Working with a variety of Spanish corporates and well-known multinationals, Ramón y Cajal Abogados is ‘a firm that perfectly combines expertise in competition and EU law with procedural practice’. The team is particularly well placed to handle private enforcement cases and contentious matters, including appellate cases, before the national courts. Javier Salinas handles merger control work and judicial appeals. Former practice head Pedro Suarez and counsel Pablo González de Zárate left the firm in February 2024.
Testimonials
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‘Very client oriented and experienced team. Particular in-depth knowledge and experience in the field of private enforcement. Result oriented and proactive when it comes to identifying legal and strategic risks. Very nice team to work with.’
‘It is a firm that perfectly combines expertise in competition and EU law with procedural practice. It is a very complete team, technically very good, up to date with any developments or news; they anticipate the client's needs, are fully available at any time you require their services and close to the client. It is a stable team. ’
‘The Ramón y Cajal team carries out its activity very close to the client, personalising its attention. It demonstrates very good organisation and management.’
‘They provide very professional and friendly treatment to the client, working as a team and really understanding its internal and external reality.’
‘There is a great professional and multidisciplinary team that you can count on because they can do a 360-degree study of the case that arises in order to give the best advice.’
Key clients
- Telefónica
- Atresmedia
- Cepsa
- Caixabank
- BBVA
- Ferrovial
- Repsol
- Stericycle
- Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios (“JEZ”)
- Cartel Damage Claims
- Copasa
- Schreiber
- General Dynamics
- Cinema Next
- Edebé
- Meisa
- Altia
- Leti
- Meiji Pharma
- Vithas
- Sisley
- Manufacturas Aura
- Banco Santander
- Mapfre
- Howden
Work highlights
- Instructed by more than 30 relevant corporate claimants to bring a second wave of damage claims in connection with the Paper Envelopes case, where the Spanish Supreme Court has recently confirmed compensation amounting to more than €5 m in total in relation to the first wave of claims.
- Advised JEZ and one of its executives on the proceedings before the Spanish Supreme Court, which has fully upheld the Audiencia Nacional ruling which annulled the fine imposed by the CNMC in the Infraestructuras Ferroviarias case.
- Defended the legality of the CNMC decision in the judicial proceedings before the Supreme Court following the successful complaint brought by CAIXABANK before the CNMC, which gave rise to its infringement decision against different bar associations in relation to the price scales issued on the calculation of litigation costs.
