Law Office Lazarov Attorney At Law Anja Stefanovska talks about dispute resolution in North Macedonia in 2025.

When discussing competition law, the Competition Authority and its powers are usually part of the business conversation, given that it is the key enforcer ensuring fair competition and penalizing those who try to distort it. However, for many undertakings, a decision by the Competition Authority isn’t always the end of their fight for justice – sometimes it’s just the beginning. Affected competitors often have to undertake significant efforts to seek compensation from those whose anti-competitive behaviour has harmed or even destroyed their business. In this article, we share our experience with the first-ever successful follow-on damages action in the Czech Republic and the challenges we encountered along the way.

By judgment from 9 January 2025 in Case C‑394/23 the Court of Justice (CJEU) rules that the processing of personal data relating to the title of the customers of a transport undertaking is not necessary and might even be not legally grounded.

Sayenko Kharenko, working with Latham & Watkins and Westerberg & Partners, has successfully represented Ukraine before the Svea Court of Appeal in setting aside the challenge of a USD 6 billion Energy Charter Treaty award.

Baciu Partners has successfully represented Asociatia Suporter Club UTA in a case against Asociatia Fotbal Cub UTA Arad.

Dragne & Asociatii has successfully represented Baneasa Business & Technology Park and Baneasa Rezidential in a real estate dispute that lasted more than 12 years and involved more than 1,000 parties.