Carlos Vérgez
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Competition/European Law
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About
Provided by Carlos Vérgez
Practice Areas
Competition & EU
Consumer Products
Energy
TMC
Professional Memberships
Member of the Spanish Association for the Defence of Competition (AEDC).
Publications
Carlos has published a wide variety of articles and works for both specialist and general publications and media. For example:
‘The Spanish Competition Authority declares exempt retail price maintenance practices by a cosmetics laboratory on the basis of the de minimis theory’ (Laboratorio Martí Tor). On e-competitions (www.concurrences.com), 2017.
‘The EU Court of Justice rules the prohibition on selling at a loss laid down by Spanish legislation relating to retail commerce contrary to EU law’ (Europamur Alimentación). On e-competitions (www.concurrences.com), 2016.
‘The High Court exempts Avis from the car hire cartel for lack of evidence’. In: Competition Law Annual, Ed.Civitas – Thomson Reuters, 2017.
‘Scope of judicial control to the administrative resolutions in competition law sanctioning procedures’. In: Competition Law Annual, Ed.Civitas – Thomson Reuters, 2016.
‘The concept of full function in recent decisions of the European Commission’. In: Practical issues and the latest in Administrative Law. Civitas – Thomson Reuters, 2017.
‘The rights of companies subject to competition inspections: the judgement of the Supreme Court in the Stanpa case’. In: Consejo General de la Abogacía Newsletter, 2013.
‘The dominant position in telecommunications markets.’ Resolution 646/08 Axión/Abertis of the CNC of 19 May 2009. In: Annual Mercantil para Abogados. La Ley 2010.
‘The judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on 4 November 2008 - Contingency fee’. In: Legal Journal of the European Union on Competition, March-April 2009.
‘Commentary on various articles from the collective work Commentary on the new Spanish Competition Act’, Dir. M. Odriozola Bosch, 2008.
Chambers Review
Europe
Rising in the rankings this year is Carlos Vérgez, who has experience in competition notifications and merger control matters, as well as handling contentious mandates including investigations into allegations of abuse of dominance and damages claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Carlos Vérgez is a competition lawyer with a lot of experience. He is very polite, with a high level of analytical skills and understanding."
"I think Carlos Vérgez has a very good business perspective; he understands business well. He is good at identifying key issues and explaining them in a straightforward manner to help the client understand the main points to tackle."
"Carlos Vérgez is a wonderful lawyer who crosses every t and dots every i. He thinks of everything and is wonderfully commercial."
"He understood the challenges we were going through quite rapidly. He organised the work very well and was fully supportive."
"I think Carlos Vérgez is a very business-oriented lawyer. He is to the point and able to be pragmatic."
"Carlos Vérgez is a competition lawyer with a lot of experience. He is very polite, with a high level of analytical skills and understanding."
"I think Carlos Vérgez has a very good business perspective; he understands business well. He is good at identifying key issues and explaining them in a straightforward manner to help the client understand the main points to tackle."
"Carlos Vérgez is a wonderful lawyer who crosses every t and dots every i. He thinks of everything and is wonderfully commercial."
"He understood the challenges we were going through quite rapidly. He organised the work very well and was fully supportive."
"I think Carlos Vérgez is a very business-oriented lawyer. He is to the point and able to be pragmatic."