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Vasil Savov

CDC Cartel Damage Claims (Brussels)

Managing Director

Vasil Saviv is the managing director of Cartel Damages Claims in charge of the daily management activities in Luxembourg. He is the main point of contact for companies, external experts and lawyers regarding damages cases ran from the Grand-Duchy. Vasil has an extensive experience in competition policy, litigation and consulting. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and a frequent contributor to specialised legal journals. Vasil gives lectures at various universities and participates in various European projects related to private antitrust enforcement. Prior to joining CDC, he worked as a Member of the European Commission’s Legal Service and clerked for a judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Vasil studied law at the universities of Strasbourg, Cork and Luxembourg.

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Nominee, 2017 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Private Enforcement

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5714 | Events

29 Mar 2018 Paris 3rd Private Enforcement Conference : The current state of private enforcement in the EU and France See documents

10 Mar 2017 Paris 2nd Private Enforcement Conference: Implementing the Damages Directive See documents

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Vasil Savov (CDC) — Vasil Savov 28 March 2019 Paris

Vasil Savov (CDC Cartel Damage Claims) — Vasil Savov 29 March 2018 Paris

Vasil Savov - Transposition de la directive Dommages - 10 mars 2017 — Vasil Savov 10 March 2017 Paris

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Vasil Savov, Juraj Siska The EU Court of Justice AG Rantos delivers an opinion on the temporal application of the Antitrust Damages Directive, confirming that the nature of the rules implementing the directive is determined by EU law and not national law (RM / Volvo / DAF Trucks)

28 October 2021 723

AG Rantos delivers a halfway opinion on the temporal application of the EU Antitrust Damages Directive (C-267/20, AB Volvo, DAF TRUCKS NV / RM)* In his opinion of 28 October 2021 (‘Opinion’), Advocate General (‘AG’) Rantos confirmed that the nature of the rules implementing the EU Damages (...)

Juraj Siska, Vasil Savov The EU Court of Justice makes a clear distinction between a cartel’s restrictive effects on competition and its damaging effects (Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto)

14 January 2021 390

By judgement on the 14th of January 2021 in Case C-450/19, Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto (‘Judgment’), the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) stated that an infringement of Art. 101 TFEU in bid-rigging cases ends with the conclusion of the works, goods or services contract. To (...)

Vasil Savov, Vera Keraudren The Paris Court of Appeal provides guidance in the context of an action for damages related to anti-competitive practices in the telecommunications sector (Orange Caraïbe / Digicel)

17 June 2020 164

On 17 June 2020, the Paris Court of Appeal (Court) delivered its judgment (Orange judgment) in which it ordered Orange to pay EUR 249.5 million (EUR 181.5 million in damages plus EUR 68 million in interest) to Digicel Antilles and Guyana, following the implementation by the former of a number (...)

Vasil Savov, Juraj Siska, Natacha Espelta The EU Court of Justice receives a request for a preliminary ruling from the Léon Court of Appeal on the temporal application of the Damages Directive provisions on limitation and quantification of harm (Volvo / DAF Trucks)

15 June 2020 268

In the aftermath of Directive 2014/104/EU (Directive), Spain appears to be one of the most active jurisdictions dealing with antitrust damages cases. In particular, a multitude of Spanish courts have been seized with actions for compensation in relation to the European Trucks Cartel (Case (...)

Vasil Savov, Juraj Siska, Julia Suderow The Madrid Commercial Court requests a preliminary ruling from the EU Court of Justice concerning the international competence of the court which was contested by defendants (RH / AB Volvo)

22 January 2020 240

Choice of forum delicti in EU-wide cartel damages cases (C-30/20, RH vs Volvo) Does Art. 7(2) Brussels I bis determine territorial jurisdiction within the EU Member States, Madrid Commercial Court asks EU Court of Justice. The request for a preliminary ruling from the Madrid Commercial (...)

