Region: Spain

Pablo Figueroa has joined Pérez Llorca as a partner in Madrid, after stepping down from his role as the head of Garrido Abogados’ competition group.

22 September 2021

Spain’s competition authority has fined 12 infrastructure companies €61.2 million for rigging bids that handed them 63% of the nation’s overall road network budget.

20 August 2021

Spain’s antitrust enforcer has accused Telefónica of violating the conditions of a 2015 merger agreement by entering into an exclusive streaming deal and preventing mobile customers from switching service providers.

13 August 2021

A Spanish court has confirmed that the country’s antitrust enforcer was entitled to raid Philip Morris in 2017 as part of an information-sharing investigation that ended with the tobacco company being ordered to pay a €15 million fine.

11 August 2021

A complaint lodged on behalf of fans of FC Barcelona to the European Commission has claimed that footballer Lionel Messi’s expected transfer to Paris Saint-Germain FC breaches EU competition and state aid rules.

09 August 2021

Spain’s National Commission of Markets and Competition has announced that María Luisa Tierno Centella, currently deputy head of cartels at the European Commission, will be taking over as its new competition director.

06 August 2021

A market study by the Spanish antitrust watchdog has found that the country's digital advertising sector is dominated by Facebook and Google, which together control more than 70% of the market’s revenue.

27 July 2021

The European Court of Justice has confirmed that a specific court in Spain should hear a follow-on claim against Volvo for damages that arose from the trucks cartel, after clarifying EU rules on international and territorial jurisdiction.

16 July 2021

A Spanish judge has accused UEFA and two national football leagues of violating a preliminary injunction and ordered them to annul all sanctions against clubs that agreed to join the proposed European Super League.

05 July 2021

Spain’s antitrust enforcer is investigating Amazon and Apple for allegedly agreeing on various commercial restrictions affecting both retailers and advertisers on Amazon’s online marketplace.

02 July 2021