Ana Manzaneque is a case handler with the European Commission, based in Brussels. Her practice focuses on competition law, notably state aid matters and litigation before the European Courts. In addition to general competition matters, she has a particular focus on State aid issues and the Single Resolution Mechanism. She has gained litigation experience by assisting on the representation of the European Commission, the Single Resolution Board and a major UK airline on cases before the General Court. Before joining Bird & Bird in early 2019, she completed several internships in the competition departments of various international law firms in Brussels. She also gained legal experience through an internship at the Registry of the Court of Justice of the EU and by completing a Bluebook traineeship at the European Commission (Fiscal State Aid Unit). She is the Assistant Editor of the World Competition, Law and Economics Journal (Kluwer).
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On 17 March 2021, the European Commission (“EC”) published a summary of the contributions on the review of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (“MVBER”) (“Consultation”). The MVBER is due to expire on 31 May 2023. The contributions will be used by the EC to determine whether it should (...)
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In May 2020, Ryanair brought two separate actions against the EC approval of a Swedish and a French State aid scheme supporting airlines holding national licences under Article 107(3)(b) TFEU and Article 107(2)(b) TFEU respectively. On 17 February 2021, the General Court dismissed Ryanair’s (...)
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On 12 February 2021, the European Commission approved Regulation (EU) 2021/241, establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (“RRF”), the key component of the recovery instrument NextGenerationEU. This is the most ambitious economic stimulus plan in the history of the European Union, with (...)
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The European rules on vertical restrictions are strongly influenced by the EU’s goal of creating a single market, also for Intellectual Property (‘IP’) protected products. Following its e-commerce sector inquiry, the EC started a number of investigations into non-exclusive distribution (...)
