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Profile
Filip Drgas is a member of the Competition Law Practice in Greenberg Traurig Warsaw office. Filip works for Polish and foreign clients, advising them on all aspects of competition and consumer protection law and representing them before the European Commission and the President of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (OCCP). In particular, he comprehensively advises clients on antitrust issues related to M&A transactions, such as representing clients in merger control proceedings and organizing clean team structures. Filip also advises on the compliance of actions taken (e.g. concluded contracts) with competition law, including conducting comprehensive antitrust audits. In the area of consumer protection, Filip supports clients in, among other things, preparation of contracts and regulations, as well as communication with consumers, and evaluates planned activities from the perspective of the prohibition of infringing the collective interests of consumers or using of prohibited contractual provisions. Filip has also been involved in projects in the e-commerce and TMT/new technology sectors, covering consumer law, electronic communications, and data protection regulations.
Concentrations
- Merger control
- Abuse of dominance and restrictive practices
- Antitrust/Anticompetitive practices
- Cartels
- Consumer law
- Distribution chains
- New technologies
- E-commerce
Capabilities
Experience
- Advised eRecruitment Solutions, a company from the capital group of Grupa Pracuj S.A., on the acquisition of all shares in HRlink from Agora S.A. and two individual minority shareholders.
- Advised Bogdan and Elżbieta Kaczmarek and private equity fund Innova Capital on the antitrust aspects of the acquisition of 100% of shares in Pfleiderer Polska, in a corporate carve-out transaction from Pfleiderer Group, owned by funds managed by the global investment firm - Strategic Value Partners.
- Represented Allianz in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the European Commission for a transaction involving the acquisition of the Polish life and non-life insurance business from Aviva, as well as pension funds and asset management from Aviva, and the acquisition of a 51% stake in life and non-life bancassurance products joint ventures between Aviva and Santander.
- Advised Cyfrowy Polsat media group in concentration proceedings before the European Commission in connection with the conclusion of a joint venture agreement with Discovery Communications Europe and TVN for the creation of a joint OTT platform.
- Advised Telewizja Polsat in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection for the acquisition of the Interia Group.
- Represented PIB Agency, a company belonging to the international PIB Group, operating in the insurance industry, in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the President of the OCCP for the acquisition of Asist sp. z o.o., an insurance multiagency.
- Advised ZE PAK S.A., an energy company, in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the President of the OCCP to establish a joint venture for the planned construction of a nuclear power plant in Poland.
- Advised Agora media group in connection with obtaining an unconditional approval of the OCCP for the acquisition of Eurozet.
- Advised the Unimot Group, which operates in the fuel industry, in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the President of the OCCP for the acquisition from Lotos Group of Lotos Terminale S.A., a company active in asphalt production and with its own fuel terminal. The transaction was carried out in connection with the implementation of the remedies imposed by the European Commission in its conditional approval of PKN Orlen's acquisition of Lotos Group.
- Advised Value4Capital, a private equity fund, on competition law issues in connection with the sale of 100% of the shares of Kom-Eko S.A., a waste management company, to a fund whose exclusive investment advisor is CEE Equity Partners Limited.
- Advised Stock Spirits Group, a portfolio company of a fund managed by CVC Capital Partners, on competition law issues in connection with the acquisition of 100% of shares in Polmos Bielsko-Biala S.A., a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages.
- Advised Centerbridge Partners Europe LLP in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the President of the OCCP for the establishment of 7 joint undertakings set up with ROBYG S.A., which will conduct business in the field of development and sale of residential real estate units in Poland.
- Advised Hungarian WING Group and international investment and asset manager Griffin Capital Partners in connection with the issuance of unconditional approval by the President of the OCCP for a joint venture to acquire a 60% stake in Berlin-based developer BAUWERT AG.
- Advised Polsat Plus Group in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the President of the OCCP for a joint venture with HB Reavis.
- Advised EQT Exeter on competition law issues in its acquisition of a logistics portfolio in Poland.
- Advised GLP in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the President of the OCCP for the acquisition of a logistics portfolio from the Goodman Group.
- Advised Partners Group on competition law issues in the acquisition of BUMA Group's office portfolio.
- Advised REINO Capital and RF CorVal in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the President of the OCCP for the acquisition of BUMA Group.
- Advised Madison International Realty, a leading real estate private equity firm, in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the President of the OCCP for a transaction involving the acquisition of a 46.5% stake in European Logistics Investment, which owns a Polish real estate warehouse portfolio valued at approx. EUR 500 million.
- Advised subsidiaries of Madison International Realty in four OCC merger control proceedings related to the formation of joint ventures with Panattoni Group to jointly invest in logistics assets located in Europe.
- Advised SJL Partners LLC, KCC Corporation and Wonik QnC Corporation in connection with obtaining unconditional approval from the President of the OCC to acquire joint control of MPM Holdings Inc., a U.S. company engaged in the manufacture and sale of silicone materials.
- Advised a gaming company in the area of contractual relations with distributors.
- Conducted an antitrust audit for a real estate company.
- Conducted an antitrust audit for an entity in the advertising industry.
- Advised an e-commerce platform in the area of compliance of planned activities with competition law.
- Advised a company in the furniture industry in connection with the development of distribution structures.˚
- Advised an e-commerce company in connection with the use of algorithms that implement dynamic pricing for its clients.°
- Advised the Agora media group in its appeal against the decision of the President of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (OCCP) prohibiting the acquisition of the Eurozet radio group, which ended in the first judgement in Poland, in which the Court changed the decision of the President of the OCCP prohibiting the concentration in its entirety and granted final, unconditional approval for the transaction.
- Advised a company in the food sector in several proceedings before the President of the OCCP (as well as the District Court in Warsaw) concerning alleged abuse of contractual advantage in relations with farmers.
- Advised an entity in the media industry in proceedings before the President of the OCCP in connection with allegations of abuse of a dominant position.
- Advised a leading bank in connection with proceedings before the OCCP concerning violation of collective consumer interests and abusive clauses.°
- Advised an international online platform in the area of adjusting its regulations to the requirements of Polish consumer protection law.
- Advised a company in the furniture industry in connection with the organization of promotional campaigns.
- Advised an insurer in connection with the suspected use of prohibited contractual clauses in general terms and conditions.
- Advised a large retail store chain in connection with the introduction of a loyalty program.˚
- Advised a start-up in connection with the development of terms and conditions for the use of a blockchain-based communications platform.˚
- Advised a leading online store offering console computer games in connection with the adaptation of its terms and conditions to the requirements of Polish consumer protection law.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Drgas prior to his joining GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński sp.k.
Recognition & Leadership
- EMEA Legal 500: Recommended in Competition/Antitrust (2023-2024)
- Member, Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law
- Member, Competition Law Association
Credentials
- Attorney-at-Law, 2019
- Postgraduate studies, Competition law, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), 2018
- Master of Law, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2015
- M.A., International Relations, European Cooperation, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2013
- Diploma, International and European Legal Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, 2012
- B.A., International Relations, Diplomacy and Consular Relations, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2011
- Poland
- Polish, Native
- English, Fluent