Dr Edurne Navarro is a graduate and doctor in law of the Universidad de Barcelona and obtained the Diploma in EC Law from the Institut d'études européennes, l'Université Libre de Bruxelles and an LLM from Michigan University. A member of the Barcelona bar, she is Partner with the Uría Menendéz law firm and Director of its Brussels office. She specialises in European and Spanish competition law and regularly lectures on this subject in various universities. Andrés Font is a graduate in law of the Universidad de Valencia and obtained the Diploma in EC Law from the College of Europe in Bruges. He practised as a lawyer and then became a civil servant in the European Commission in 1993. He has worked in the Directorates General of Internal Market and Competition in the field of mergers and anti-trust enforcement. Jaime Folguera obtained his degree in law from the Universidad Autónoma, Madrid and a Diploma in EC Law from the Centro de Estudios Constitucionales, Madrid. A member of the Madrid bar, he is Partner with the Uría & Menéndez law firm. He specialises in Spanish and European competition law and regularly lectures on this subject in various universities. Juan Briones is a graduate in economics from the Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, and obtained the Diploma in EC Law from the Centro de Estudios Constitucionales, Madrid. He first worked as a consultant in matters concerning Community agricultural policy for the Spanish Food Industry Professional Association. He was a civil servant in the European Commission from 1986-98, where he worked in matters related to agricultural policy and the single market programme. In the European Commission he also worked as a Principal Administrator in the Merger Task Force, in which he participated from the outset of the applications of Community control of concentration operations. After twelve years at the European Commission, Juan Briones moved into private practice, and after spending a year as Associate Director at NERA, he set up his own consultancy business, e-konomica, advising companies and law firms in competition cases.
'...presented in a user-friendly format...a most valuable compilation of the courts practice.' ECLR 'Review from previous edition This excellent book provides a detailed and critical analysis of the Commission practice on merger control, including many Commission decisions, and drawing conclusions and general principles from the Commission practice. These features together with the economic reasoning included throughout the book will make it very useful for practitioners. Generalists and students will also find the book useful as it is well and clearly written.' Valentine Korah in World Competition '...comprehensive, thoroughly documented and benefits from the participation of past and present officials of DG Competition... Readers will be rightfully impressed by the sheer magnitude of this work. ... Particularly noteworthy is the exhaustive treatment of horizontal and vertical mergers, as well as collective dominance. ...a truly monumental work that is both practical and intellectually rigorous. ' Frank Fine, Antitrust Source 'The 'treatise part' of the book is presented in a user-friendly format...is a most valuable compilation of the courts' practice on these subjects.' Carsten Grave, European Intellectual Property Review