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Garrigues

AVENUE D'AUDERGHEM, 22-28, 1040 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Zaragoza, Warsaw, Vitoria, Vigo, Valladolid, Valencia and 28 more

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Competition

Garrigues’ two-partner practice is recommended for its ‘specific knowledge of competition law and the regulation of the Spanish energy sector’. José Luis Buendía, an authority on state aid matters, has advised clients including AXA, Santander, and Autogrill.

Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping

Within Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping, tier 4

Garrigues’ ‘very committed’ team has come to prominence following its recent involvement in high-profile matters, such as advising a Chinese importer in a landmark anti-dumping duties case relating to imports of iron and steel fasteners. José Luis Buendía is recommended along with senior associate Angel Givaja Sanz, who has ‘excellent knowledge of antidumping and customs matters’.

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China

Offices in Shanghai

Tax : Foreign firms

Spain

Offices in A Coruña, Alicante, Cáceres, Granada, Las Palmas, León, Malaga, Murcia, San Sebastian, Valladolid, Vitoria, Zaragoza, Oviedo, Burgos, Mallorca, Pamplona, Barcelona, Seville, Bilbao, Madrid, Vigo, Valencia, Tenerife, Badajoz, and Almería

Portugal

Offices in Lisbon and Oporto

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CHANGES IN THE REGIME GOVERNING RESTRICTIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS AT SPANISH LISTED COMPANIES

On June 17, 2010, following a rough and eventful passage through Parliament, the Lower House of the Spanish Parliament finally approved a transcendental amendment to the Spanish Corporations Law (to article 105.2) affecting only listed corporations: a prohibition on voting ceilings for a same shareholder (or companies in the same group), regardless of the number of shares they own.

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Employment Law News Flash APRIL 2012 SOCIAL

SOCIAL ELECTIONS ARE COMING CLOSER

- ALTIUS (in cooperation with Tiberghien)
Social elections 2012: Composition of the polling station...

postal voting, final modifications to candidate lists

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
Social elections 2012: do temporary workers count for the distribution of the mandates?

In recent case law, the question was raised whether, with respect to the distribution of the number of mandates per category of employees, one must take into account the temporary workers. At least two contradictory court decisions have been rendered until now.

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
Accumulating indemnities in the event of the dismissal of an employee representative

The Supreme Court has ruled that the indemnity for protection against dismissal for employee representatives can be cumulated with an indemnity for employment security which is due on the basis of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) concluded at the level of a branch of industry.

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
Gaming & Gambling Law Newsletter March 2012

Judgment on copyright protection of football league fixture lists (C-604/10) On 1 March 2012, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) delivered its judgment in the Football Data Co case (C-604/10).

- ALTIUS (in cooperation with Tiberghien)
Social Elections 2012: the candidate lists arrive…!

On day X+35 at the latest, the candidate lists must be given to the employer. These lists will have to be posted up by the employer on day X+40 at the latest. Thereafter, the employer has some time to dispute the lists if he wishes.

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
Social elections 2012: are the temporary workers taken into account for...

the determination of the number of mandates?

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
Favourable decision for Veuve Cliquot orange bubbles up

Companies often use colours to promote their products, applying them to goods and packaging and using them in advertisements and point of sale displays. Colours may become a powerful corporate tool, especially when they are registered as trademarks in relation to the company's goods.

- ALTIUS (in cooperation with Tiberghien)
New act on lease of movable property?

In November 2007, Bertil Bengtsson was appointed to make an examination concerning the Consumer Services Act. In the memorandum he presented in conjunction with that examination, he concluded that the Consumer Services Act should not contain any rules on lease of movable property since lease of movable property does not legally constitute a service.

- Delphi
Social elections 2012: Day X (between 7 and 20 February)

Between the 7th and the 20th of February 2012 lots of information needs to be dispersed. This implies that you are exactly 90 days away from the date of the election.

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris