The Supreme Court Judgment STS 5861/2025 of 18 December 2025 represents a significant exception from the general approach of the Supreme Court to award a 5% overcharge in cases relating to the trucks…
The Spanish Competition Authority (CNMC) has approved the creation of a joint venture for the manufacture and commercialisation of ready-mix concrete in phase I, subject to commitments (C/1586/25…
IntroductionPlatforms such as Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (hereinafter, "META"), YouTube and Alphabet Inc. have developed commercial strategies whose value depends directly on the creation of…
On 16 October 2025, Commercial Court No. 14 of Madrid delivered a judgment[1] of notable relevance in the well-known Spanish Dairy Cartel case. The decision, issued by Judge Ms Carmen González Suárez…
In recent years, hub and spoke practices have been a hot topic for competition authorities all around the world. In Spain, the National Commission on Markets and Competition (the “CNMC”) recently…
BackgroundArtificial intelligence (“AI”) is increasingly important for companies and, consequently, as potential trigger for the Spanish FDI regime. This note sets out the legal framework (…
Below we cover the main competition law developments in Spain in 2024, concerning (i) institutions and legislation, (ii) antitrust, (iii) mergers and (iv) State aid.
Institutions and…
With the much-debated reforms to Act 19/2003 of 4 July, on capital movements (“Act 19/2003”), the Spanish foreign direct investment (“FDI”) regime has been expanded over the past few years. However…
Europe is not alien to Criminal liability for bid rigging. There are even have national criminal codes that consider cartels and bid rigging practices as a criminal offence (see Criminalisation of…
Introduction
The Civil Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court has already issued forty judgments ruling on appeals against judgments of the Courts of Appeal on claims for damages caused by the truck…
