Carlos Betoret

Carlos’ experience includes advising:

Competition and Antitrust

• Repsol on the CNMC investigation, including dawn raids at its premises, for an alleged margin squeeze in the fuel retail market
• Logista on a CNMC investigation related to the exchange of information and price-fixing activities in the Spanish tobacco manufacturing and distribution market
• Urbaser on a CNMC investigation relating to the waste management and transportation market
• Pharmaceutical companies on price-fixing practices in Spain
• Ferrovial in a CNMC investigation regarding exchange of information between competitors

Merger Control

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