23/03/2023
Formación de jueces sobre acceso a fuentes de prueba
Hitchings & Co. sigue su apoyo al programa de formación en derecho de la competencia de la Universidad de Valencia participando en dos días dedicados al “disclosure” junto con jueces de seis países. Paul Hitchings, co-director del programa, dio el discurso de apertura y dirigió una mesa con Jiri Kindl y Mariya Serafimova sobre las últimas sentencias del TJUE sobre estas cuestiones.
01/01/2023
Paul Hitchings named as a Leading Individual in Europe by Who’s Who Legal 2022
In its 2022 worldwide rankings Who’s Who Legal has ranked Paul Hitchings as a leading individual for competition litigation in Europe, the only lawyer to be nominated in Spain. Paul is described as a “senior figure in the market who is highlighted by market respondents as a commercially minded and thorough lawyer with the ability to successfully and efficiently progress a litigation from beginning to end”.
08/11/2022
The Madrid Competition Litigation Seminar will celebrate its 4th edition in April 2023
Hitchings & Co. is promoting the fourth edition of the Madrid Competition Litigation Seminar (MCLS23) which will take place under the direction of the course’s director Paul Hitchings and with the support of the Steering Committee, which includes Ignacio Sancho Gargallo, Sir Peter Roth, Mieke Dudok van Heel, Joana Araujo, Gustavo Martín Martín and Antonio Robles Laborda. The event, which will take place at the Madrid campus of the Carlos III University of Madrid, will count on the presence of over twenty specialist competition judges from around Spain and the EU, members of the CNMC and the European Commission, academics and private practitioners. It is a unique and leading event in this field.
14/10/2022
Paul Hitchings intervenes in Judges Training Session in Valencia
Paul Hitchings of Hitchings & Co. is co-director of the University of Valencia’s sixth EU judicial training programme in competition law and intervened in the first of the three sessions that took place in October this year. We would like on his behalf to thank Bridget Lucas KC, Vivien Terrien (General Court), Stephen O’Dowd (Harbour), Mieke Dudok van Heel (Amsterdam District Court), Jessica Steele and Charlotte Best (both Freshfields, London) for their excellent contributions, and to Juan Ignacio Peris and Purificación Martorell for their invitation to Paul to participate.
07/10/2022
Paul Hitchings contributes to two publications
Paul Hitchings has contributed an article on competition damages actions to the 2022 Competition Law Annual - Antitrust Damages: How to achieve greater coherence and efficiency in the resolution of mas claims? His summary of the Mock Trial, performed on the basis of the Conduit abuse of dominance case at the Judges’ training session in November last year, has also been published by the University of Valencia (ed. Tirant lo Blanch). Rodrigo Sánchez, trainee at Hitchings & Co. assisted in the preparation of the publication.
01/09/2022
Chambers and Partners ranks Paul Hitchings among the top lawyers in Telecoms in Spain
Paul Hitchings of Hitchings & Co. has been ranked among the top individuals for telecommunications law in Spain for the 24th successive time, the first time being in 1999.
01/09/2022
Hitchings & Co. promociona las prácticas jurídicas para jóvenes
La Comunidad de Madrid (Dirección General del Servicio Público de Empleo) y la Unión Europea (Fondo Social Europeo) han otorgado a Hitchings & Co. una subvención relativa a su contratación de jóvenes abogados en prácticas. Las ayudas forman parte del programa de recuperación económica del Gobierno y la respuesta de la UE a la pandemia de COVID-19.
09/05/2022
Tercer Collective Redress Forum
Paul Hitchings forma parte del Steering Committee que dirige el Collective Redress Forum que celebró su tercera edición en Francfurt en mayo. Con participantes destacados provenientes de unos 10 países europeos, los debates han ilustrado la altísima actividad en este campo, la marcada evolución de los mecanismos de acción colectiva en el campo antitrust (en especial, en Reino Unido y Portugal), las nuevas oportunidades en el ámbito del derecho medioambiental (y su potencial para tener un impacto real en la eficacia de las políticas públicas en este campo) y la atención creciente a los desafíos de la gestión de la litigación masiva para el proceso y sistema judicial nacionales.
01/05/2022
Hitchings & Co. opens in new premises
The firm is delighted to have opened wonderful new premises in Spaces, 1 Via de los Poblados, Campo de las Naciones. We look forward to welcoming collaborators, clients and friends there.
31/03/2022
Brussels Private Enforcement Conference
Paul Hitchings shared a panel with Kim Dietzel, Thomas Funke, Rick Cornelissen, Rino Caiazzo and Dorothy Hansberry-Biegunska on the latest developments across Europe in antitrust litigation.
