Dimitris Vallindas is a Counsel in the Brussels office of Sheppard Mullin and a member of its Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. Dimitris specialises in European and Greek competition and regulatory law. In particular, Dimitris has significant experience in handling and coordinating complex multi-jurisdictional cartel and merger cases. He also has in-depth expertise in all types of State aid matters, including R&D, environmental, rescue and restructuring, risk-capital and privatisation cases. He has been frequently involved in litigation both at national and EU level. Dimitris’ expertise covers several industry specific sectors, including the sectors of aviation, telecommunications, rail transport and energy. Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Dimitris was an academic assistant in EU law at the University of Aix-en-Provence. He completed an extensive traineeship at the European Commission, DG Competition, in a unit working on State aid matters relating to Research, Development and Innovation as well as Risk Capital. He also worked as a trainee attorney and associate in three international law firms in Brussels. Dimitris graduated in law in Aix en Provence (L.LM in European Law, Aix-Marseille III University) and is a member of the Brussels bar. He is fluent in Greek, English and French.
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The unique EU State aid control law requires, in principle, prior notification by Member States and approval by the Commission of all State aid. During a time of crisis, like the COVID-19 pandemic, EU law allows for a flexible approach for approving urgent State aid. In this post, we discuss (...)
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INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, INVESTMENT PROTECTION AND EU STATE AID RULES: THE GENERAL COURT OF THE EU ANNULS THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S STATE AID DECISION IN THE MICULA CASE In a long-awaited ruling of June 18, 2019, the General Court of the European Union (“GCEU”) annulled the European (...)
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On July 4, 2016, the Administrative Court of Appeal of Marseille issued a decision on the terms and conditions that apply with regard to controlling the compensation arising from public service transport concessions. Facts and procedural background The case in question pits the company (...)
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On July 22, 2015, the French Conseil d’Etat (Council of State) issued an opinion on the contribution to the public service of electricity. The contribution to the public service of electricity compensates for the additional costs arising from the charges borne by the historical electricity (...)
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New Developments in the COMESA Merger Control Regime – On the Path to Maturity* The Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (“COMESA”) is a supranational organisation with 19 Member States: Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, (...)
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Express delivery is a personalized service for the rapid dispatch of documents and parcels. In France this sector is open to unrestricted competition, unlike the ordinary postal service which is subject to the monopoly of the Post Office. The Société française de messagerie internationale (...)
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Facts In 1990, the Etablissements Ducros participated in a tender procedure for a contract concerning the extension of the Marseille-Marignane airport. The contract was finally awarded to the Italian company Construzioni Metalliche Finsider Sud (CMF Sud). Ducros brought an action against CMF (...)
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The prior control of the granting of State aid by an independent and supranational authority, the European Commission, constitutes the essential cornerstone of the creation of the internal market. However, State aid procedural rules have privileged Member States, whilst third parties, (...)
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In its decision of April 2, 2019, the Commission had concluded that the exemption scheme on group financing the exemptions provided for in Chapter 9 of Part 9 A of the No. 9 of Part 9 A of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Provisions) Act 2010 [hereinafter "TIOPA"], (...)
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Par son arrêt du 10 mars 2022, la Cour de justice a rejeté le pourvoi de la Commission contre les arrêts du Tribunal du 12 décembre 2018, Freistaat Bayern contre Commission (T-683/15, ci-après le “premier arrêt attaqué”, EU:T:2018:916), et Interessengemeinschaft privater Milchverarbeiter (...)
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On November 11, 2021, the Court of Justice dismissed the appeal of the concessionary undertaking for a section of the A2 freeway in Poland [Autostrada Wielkopolska, hereinafter "AW"] against the judgment delivered on October 24, 2019 by the General Court in Case T-778/17(Autostrada (...)
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In a much-awaited judgment of 19 December 2018, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice delivered a judgment on a reference for a preliminary ruling, refusing to classify as a ’general measure’ the exemption from German real estate acquisition tax for the benefit of certain conversion (...)
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By judgment of 13 December 2018, the Court of First Instance dismissed the action for annulment brought by the Comune di Milano (T-167/13) against Commission Decision (EU) 2015/1225 (the ’contested decision’), holding that the capital increases made by SEA to Sea Handling for each of the (...)
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By judgment of 13 December 2018, the Court of First Instance allowed the action for annulment brought by AlzChem AG (T-284/15) against Commission Decision (EU) 2015/1826 (the ’contested decision’). The contested decision found that the granting of strategic company status to NCHZ had protected (...)
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