Carlos Betoret focuses his practice on global, EU and Spanish competition law. He has particular experience with representing clients in global merger control matters and EU and Spanish cartel and abuse of dominance investigations.

Carlos represents international companies before the European Commission (EC) and the Spanish Competition Authority (CNMC) in merger control, cartel, abuse of dominance, and horizontal and vertical agreements.

Prior to joining Latham, Carlos worked in a major international law firm, acting for numerous big Spanish and International corporations of different industries, such as healthcare, financial institutions, consumer goods, waste management and infrastructures, among others.

He has also represented his clients before the Spanish courts, including, regional courts, the High Court and the Supreme Court.

Carlos’ experience includes advising:

Competition and Antitrust 

  • Repsol in the CNMC investigation, including dawn raids at its premises, for an alleged margin squeeze in the fuel retail market
  • Logista in a CNMC investigation related to the exchange of information and price-fixing activities in the Spanish tobacco manufacturing and distribution market
  • Urbaser in a CNMC investigation on the waste management and transportation market
  • Pharmaceutical companies in relation to their price-fixing practices in Spain
  • Several companies in the context of internal competition audits and investigations by the CNMC

Merger Control

  • CVC on its US$1.5 billion investment in Dream Games and its minority stake acquisition in La Liga
  • The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of Seidor, a leading Spanish technology consultancy
  • Repsol and Bunge on their partnership to advance renewable fuels development in Europe
  • The Carlyle Group in obtaining global merger control clearances for its acquisition of a minority stake in Cepsa
  • Iberdrola and BP on the creation of a JV to develop e-vehicle charging stations network in Spain and Portugal
  • Karnov on its Phase I conditional clearance before the CNMC in relation to its acquisition of Wolters Kluwer/Thomson Reuters
  • Novelis in a Phase II merger control procedure related to its US$2.8 billion acquisition of Aleris
  • Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) before the CNMC in relation to their takeover by SIX Group
  • PAI Partners in its acquisition of Frías, a prominent Spanish vegetable drinks company
  • Meta in the CMA investigation in relation to its acquisition of GIPHY

Bar Qualification

  • Spain (Abogado)

Education

  • LLM in European Law, College of Europe, 2013
  • Bachelor's Degree in Law (E-1) and Diploma in Business Administration, ICADE - Universidad Pontificia de Comillas - Madrid, 2010

Languages Spoken

  • English