Ana Raquel Lapresta is an associate in the Brussels office of Uría Menéndez. Her practice focuses on EU and Spanish competition law. She has wide experience advising clients in merger control proceedings, including international multi-filing coordination. Ms Lapresta has also wide experience in representing clients in procedures before the European Commission, the Spanish competition authorities and the EU courts, for the investigation of anticompetitive infringements, such as pan-European cartels, cases involving abuses of dominance and other restrictive practices and agreements. Ms Lapresta advises clients in a variety of sectors, including financial, insurance, electric and telecommunications.
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On 29 January 2015 the Spanish Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling clarifying the criteria to be applied by the Spanish Competition Authority (the “Authority”) when setting fines in national proceedings. This position has been confirmed in subsequent rulings. Since the entry into force in (...)
