Publications - EU and Antitrust Law
Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce maintains merger control thresholds
The Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) issued Resolution 93503 of 2018 which sets the value of operational revenue and/or total domestic assets that shall be taken into consideration when evaluating the need of conducting…
The battle to substitute English law in Europe has begun
Many important decisions at law firms and organizations depend on whether or not Brexit will deprive English law of its importance in Europe, and which, if any, legal system will take its place. New York law and French law are positioning themselves…
Euribor: a death foretold
Euribor reform is still in motion and will bring changes with an impact on the financial wholesale and retail markets, from financial, operating and systems, and commercial standpoints. Care is also needed to avoid serious legal risks.
Protecting personal data under the GDPR in arbitration
In this article we highlight the implications for parties, counsel, arbitral institutions and third party providers and consider how to best deal with GDPR compliance including assessing if consent is necessary, obtaining consent when and if needed…
Cross-border bank mergers: getting ready for change
The past ten years have brought about significant concentration in the domestic banking sector but cross-border banking mergers and acquisitions although they would improve the geographic diversification of risk and help bolster banks’…
The Parliament and the Council approve the Regulation to end geo-blocking
On May 25, 2016 the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation to combat geographical blocking practices (geo-blocking) as part of its strategy to achieve a Digital Single Market. The three main objectives of this initiative are: to…
Transposition of the European Union Directive on action for damages for infringements of Competition law
On May 27, 2017, the Official State Gazette (“BOE”) published Royal Decree-Law 9/2017, of May 26, 2017, transposing into Spanish law various European Union directives in the financial, corporate/commercial and health fields, and on the…
State aid and Tax Rulings: An appropriate way to tackle aggressive tax planning?
In two decisions issued on October 21, 2015, the European Commission (EC) has concluded that, by issuing certain tax rulings covering transfer pricing matters, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have granted selective tax advantages to Fiat Finance and…
EU State Aids and Tax Law
On 7 November 2014 the General Court of the European Union (‘General Court’) rendered two landmark judgments shedding light on the boundaries of the key notion of ‘selectivity’ in tax-related State aid cases. The judgments quashed two European…
Antitrust Newsletter May 2014
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Administrative/Corporate Updates 1-2013
LAW 3/2013 CREATING THE NATIONAL MARKETS AND ANTITRUST COMMISSION