29/12/2021
Article in Mass Claims Journal
Paul Hitchings comments on the European Court of Justice’s ruling in Volvo I last year, highlighting its approval of specialized competition courts as a means toaddress complex mass litigation in this area and recommending it as a means to deal with cases like Trucks.
27/11/2021
Hitchings & Co. Mock Trial for EU Competition Law Judges
Judges from a number of EU Member States enjoyed a training session put together by Hitchings & Co. at the University of Valencia’s EU Competition Law Judges Training programme this weekend. The session used the famous exclusionary abuse case (Conduit) as a basis for representing the examination and assessment of economic expert evidence with participation of lawyers Paul Hitchings and Tim Reher (CMS, Hamburg), economists Georges Siotis (Uni. Carlos III) and Simone Kohnz (E.CA, Berlin), and Appeal Court Judge, Enrique Sanjuan (Málaga).
18/11/2021
Paul Hitchings participa en el European Forum of Competition Litigation 2021
Paul Hitchings asiste por décima vez como invitado al European Competition Litigation Forum, este año en Chantilly, Francia. Con asistencia de la Comisión Europea y destacados abogados, economistas y fondos de litigación de 8 países, el debate se centró en temas como pass-on, disclosure, nuevos casos de abuso de posición dominante, el impacto de las acciones de daños en el procedimiento sancionador o la creciente relevancia del Derecho UE para el Derecho Procesal nacional.
22/10/2021
Consulta sobre el Borrador de Guía de Cuantificación de la CNMC
Hitchings & Co aconseja cautela en la preparación de una guía, que cuente con una profunda consulta previa con todos los implicados, busque ofrecer herramientas y orientaciones técnicas útiles y prácticas para jueces, aclare el papel de la CNMC en el proceso civil, evite condicionar el trabajo propiamente judicial y fomente la creación de una base de datos completa de sentencias.
04/10/2021
Paul Hitchings co-steers the second Collective Redress Forum in Frankfurt
Hitchings & Co. are delighted to support the Collective Redress Forum for a second year through Paul Hitchings’ participation in the event’s Steering Committee, attended by over 40 experts from around the EU. This year highlighted the growth and consolidation of collective action mechanisms around the EU, in particular in the area of securities and antitrust, as well as the increased attention on exciting new areas like data protection and the environment.
09/09/2021
Uninicio participa en Madrid Competition Litigation Seminar
Hitchings & Co agradece a UNINICIO su trabajo en la última edición de Madrid Competition Litigation Seminar, donde casi 150 expertos en Derecho de la Competencia de 9 países europeos pudieron disfrutar del foro gracias a la labor de esta empresa social que promueve la formación y el empleo de jóvenes vulnerables en servicios de catering y restaurantes
09/09/2021
Madrid Competition Litigation Seminar
Paul Hitchings, with the support of ThomsonReuters, brings together judges, practitioners, public administration and other stakeholders from 9 European countries to debate in person the latest challenges in private enforcement. Our special thanks to Steering Committee members Ignacio Sancho Gargallo, Sir Peter Roth, Marina Tavassi, Arantzazu Golderos and Joaquim Hortalà.
10/07/2021
University of Valencia teams with Hitchings & Co to win new EU training contract
The European Commission has approved the Valencia University’s next National Training Programme for national judges in Competition Law which was put together by the Coordination Team of Prof. Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris (Director, Valencia University), Magistrate Purificación Martorell (Valencia Appeal Court) and Paul Hitchings (Hitchings & Co), and with the support of E.CA Economics, Frontier Economics, Oxera, RBB Economics, Harbour Funding and members of the European Association of Competition Judges, whose agreement to participate we at Hitchings & Co. wish especially to thank.
07/07/2021
Desafíos de la litigación en materia de competencia
Paul Hitchings anticipa algunas de las cuestiones que serán abordadas en el Madrid Competition Litigation Seminar, entre ellas el Protocolo de Barcelona y la Guía de Cuantificación de Daños de la CNMC.
28/06/2021
Aplicación Privada del Derecho de la Competencia: ¿quo vadis?
Paul Hitchings reflexiona sobre el futuro de las acciones de daños en materia de competencia en España en preparación del Madrid Competition Litigation Seminar.
21/06/2021
Junta Directiva de la AEDC
Paul Hitchings es nombrado Vocal de la Junta de la Asociación Española de Defensa de la Competencia.
