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About

Provided by Garrigues

The Garrigues Brussels office has expertise in a wide variety of EU and competition law matters covering antitrust, merger control and State aid, as well digital regulation, international trade and sanctions. The team acts on transactional, advisory and contentious matters before the European Commission and other authorities both in the EU and beyond. Garrigues has particular expertise in EU Court litigation, where the team has acted, and continues to act, in multiple cases both before the General Court and the Court of Justice. The Brussels office of Garrigues acts for established firm clients as well as international clients, including in the tech, pharma, agriculture, luxury goods and transport sectors. The Brussels team is part of a closely integrated firm-wide EU and competition team, with dozens of professionals based throughout Iberia and Latin America.

Chambers Review

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Competition: EU - Belgium

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Garrigues is instructed on a considerable volume of major state aid cases brought predominantly by Spanish companies affected by EC decisions. It has assisted with cases that raise state aid or other EU law challenges to the introduction of new tax legislation in Spain. It also acts for non-Spanish entities on state aid complaints against the approval of new infrastructure projects. The firm's wider competition law capabilities are showcased through its work on EC merger control filings, abuse of dominance investigations or major CJEU cases through which IT companies seek to overturn significant behavioural fines.

Notable practitioners

Mark English is a key contact at the firm.

Work Highlights

  • Garrigues advised FIFPRO and La Liga on filing a joint complaint before the European Commission in relation to FIFA's alleged abuse of dominance.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Garrigues' team not only knows the industry, but also know how to listen to the client, adapt, and improve through common thinking.

Competition: EU respondent
Europe

Garrigues' team consistently stays ahead of emerging issues and often provides timely alerts to its clients - sometimes before challenges even appear on the broader radar.

Competition: EU respondent
Europe

Garrigues' team is business-oriented and open-minded when discussing the matters at hand from different perspectives.

Competition: EU respondent
Europe

Garrigues' team shows great commitment and expertise, and is great to work with.

Competition: EU respondent
Europe