Almost a year ago, and after substantial debate and a long legislative process, the reform of Spanish competition regulation was completed. The new Competition Act, which came into force on September 1, 2007, supersedes the previous Act of 1989 and significantly transforms the Spanish system for...

Issuance and transfer of securities in the international stock markets raise puzzling legal issues. Several legal topics and various national legal orders may be called upon. This book unravels the legal characteristics of the main instrument that foreign corporations have used from 1927 to...

Spanish Abstract: Uno de los retos de la política de la competencia es hacer frente a las restricciones de la competencia provocadas o favorecidas por normas jurídicas o por decisiones de los poderes públicos. Sus efectos negativos en el funcionamiento del mercado y en el bienestar de los...

Spanish Abstract:A partir de una encuesta realizada entre marzo y julio de 2015 a más de cien compañías españolas partícipes en las operaciones de compraventa de empresas este trabajo examina la realidad de diversas cláusulas utilizadas por los operadores en esos contratos en cuestiones...

As an example of collusive behaviour in the sugar industry, this paper looks at the Spanish sugar cartel, uncovered and sanctioned by the Spanish competition authority. It then turns into the subsequent private enforcement actions that concluded successfully last year with a €5 million award...

Spanish Abstract: En ocasiones las conductas anticompetitivas de los operadores en el mercado vienen precedidas o acompañadas de intervenciones de los poderes públicos que las incitan, promueven o patrocinan. En otros casos las restricciones de la competencia se derivan directamente de una...

This paper examines the impact that Directive 2014/104/EU in the rules governing private damages claims for competition infringements and in the ensuing latest litigation in some Member States. Not more than three years have passed since the Directive was implemented, but there are already signs...

Given the paneuropean nature of the truck manufacturers' cartel, the first pronouncements of the courts of the different countries on the damages claims arising from the cartel are of interest and relevance beyond the specific proceedings and the national jurisdiction to which they refer. This...

This paper provides an empirical study of private enforcement of competition law in Spain from 1999 to 2012. So far, the Spanish literature on competition law private litigation is based on qualitative assessments and analysis of some key cases, but has not discussed all cases in depth....

Spanish abstract:Las acciones consecutivas para la compensación del daño causado por cárteles representan el tránsito de la infracción de la prohibición de cárteles (declarada por las autoridades de competencia) a la indemnización de los perjuicios provocados por la conducta de los...