20/05/2021
Compensation of damages and competition law
Paul Hitchings and Tim Reher (CMS, Hamburg) have been invited by the Law Faculty of the University of Valencia (Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris) to direct the Mock Trial, together with Spanish Magistrates Purificación Martorell (Appeal Court of Valencia) and Enrique Sanjuan (Appeal Court of Málaga), in the session “Compensation of damages and competition law” which will take place on 25-27 November as part of the EU Judges Training Programme.
12/05/2021
Almacén de Derecho
Artículo “La prueba pericial económica en los procedimientos de reclamaciones de daños” publicado por Paul Hitchings en Almacén de Derecho en el que comenta aspectos de las últimas sentencias en España.
19/03/2021
Madrid Competition Litigation Seminar
Acuerdo con Thomson Reuters para el lanzamiento del Madrid Competition Litigation Seminar dirigido por Paul Hitchings, junto con Ignacio Sancho Gargallo (TS), Sir Peter Roth (CAT), Marina Tavassi, Arantza Golderos (DGCOMP) y Joaquim Hortalá (CNMC). Contando con la presencia de más de 20 jueces (españoles y extranjeros) y profesionales de primer nivel de toda Europa, ofrece un lugar privilegiado para el diálogo sobre esta materia.
11/03/2021
Cártel de la Leche
Hitchings & Co recibe el encargo de Eskariam para dirigir las reclamaciones de más de 2.000 ganaderos contra el Cártel de la Leche con el nombramiento de Paul Hitchings como Director Legal del caso.
31/01/2021
Programa UE de formación de jueces en materia de derecho de la Competencia
Paul Hitchings participates in the bid by the University of Valencia (Director: Juan Ignacio Ruiz Peris) for the latest round of EU supported training for judges in European competition law.
26/01/2021
Lanzamiento
Se anuncia públicamente la apertura de Hitchings & Co. (Expansión Jurídico).
JM2 Valladolid-Cártel coches-14.12.22.
JM5 Madrid-Cártel coches-22.11.22.
JM3 Valencia - Cartel coches - 21.10.22.
JM1 Pontevedra - Cartel coches - 13.10.22.
JM11 Barcelona - Cartel coches - 28.09.22.
Judgment of the Court of Appeal LSER & Ors v Gutmann - Final Judgment 28.07.2022.
APB - PSC-PSOE - Sobres - 27.07.22.
SAP Barcelona-estimatoria parcial (CCS)-18.07.22.
Hungarian Supreme Court request for preliminary ruling concerning truck damages.
JPII Ceuta judgment on damages claims against Nissan Iberia (Spanish).
Sentencia AP Madrid 19.05.22 (Decenal).
Loesungsvorschlaege AG Massenverfahren en-GB 13.05.22.
BT vs Le Patourel CoA Judgment-re certification 06.05.22.
ESG-JP v Ministere de la Transition Ecologique C-61 21 AG Kokott 05.05.22.
Minister for the Environment v Sharma No2 2022 FCAFC 65 Australia 22.04.22.
Cour d appel 220422 Daimler AG DISCLOSURE 20.04.22.
Vertical vs Microsoft strike-out judgment 14.04.22.
FOREX_Final_CPO_Carriage_Judgment [2022] CAT 16.
Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 8 de marzo de 2022 en el caso Monte Real / Repsol.
AJM14 Madrid - Cartel coches - 04.02.22
Judgment of Commercial Court nº 1 Oviedo of 12 January 2022 (Trucks).
FCA v NTN Court of Appeal Judgment.
Sentencia de la Audiencia Provincial de Madrid de 10 de diciembre de 2021 (Trucks).
Arrêt Cour d'Appel Paris 24-11-2021 Cora c. Lactalis.
Auto JM1 Oviedo – Amicus Curiae CNMC – 28-10-2021.
Milieudefensie v Royal Dutch Shell Supreme Court Decision NL 26.05.21.
Trucks - Interim Judgment Amsterdam District Court 12 Mayo 2021.
C-57/21 Regiojet: request for preliminary ruling from Czech Supreme Court.
Sentencia de 25 de enero de 2021 del Juzgado Mercantil nº 1 de Madrid OCU c. VW (“dieselgate”).
C-30-20 Commission Observations_ES_12 junio 2020.
Urgenda Supreme Court Decision NL 13.01.20.
C-882/19 SUMAL: summary of request for preliminary ruling from Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona.
A Legal Approach to Assessing Evidence of Pass-on, by Paul Hitchings & James Hain-Cole.
The EU Pass-On Study, by Paul Hitchings.
The UK: A further challenge to the English Court’s Discretion?, by Paul Hitchings.