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Competition/European Law

Spain

17 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Patricia Vidal

Europe

Practice Areas

Competition and EU Law.

Career

Patricia Vidal joined Uría Menéndez in 1996 and she is a partner of the firm since 2015.

For the last 23 years her practice mainly refers to EU law and EU and Spanish Competition Law, with special focus in competition litigation before the Spanish and the EU courts. She has a wide experience in merger control (including multijurisdictional filings) and national and international cartel cases (including leniency programs). She also has vast experience in international agreements (purchasing/selling strategic alliances), state aid issues and abuses of dominance and more prominently in the last years, in antitrust damage claim litigation in Spain.

Patricia is a regular lecturer on EU and Competition Law and has been for 10 years academic director of an LLM at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE). She has written several articles and books on Competition Law.

She was the Elected Chairman of the Spanish Association for the Defence of Competition between April 2021 and April 2024.

Professional Memberships

Madrid Bar Association.

Personal

Languages: English and French.

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Competition/European Law - Spain

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Patricia Vidal is a prominent figure in the field of competition. She is particularly visible handling high-profile follow-on damage claims. She offers additional experience in merger control procedures, including phase II investigations. She also advises on the competition law compliance aspects of distribution agreements.

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