Vasil Savov, Juraj Siska The EU Court of Justice provides guidance on the interpretation of the place of the harmful event under Regulation Brussels I bis for the determination of alternative grounds of jurisdiction in pan-European cartel damages cases (Tibor-Trans / DAF Trucks)

29 July 2019 976

With its judgment of 29 July 2019 in Case C-451/18,Tibor-Trans (the ‘Judgment’), the EU Court of Justice (the ‘CJEU’) clarified the competence of national courts to hear damage actions relating to pan-European infringements of Art. 101 TFEU under Regulation 1215/2012 Brussels I bis (in short (...)

Till Schreiber, Vasil Savov Advocate General Szpunar renders an opinion on publication of information about the functioning of an illegal cartel acquired via leniency statements (Evonik Degussa)

21 July 2016 351

Presenting public knowledge: Leniency programmes and cartels* By his opinion of 21 July 2016 in Case C-162/15 P, Evonik Degussa, Advocate General (AG) Maciej Szpunar of the EU Court of Justice confirmed that information on the functioning of a clandestine cartel, even when it originates from (...)

Vasil Savov The European University Institute issues a comparative study on the calculation of interest on antitrust damages

1 April 2016 653

1. Introduction The fact that antitrust infringements, in particular hard-core cartels, cause significant harm is widely acknowledged. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) confirmed the horizontal direct effect of EU antitrust provisions in damages actions before national courts (...)

Vasil Savov The Paris Administrative Court dismisses a damages action against members of the carbon and graphite cartel (SNCF)

1 April 2014 429

Factual background In its decision C.38.359 - Electrical and mechanical carbon and graphite products of 3 December 2003 published on 28 April 2004 (the ‘Decision’), the Commission found that several undertakings participated in a single and continuous infringement of Art 81(1) EC (now Art (...)

Vasil Savov The EU General Court paves the way for publishing of non-protected hardcore cartels’ related information (Reagens)

20 March 2014 695

Factual Background of Judgment of the General Court, T-181/10, Reagens / Commission (hereinafter the “judgment”) By Decision C(2009) 8682 final of 11 November 2009 (Case COMP/38589 – Heat stabilisers), the Commission found that a number of undertakings, including Reagens SpA had infringed (...)

Vasil Savov The EU Court of Justice gives a clear indication that sufficiently substantiated requests for access to documents from cartel victims are a matter of public interest (Energie Baden-Württemberg)

27 February 2014 3960

On 9 November 2007, Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (“EnBW”) sought from the European Commission (“Commission”), on the basis of Regulation No 1049/2001 (the “Regulation”), access to all documents in the file relating to the proceeding that led to the adoption of the Gas insulated switchgear (...)

Vasil Savov The AG Kokott of the EU Court of Justice states that the law of the EU precludes domestic legislation which categorically excludes any civil liability of undertakings belonging to a cartel for umbrella damages (Kone)

30 January 2014 489

Advocate General Kokott stated that the law of the European Union precludes the interpretation and application of domestic legislation enacted by a Member State which categorically excludes any civil liability of undertakings belonging to a cartel for loss resulting from the fact that an (...)

Vasil Savov The EU General Court grants interim measures to a company fined by the Commission raising the issue whether late payment interest should be suspended (Garantovana)

28 January 2013 730

To better understand the purpose of this article, a distinction is made between the following parameters : Commission Decision adopted on 22 July 2009 (the "Decision"), order of the President of the General Court on the request for interim measures (the "order") & the subsequent judgment (...)

1672 Review

Irène Luc, Vasil Savov Irène Luc (French Competition Authority): Actions for damages in antitrust cases - Situational analysis in France and in the European Union

May 2019 1672

Interview realised on the occasion of the 3rd edition of the annual conference on private enforcement organised by Concurrences Review, which took place on 28 March 2019 at the Paris Court of Appeal, in the panel dedicated to damages assessment with Etienne Pfister (French Competition (...)

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