Pablo is a principal associate at Ramón y Cajal Abogados in Madrid. His practice focuses on Spanish and EU Competition law. He regularly represents clients in merger control proceedings and antitrust infringements, including the administrative and judicial proceedings. Additionally, Pablo is highly experienced in the assessment of corporate practices which could restrict competition, and in the elaboration and implementation of antitrust compliance programmes. His experience covers a wide array of sectors, such as banking, retail distribution, consumer goods, audio-visual, real estate, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Ramón y Cajal Abogados, Pablo worked at Clifford Chance Madrid and, as a legal secondee, at Samsung Europe in London.He holds both a master degree in Law and in Business Managment by the University of Valladolid. Additionally he received an LL.M. in EU Competition and IP Law from the University of Liège (magna cum laude), and a Master of Arts in European Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe (Natolin). Pablo is fluent in Spanish, English and French.
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Introduction On 21 November 2019, the Spanish Competition Authority (“CNMC”) authorized, in first phase with commitments, the acquisition by COFARES, the main wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals in Spain, of Cofarta Cooperativa’s pharmaceutical distribution business (the “Target”). This (...)
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Introduction On 12 April 2019 the Spanish Competition Authority (“CNMC”) authorized after a second phase review the acquisition of a private hospital located in the Spanish province of Albacete (Clínica Santa Cristina) by Quirón Group (the “Merger”), which is ultimately controlled by the global (...)
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Background information On 12 May 2015 the General Court has fully rejected the action brought by Union de Almacenistas de Hierros de España (“UAHE”), a professional association, against the decision taken by the European Commission on 18 June 2013. By virtue of such decision the European (...)
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Background information The ruling of the EU General Court of 9 March 2015 has fully upheld the decision in which the European Commission (the “Commission”) blocked the concentration between NYSE Euronext (“NYX”) and Deutsche Börse. NYX is a U.S holding formed in 2007 through the merger of NYSE (...)
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Background information The ruling of the General Court of 27 November 2014 has annulled the Commission decision in the Case COMP/39.129 - Power Transformers of 7 October 2009 (the “Decision”) in which the Commission imposed a €16.5 million fine on Alstom of which Areva T&D is jointly and (...)
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Background information On 3 October 2014 the European Commission ("Commission") unconditionally clears in first phase the €14 billion acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook (the “Transaction”). The Transaction was already conditionally authorized in April 2014 by the US Federal Trade Commission (...)
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The infringement The European Commission ("Commission") sanctions three producers of canned mushrooms, Lutèce, Prochamp and Bonduelle, for participating in a cartel and imposes fines amounting to €32.2 million. The cartelists exchanged confidential information on tenders, set minimum prices, (...)
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Background information The judgment in Commission v EnBW issued by the Court of Justice ("CJEU") on 27th February 2014 may constitute a landmark case in the context of access to cartel-related documents -in particular, leniency materials- held by the European Commission ("EC") which could be (...)
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Background information In its Decision of 19 December 2007 the Commission prohibited Mastercard’s multilateral interchange fees (MIF) that apply to cross-border payments with MasterCard and Maestro-branded consumer credit and debit cards between Member States of the European Economic Area (...)
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Relevance of the Opinion The Opinion touches upon the disclosure through the Regulation 1049/2001 ("Transparency Regulation") of cartel-related-documents held by the Commission. First, it addresses how the Commission should handle these requests, in particular, it tackles the harmonious (...)
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The Commission fines Telefónica and Portugal Telecom €79 million for agreeing not to compete with each other in their respective home telecommunications markets. I. The Parties Telefónica is the historical operator on the Spanish market. It has a limited presence on the Portugese market. It (...)
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