Delgado Echevarría, Marta

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English
• French
• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Marta Delgado's practice is concentrated on EC and antitrust law and intellectual and industrial property law. She co-heads the Madrid competition practice. Her experience includes advising clients in matters related to state aids, economic mergers, restrictive agreements, abuse of dominant position, intellectual and industrial property disputes, and unfair competition. Marta also heads the intellectual property practice in Madrid and advises clients regarding matters of intellectual and industrial property disputes (complex patent infraction, utility models, and plant varieties) before the national courts and Court of First Instance in Luxembourg as well as representing them in transactional operations, licenses, and settlements. She also has experience advising companies in the pharmaceutical industry.

Marta has represented clients such as Apple, Bulgari, Burger King, Celgene, Centrica, Dole Foods, EDF, Endesa, Jesús del Pozo, Orange (France Telecom), Procter & Gamble, Repsol, RIM (Blackberry), The Riverside Corporation, sanofi-aventis, Ses Astra, Toys "R" Us, Vista Capital, Voest, and Yamaha Corporation.

Recently she represented Procter & Gamble in its acquisition of the Sara Lee Air Care division, Dole Foods in the European Commission's investigation of the Southern Europe exotic fruit market, and Centrica Energía before the Supreme Court in the appeal against electricity tariff regulations.

Marta is an associate professor of competition law at the University Carlos III of Madrid and is a member of the Board of Professors of the Master's in European Law program at the same university.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Intellectual Property
• General Antitrust Counseling
• State Aid
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• International Cartel Investigations

Representative Cases

• AOC files objections in EC to Sogecable/Telefónica merger
• Atlas Copco obtains competition law clearance in Spain to acquire Puska Pneumatic , (2009)
• Building contractor defends Spanish competition law investigation
• Orange, S.A. acquires Ya.com , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin responds to EC antitrust investigation of marine hose manufacturers , (2009)
• Procter & Gamble secures regulatory approvals worldwide for Gillette acquisition
• Spanish cable TV operators defend abuse of dominance claim related to football rights
• Spanish film distributors defend competition law investigation
• Spanish glass manufacturers defend competition law investigation
• Spanish Petrol Stations Association obtains favorable EC State aid decision in challenge to Spain's agricultural support measures following fuel price increases
• Spanish tobacco producers defend European competition law investigation
• Terra Mítica in EC theme parks state aid case
• Trader Classified Media sells European and Latin American subsidiaries for $742 million , (2009)
• Unión de Consumidores España involved in state aid matter related to electricity sector
• Unión de Pequeños Agricultores challenges EC olive oil reform
• Vista Capital De Expansion acquires Spain's top producer of toys and games

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Copyrights, Deceptive Trade Practices, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Transactions, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Patents, RICO Act, RICO Act, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• Madrid, Spain

Education

• U Carlos III de Madrid - Spain
• U Complutense Madrid - Spain

Published Works

• A Therapy Against National Barriers—Liberalization of European Pharmaceutical Advertising, 2008
• Los alimentos la competencia, Cinco Dias, 2008
• Global Markets Call For Global Competition Policies, 2006
• Gaps and bridges: transatlantic cooperation, The 2005 European Antitrust Review, Global Competition Review special report, 2004

Address

Paseo de Recoletos 37-41
Planta 5ª
28004 Madrid, Spain

Phones

34.91.520.3924 (Business Phone)

Faxes

34.91.520.3938 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com