On Thursday, September 19, 2013, at the registered office of K&L Gates in Warsaw, an inaugural meeting of the ICC Poland Commission on Competition was held. It will be a third commission acting in Poland, in addition to ICC Poland banking and arbitration commission. The ICC (Paris) Commission on Competition comprises more than 300 professional worldwide dealing with antitrust law from more than 40 countries. It consists of both lawyers working business entities and international law firms and professionals in other fields. e.g. economy.

The meeting attracted a considerable interest. The inauguration was preceded by a ceremonial speech of Maciej Jamka, President of ICC Poland and managing partner of K&L Gates law firm. Special guests included Ms Małgorzata Krasnodębska-Tomkiel, President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) and Paul Lugard, President of ICC (Paris) Commission on Competition and partner of the Brussels office of Baker Botts LLP. The inauguration was attended by outstanding representatives of competition law practice from law firms and legal departments of companies’ scientists, including professor of the Jagiellonian University Mr. Tadeusz Skoczny. A substantial part headed by Dr. Jana Planavova - Latanowicz was also stipulated. In the substantial analysis, a judgment of the EU Court of Justice in case no. C-681/11 Schenker was examined, regarding the issue of quilt in antitrust proceedings.

Following the formal part, all participants went for a cocktail to discuss in a less formal atmosphere the current challenges regarding antitrust law faced by entrepreneurs. The next meeting of the ICC Commission on Competition was scheduled at the turn of November and December this 2013.

For more information on the ICC Poland Commission on Competition being organized contact Marcin Trepka tel. 508, e-mail marcin.trepka@klgates.com.