“Carlos” A. Ruiz is an associate in Cuatrecasas’s team in Barcelona specialized in Spanish and EU competition law and economics. Carlos holds a joint honors degree in law and economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (2005 and 2007) and a MSc in Competition and Market Regulation from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. He advises and assists national and international companies in different areas of competition law (antitrust proceedings, distribution agreements, and mergers and acquisitions).
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On March 25, 2021, the Spanish High Court (Audiencia Nacional) annulled the decision to initiate the sanctioning proceeding S/0628/18 Residuos 2. In Appeal No 1232/2021 (ECLI:ES:AN:2021:1232), the Spanish High Court concluded that, the National Commission for Markets and Competition (“CNMC”) had (...)
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The Spanish National High Court (Audiencia Nacional, “Spanish High Court”) has annulled the fine that the Spanish National Commission of Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia, “CNMC”) imposed to the Asociación de Empresarios de Transportes Discrecionales de (...)
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On July 31, 2014, the Spanish National Commission for Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia or “CNMC”) fined ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D’OPTIQUE) S.A. for failing to notify a merger agreement and breaching the obligation to suspend its execution (...)
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