Guidelines of the Federal Antimonopoly Service

In this article, authors discuss the Guidelines on the Procedure and Technique of Analysis of Joint Venture Agreements Containing Non-Compete Clauses which were approved by the Presidium of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS of Russia) on 18 July 2013. The Guidelines were developed to introduce a uniform approach to the assessment of JVAs containing non-compete clauses. The Guidelines are a product of lengthy work in which partners and associates of the Moscow office of White & Case helped FAS by leading a working group on the development of the Guidelines.