Home

Approval of the Royal Decree on foreign investments

11/07/2023

In this Legal Briefing, we analyse the main new features introduced by this new regulation in relation to the suspension of the liberalisation regime for foreign investments.

Article

Spain Approves its FDI Implementing Regulation: Key Takeaways

Published by: Wolters Kluwer Competition Law Blog

Written by: Pablo Figueroa...

07/07/2023

Three years after the introduction of Spain’s FDI General Screening Mechanism (in 2020), Spain has finally approved its FDI Implementing Regulation...

Article

The Rain in Christmassy Spain: Spain Extends the Applicability of its FDI Rules on EU Entities Until 2024

Published by: Wolters Kluwer Competition Law Blog

Written by: Pablo Figueroa...

28/01/2023

It has become usual in Spain’s FDI system for reforms to be introduced by measures formally unrelated to FDI...

Article

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation and Foreign Direct Investment: How to Reconcile?

Published by: Wolters Kluwer Competition Law Blog

Written by: Pablo Figueroa...

09/01/2023

On 28 November 2022, the Council of the European Union gave its final approval to the new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation...

Article

Two Years with Spain’s FDI Screening Mechanism – What Have We Learnt?

Published by: Wolters Kluwer Competition Law Blog

Written by: Pablo Figueroa...

30/09/2022

We set out below the main takeaways from our practical experience with Act 19/2003 over the past two years...

Article

Foreign Direct Investment in Spain – National Defense

Published by: Wolters Kluwer

Written by: Pablo Figueroa...

27/08/2022

Below, we will consider the most important questions regarding the Spanish rules on FDI in relation to national defense...

Legal briefing

The CNMC’s finding of concerted practice and market sharing is declared null and void on the grounds that the National High Court considers that the imputation of the anti-competitive infringement was not proven by circumstantial evidence

Written by: Ana Parés, Jorge Masía, Juan Jiménez-Laiglesia, Jaime de Blas, Pablo Figueroa...

04/08/2022

In this Legal Briefing, we analyse the judgment of the Spanish High Court that annulled a CNMC resolution on the grounds that it did not establish the existence of a breach of competition law through circumstantial evidence...

Legal briefing

Briefing on the Supreme Court’s decision that the proceedings in which the CNMC imposed fines of 30 million euros on REPSOL and CEPSA had expired

Written by: Jorge Masía, Juan Jiménez-Laiglesia, Jaime de Blas, Pablo Figueroa...

03/08/2022

In this Legal Briefing, we analyse the judgments of the Supreme Court that annulled two resolutions of the CNMC. The Supreme Court found that the CNMC had exceeded the 18-month deadline to conclude the proceedings...

Article

Draft Royal Decree on foreign investment

Published by: Industria Legal

Written by: Pablo Figueroa...

18/03/2022

The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade has finally published its long-awaited Draft Royal Decree on Foreign Investment...

Article

Spain Extends its FDI rules to EU Resident Entities Until December 2022 and Publishes a Draft FDI Implementing Regulation

Published by: Wolters Kluwer

Written by: Pablo Figueroa, Alejandra González-Concheiro...

21/12/2021

Another day, another ground-breaking change in Spain’s FDI rules...