Ms. Santos is antitrust counsel for Continental Europe. Legal Counsel for Iberia. Salomé Santos speaks Spanish, English and French. She holds a Law Degree with an economic specialty from the University of Deusto, Bilbao, an Erasmus Scholarship from the University of Lovaina, Belgium, and an LL.M. in European Law from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.
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Introduction In November 2006, Mahou-San Miguel (GMSM), the leading Spanish brewing company, notified the Spanish first-tier competition authority (Servicio de Defensa de la Competencia, SDC) the acquisition of control over Alhambra, a competing brewery operating mainly in the Andalusia (...)
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Introduction Gas Natural’s hostile bid for Endesa is Spain’s largest ever takeover, and the bid is growing more hostile by the day. Endesa has filed more than 12 claims or appeals before the Spanish, EU and US courts in an attempt to block the deal. In this context, on 25 November 2005, (...)
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Telefónica de España, S.A.U (“Telefónica3”) has been ordered by the Madrid Commercial Court Number 5 to pay € 639 003 to a competitor due to the losses arising from the abuse of dominant position of Telefónica in the Spanish telecommunications market. In April 2003, effective liberalization (...)
