field by Who's Who of Competition Lawyers, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer, and Rzeczpospolita (a leading Polish daily).
Wardyński & Partners is a Polish law firm with over 135 lawyers who have expertise and experience in providing comprehensive legal advice to international and domestic clients in all aspects of commercial law. The firm is based in Warsaw with regional offices in Poznań, Wrocław and Brussels.
The Competition Practice at Wardyński & Partners is recognised for its understanding of the local business and legal realities of Central and Eastern Europe, and in particular, of Poland. It offers a full range of competition law advice including represention before the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection in Poland, and the European Commission, litigation representation before Polish and European courts, national and international arbitration courts.
White & Case has been one of the leading law firms in CEE since 1990 (in Poland since 1991).Today, we have offices in Almaty, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Moscow, Prague, and Warsaw, comprised of over 300 lawyers and tax professionals working seamlessly on various cross-border projects. We provide a full range of legal and tax services to major local and international corporations across CEE, advising clients in all corporate, commercial and financial matters during the course of their business and/or investment activities in the region.
Our Competition practice is one of our greatest assets and Warsaw competition team was awarded with the "Recommended" title in the "Global Competition Review: Poland Country Survey" in 2010. We successfully handle all aspects of competition law arising in complex cross-border projects. The scope of our legal services includes the following issues: concentration control, prohibited market practices, state aid, unfair competition and litigation.
Wierzbowski Eversheds, one of Poland’s leading law firms, combines international legal expertise and local know-how to offer clients top-quality legal services. Since March 2005 we have been a member of Eversheds International, one of the largest legal networks in the world, with nearly 5,000 people in 46 offices across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
At Wierzbowski Eversheds, more than 60 lawyers practice in specialised teams led by highly experienced attorneys and legal advisers. Independent international legal market research institutions recommend many of our lawyers. The dedication and extensive knowledge of our lawyers allow us to offer our clients truly comprehensive legal services. We also advise on complex international projects, combining Eversheds International's worldwide experience with our deep understanding of the Polish market.
We advise clients on a full range of business-related issues. We are a leader in the areas of personal data protection, pharmaceutical law, competition law (including litigation regulatory disputes in telecommunications as well as litigation and arbitration in commercial matters), mergers and acquisitions, and property law. We have also won numerous recommendations with regard to corporate law, intellectual property law and labour law.
Organisers
This year's event is part of the annual conference series initiated in 2009 by the Hungarian Competition Law Research Centre. This year's coorganisers include the following partners:
Łazarski University, was founded by Ryszard Łazarski, Ph. D., a man with immense organizational and educational abilities. Łazarski University is one of the best private higher education institutions in Poland. For many years now, it has achieved high rankings and has become unquestionably the best non-state Law School offering Ph. D degrees in Poland. The faculty of Law and Administration of Łazarski University is an unquestioned leader in the ranking of law faculties among non-state higher education institutions. For the last 3 years the University invariably occupies the first place in the ranking of law faculties of Gazeta Prawna.
The University is a higher education institution with a broad profile, offering business, law and international relations programs. University students are provided with the highest quality of interdisciplinary education and endeavor to ensure that our graduates are not only highly educated, ready to meet the requirements of the contemporary job market, fluent in English and proficient in the use of computers, but also are culturally, socially and politically aware. Over 22,000 students have graduated from Łazarski University, which reflects well on University achievements. They are active in both Poland and abroad, and many have excellent careers.
Łazarski University is part of a very strong international cooperative network. This is essential for its continued development because it helps to improve educational standards as well as increase scientific research.
Having scored highly in the most recent (2010) National Student Survey for overall student satisfaction, the School of Law is now ranked 14th out of 91 universities by The Times Good University Guide 2010 (and 12th amongst English Universities). In the most recent (2008) Research Assessment Exercise, the School was ranked joint 7th (along with Cambridge) for world leading research and international excellence and came 11th out of 67 university Law Schools across all research categories. This, in particular, reflects the high academic standing of the School of Law's staff and impacts positively on the quality of both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
