Judging and supporting complex competition cases requires knowledge of both competition law and economics, complemented with practical experience.
Infrapont is well-prepared to provide empirically sound and well-founded complex competition analysis for clients in administrative or any legal cases, both at the national and European level. Our experts have the necessary background to complete analyses for antitrust or merger cases, or prepare expert reports for damage assessment.
- Hungarian Competition Authority – Center of Competition Culture
- Companies from diverse sectors (e.g. media, telecommunication, FMCG)
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For sectoral and competition regulatory institutions
- Market Analysis of Professional Liability Insurance Market in Hungary (2012) in Hungarian
- Assessment of Competition issues in Aftermarkets (2012) in Hungarian
- The Management of Price Discrimination in the Sector and the Competition Regulation (2009)
- The Management of Excessive Pricing in the Competition Authority Practice (2008)
- The Issue of Separation and the Possible Impact on Industry Competition and Operation in Network Industries, Especially in the Telecommunications (2007)
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For market players
- Analysis and consulting in competition policy cases, including both ongoing competition proceedings and preliminary competition assessments
- Definition of relevant markets
- Assessment of market power based on market shares and other factors, assessment of economic dominance
- Identifying and evaluating the ex-post effects of agreements and unilateral conduct on competition
- Identifying and evaluating the ex-ante effects of a merger on competition
- Quantifying efficiency gains
- Consulting in court proceedings
- Analysis and consulting in competition policy cases, including both ongoing competition proceedings and preliminary competition assessments
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Publications and presentations
- Csorba, G.: Should European competition policy also change as a reaction to global challenges? Lessons after Siemens/Alstom and the following debate, in: Competition and Regulation 2019, ed: Valentinyi, P. – Nagy, Cs. I. – Berezvai, Z. (in Hungarian, and abstract in English)
- Kováts, S. – Szabó, G.: Competition law interventions by the European Commission in the energy markets, in: Competition and Regulation 2019, ed: Valentinyi, P. – Nagy, Cs. I. – Berezvai, Z. (in Hungarian, and abstract in English)
- Csorba, G.: Should competition policy / merger control change in response to global challenges?, Conference presentation, III. Wolters Kluwer Competition Law Conference, Budapest, November 19 2019 (in Hungarian)
- Csorba, G.: Antitrust challenges with digital competition from the viewpoint of a competition economist, Conference presentation, Allen&Overy Regional Workshop, Budapest, May 17 2019 (in English)
- Csorba, G.: MFN clauses, price parities and online sales – an introduction to the competition issues, Conference presentation, II. Wolters Kluwer Competition Law Conference, Budapest, May 17 2018 (in Hungarian)
- Csorba, G.: The effectiveness of the Hungarian Competition Authority’s merger procedures for Phase II mergers between 2010 and 2016, in: Competition and Regulation 2017, ed: Valentinyi, P. – Kiss, F. L. – Nagy, Cs. I. – Berezvai, Z. (in Hungarian)
- Csorba, G. – Pápai, Z.: Does one more or one less mobile operator affect prices? A comprehensive ex-post evaluation of entries and mergers in European mobile telecommunication markets, Discussion papers MT-DP – 2015/41 Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in English) - Csorba, G.: Empirical industrial organization in Hungary: a survey of research and applications, in: Competition and Regulation 2015, ed: Valentinyi, P. – Kiss, F. L. – Antal-Pomázi, K. – Nagy, Cs. I. (in English)
- Csorba, G.: Evaluating parallelism in merger control, in: Competition and Regulation 2014, ed: Valentinyi, P. – Kiss, F. L. – Nagy, Cs. I. (in Hungarian)