Wednesday, 25th November, 12:00 CET / 11:00 GMT
Merger control in M&A transactions
Unusual cases and practical tipswith Joanna Affre & Kamil Ameda
The final Jurismus Academy session of 2026, with Joanna Affre and Kamil Ameda from our Polish member firm Affre i Wspólnicy.
- When can a transaction in one EU country require merger clearance in another?
- Can a lease agreement trigger a notification requirement?
- What should lawyers watch out for before completing a transaction?
Through unusual cases and practical examples, the session focuses on EU rules, with particular emphasis on the practice of the Polish competition authority.
Meet the speakers
Joanna Affre
Advocate & Managing Partner
Affre i Wspólnicy, Poland
Founding partner of the firm, specialising in competition law: distribution, anti-competitive practices, abuse of dominance and M&A. Vice-President of the French-Polish Chamber of Commerce.
Joanna is the founding partner of Affre i Wspólnicy and specializes in competition law in its broadest sense. She advises clients across the FMCG, food, chemical, construction, media and other sectors on distribution strategies, the prevention of anti-competitive practices and abuse of dominance, mergers and acquisitions, consumer law, and unfair competition. She also conducts audits and training for businesses and represents clients in proceedings before the Polish Competition Authority (UOKiK) and the courts.
Joanna serves as Vice-President of the French-Polish Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Polish Competition Law Association, the European Competition Lawyers Association (ECLA), and the International League of Competition Law (LIDC). She is also the author of numerous expert articles published in leading national and industry publications.
She graduated from the University of Wrocław and completed postgraduate programmes in political science at IEP Strasbourg (France), EU law at Lyon III (France), and competition law at King’s College London (United Kingdom).
Kamil Ameda
Attorney-at-law
Affre i Wspólnicy, Poland
Advises on competition and consumer law with a focus on practical compliance: dawn raids, compliance programmes, merger notifications and distribution agreements.
Kamil advises businesses on competition and consumer law, with a particular focus on practical compliance. He supports clients during unannounced inspections by antitrust authorities, develops competition compliance policies and internal dawn-raid procedures, as well as conducts mock dawn raids for training purposes.
He also provides practical legal advice on competition and consumer law, conducts compliance audits, files merger notifications, advises on regulations aimed at preventing greenwashing, reviews and drafts distribution agreements, prepares terms and conditions and other standard consumer contracts.
Kamil regularly delivers training sessions and speaks at conferences. He is also the author of publications in these areas.
Kamil is an attorney-at-law (Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law) and a member of the Polish Competition Law Association. He completed the attorney-at-law training programme with distinction. Before joining Affre i Wspólnicy, he gained professional experience at a court and at Polish and international law firms.