Manuel Contreras joined Gold Abogados in May 2021 as partner and head of the competition department. He advises on all aspects of EU and Spanish competition law. He previously served as a legal intern at the DG Competition of European Commission in Brussels, where he worked on several merger control investigations in the basic industry sector. Manuel is a teacher of postgraduate students at the Carlos III University in Madrid, a frequent presenter at both business and legal conferences, and has authored several articles relevant to his practice area. A member of the Madrid Bar, he is a case contributor for the publication specialized in competition law of Oxford University.
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The Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (“CNMC”) has confirmed in the final version of the Guide on compliance programmes in relation to competition rules (the “Guide”) that compliance programmes could potentially modulate the penalties imposed on companies investigated for (...)
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The CNMC bolsters its online whistleblowing hotline to pursue anticompetitive conduct in any sector, although with a special interest in the medical equipment, funeral and cremation services sectors. An enquiries platform is also launched so that operators can make competition law enquiries to (...)
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In its recent judgments dated 1 October 2019 (in connection with appeals 5280/2018 and 5244/2018 ), the Spanish Supreme Court (the "SSC") has found that the legal representatives and members of the management boards of undertakings that infringe competition rules need not have a decisive or (...)
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