María López Ridruejo

Senior Associate at Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira - Cuatrecasas

January 2018 - Present • Madrid, Spain

I advise and represent leading Spanish and international companies on Spanish and EU competition law matters including cartels, abuse of dominant position and merger control filings. Core experience • multi-jurisdictional cartel cases including leniency and compliance issues; • abuse of dominance cases and related advisory work such as review of rebate and bonus schemes; • competition law litigation before the Spanish and European Courts and follow-on damages claims; • advisory work on rebate and bonus schemes and complex and trans-border vertical and horizontal agreements such as selective distribution systems and patent pools; • multi-jurisdictional merger filings and notifications with Spanish Competition Authority (CNMC) and the European Commission.

Senior Competition Lawyer at Akzo Nobel

6 mth • October 2013 - April 2014 • Amsterdam, Netherlands

I advised the Akzo Nobel businesses worldwide on all competition law matters. Particular focus • the company's competition law compliance program and • identifying and managing competition law risks in the daily business of the group.