Alexandr SVETLICINII

Associate Professor
Programme Coordinator of Master of Law in International Business Law (English Language)

Other Roles

• Member of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Law

Academic Qualifications

• PhD in Law, European University Institute
• Master of Research (Law), European University Institute
• LL.M International Business Law, Central European University
• Licentiate in Law, Free International University of Moldova

Teaching Areas

• Advanced Issues of International Trade Law
• Business Law
• Commercial Contracts
• Comparative Legal Systems
• Economic Law of the European Union
• EU Trade Law
• Intellectual Property Law in the Creative Economy
• Transnational Law

Publications

• The BRICS-Lawyers’ Guide to BRICS Texts and Materials (BRICS-Lawyers, 2019), ISBN: 978-9996511172 (co-authored with Rostam Neuwirth)
• “Off-Label Use of Medicines Under Scrutiny: Between Competition Law and Pharma Regulations” Medicine and Law (2019) 38(2): 165-182, ISSN: 0723-1393
• “Trade Wars are Good and Easy to Win”: From Security Exceptions to the Post-WTO World” KLRI Journal of Law and Legislation (2019) 9(1): 29-62, ISSN: 2234-7526
• “The Judicial Review of the Standard of Proof in Cartel Cases: Raising the Bar for the Croatian Competition Authority” Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (2018) 11(18): 311-323, ISSN: 1689-9024
• “The Acquisitions of the Chinese State-Owned Enterprises under the National Merger Control Regimes of the EU Member States: Searching for a Coherent Approach” Market and Competition Law Review (2018) 2(1): 99-120, ISSN: 2184-0008
• “The Right of Defence in the Decentralized System of EU Competition Law Enforcement”, World Competition Law and Economics Review (2018) 41(3): 309-334, ISSN: 1011-4548 (co-authored with Maciej Bernatt and Marco Botta)
• “The “Dark Matter” in EU Competition Law: Non-Infringement Decisions in the New EU Member States before and after Tele2 Polska” European Law Review (2018) 43(3): 424-446, ISSN: 0307-5400 (co-authored with Maciej Bernatt and Marco Botta)
• “China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union: “Integrating the Integrations” Public Administration Issues (2018) 5: 7-20, ISSN: 1999-5431
• “Fake Food” as a New Ingredient in the “Cuisine Juridique”: A Case for “Regulatory Co-Opetition” Medicine and Law (2018) 37(1): 175-192, ISSN: 0723-1393
• “Emergency Arbitration in the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Cases: Challenges and Perspectives for Arbitration Institutions” KLRI Journal of Law and Legislation (2018) 8(1): 1-26, ISSN: 2234-7526
• “The Acquisitions of the Chinese State-Owned Enterprises under the EU Merger Control Regime: Time for Reflection?” Revue Lamy de la concurrence (2017) 67: 30-36, ISSN: 1770-9377
• “BRICS Countries and Their Cooperation in the Field of Competition Law and Policy: A New Voice in International Antitrust?” Revue Lamy de la concurrence (2017) 64: 20-23, ISSN: 1770-9377
• “Private Litigation under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law: Empirical Evidence and Procedural Developments” KLRI Journal of Law and Legislation (2017) 7(1): 163-206, ISSN: 2234-7526
• “The Regulation of Trade and Public Health in Asia-Pacific: A Case for “Inter-Regime Regulatory Co-opetition”” Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy (2015) 10(2): 349-380, ISSN: 1819-5164 (co-authored with Rostam Neuwirth)
• “International Trade, Intellectual Property and Competition Rules: Multiple Cases for Global “Regulatory Co-opetition”?” Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific (2015) XIX: 393-425, ISSN: 1772-1644 (co-authored with Rostam Neuwirth)
• “The objectives of competition law and the effective conduct of the infringement proceedings: Judgments of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in BH Telecom and Telekomunikacije RS” Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (2015) 8(11): 241-248, ISSN: 1689-9024
• “Enforcement of the EU competition rules in Romania: Application of the ‘effect on trade’ concept in the enforcement practice of the Romanian Competition Council” Romanian Competition Journal (2014) 1-2: 11-23, ISSN: 2343-9785
