Arbitral panel denies โฌ647 million claim related to the collapse of Banco Popular
The Permanent Court of Arbitration declared on its 13 March final award that Banco Popular Espaรฑol SA (BP) investors failed…
The collapse of Credit Suisse and its takeover by UBS
By now we have all read the news of the collapse of Credit Suisse and its takeover by UBS. This…
US District court grants an anti-suit injunction to NextEra and severely criticises Spainโs stubborn defence
Spain is fighting a colossal battle against NextEra in two jurisdictions. The first is in the ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ…
Crying over spilt milk?
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ธ? ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ฒ๐ – After the entry into…
Five important questions for litigants and parties ahead of Courts Clerksยดstrike in Spain
๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆ – ๐ฐ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ธ’๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ. At the end of…
Catsalut has filed a claim for โฌ526 million against two manufacturers of adult nappies
The “Servei Catalร de la Salut” (or Catsalut), the Catalan regional public body for healthcare services, has filed a claim…
Spanish Competition Litigation
Once again the Spanish Central High Court (Audiencia Nacional) has agreed to suspend on a precautionary basis a sanction imposed…
Is “trigger-happy” litigation in private antitrust actions ending in Spain?
๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป – As commented on many other occasions, private antitrust litigation in Spain is quite complex and…
Spanish private competition litigation: are the good times over?
Contrary to what some Spanish lawyers and firms advertise, private antitrust actions are neither straightforward nor sure-to-win claims. The so-called…
Central High Court stays a millionaire sanction against 12 construction companies
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป – Central High Court (“Audiencia Nacional”) stays a millionaire sanction of the Spanish competition watchdog (“CNMC”) against…
Litigo Partners’ Josep Gรกlvez quoted in El Periรณdico concerning the claim against former Spanish King Juan Carlos I
Last Tuesday, an exciting hearing occurred before the Court of Appeal on the ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ป-๐ช๐ถ๐๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป-๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ป ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด…
Gรกlvez Pascual partners, Josep Gรกlvez and David Martรญnez secure a landmark judgement in M&A post-closing claim against vendors
Galvez Pascual partners Josep Galvez and David Martinez have obtained a relevant judgement representing the purchasers in a dispute following…
UK Supreme Court hands down ‘anti-immunity’ ruling days before King Juan Carlos’s permission to appeal hearing
This judgement on diplomatic immunity is a new impediment in the way of the former king’s appeal against the civil…
Ex-King Juan Carlos apparent win before the Court of Appeal – “There is much game left to play”
The Lord Justices of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales notified yesterday their written decision allowing former Spanish…
London judge to decide in writing whether or not to allow King Juan Carlos to appeal without a hearing
Both the legal defence for ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ against the alleged harassment, illegal monitoring and defamation by…