• “The Limits for the Global Proliferation of Competition Law: The Case of Macao SAR” European Scientific Journal (2014) 2: 31-39, ISSN: 1857-7881
• “Enforcement of EU Competition Rules in Estonia: Substantive Convergence and Procedural Divergence” Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (2014) 7(9): 67−85, ISSN: 1689-9024
• “Expanding the Definitions of ‘Undertaking’ and ‘Economic Activity’: Application of Competition Rules to the Actions of State Institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina” Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (2013) 6(8): 11−33, ISSN: 1689-9024
• “New Competition Law of the Republic of Moldova: Prospects and Concerns” Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kartell- und Wettbewerbsrecht (2013) 6: 210-218, ISSN: 2424-2901
• “Merger remedies in a small market economy: Empirical evidence from the Baltic states” Baltic Journal of Law and Politics (2013) 6(1): 1-26, ISSN: 2029-0454 (co-authored with Külliki Lugenberg)
• “Abuse of Dominance in South Eastern Europe: Enforcement Practices of the National Competition Authorities in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia” Mediterranean Competition Bulletin (2012) 8: 4-26
• “Illegality of Conduct in EU Merger Control: Should We Trust the “Summary Analysis”?” L’Europe unie/United Europe (2012) 6: 139−153, ISSN: 7497–0051
• “’Objective Justifications’ of ‘Restrictions by Object’ in Pierre Fabre: A More Economic Approach to Article 101(1) TFEU?” European Law Reporter (2011) 11: 348−353, ISSN: 1028-9690
• “Parental Liability for the Antitrust Infringements of Subsidiaries: A rebuttable presumption or probatio diabolica?” European Law Reporter (2011) 10: 288−292, ISSN: 1028-9690
• “Who is To Blame? Liability of “Economic Units” for Infringements of EU Competition Law” European Law Reporter (2011) 2: 52−56, ISSN: 1028-9690
• “Epilogue of the Plasterboard Litigation: How Much Legal Certainty in the Commission’s Treatment of Repeated Infringements?” European Law Reporter (2010) 10: 318−322, ISSN: 1028-9690
• “More Economics in Assessment of Coordinated Effects: Impala Litigation and Unworkable Legal Standards” Concorrenza e Mercato (2010): 347−369, ISSN: 1720-2698
• “Back to the Basics: Concepts of Undertaking and Economic Activity in the SELEX Judgment” European Law Reporter (2009) 12: 422−427, ISSN: 1028-9690
• “”Piercing the Corporate Veil”: Imposition of Fines on Associations of Undertakings for Violation of EC Competition Law” European Law Reporter (2009) 3: 92−97, ISSN: 1028-9690
• “The New Serbian Law on the Protection of Competition: A Critical Assessment” Pravni život časopis za pravnu teoriju i praksu (2009) 12(IV): 567-580, ISSN: 0350-0500
• “Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and Foreign Judgments in the Republic of Moldova” Wuhan University International Law Review (2009) 10(2): 194-213, ISSN: 2097-3777
• “ECJ’s Ruling in Beef Industry Case: Competition Law Must Be Observed At All Times” European Law Reporter (2008) 12: 402-406, ISSN: 1028-9690
• “Damages for Schneider Electric: Setting the Standards for Community’s Non-Contractual Liability” European Law Reporter (2008) 5: 158-161, ISSN: 1028-9690
• “Telecommunications Mergers Under the EC Competition Law and US Antitrust Law: Substantive Assessment and Procedural Cooperation” Cambridge Student Law Review (2008) 4(1): 22-39, ISSN: 1750-0893
• “Exploring the Role of Legal Presumptions Under the ‘Convincing Evidence’ Standard in EC Merger Control” ICC Global Antitrust Review (2008) 1: 117-134
• “Arbitration of Investment Disputes: Experiences of the Republic of Moldova” Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (2007) 11(1): 99-112, ISSN: 1439-9741
• “Efficiency Defence in the Merger Control Regimes of EC and Republic of Serbia: A Comparative Perspective” Pravni život časopis za pravnu teoriju i praksu (2007) 14(VI): 241-256, ISSN: 0350-0500
• “EU-US Merger Control Cooperation: A Model for the International Antitrust?” Pravni život časopis za pravnu teoriju i praksu (2006) 11(III): 113-126, ISSN: 0350-0500