“Overview of class/collective actions and current trends”
Publication: Country Q&A - Class/collective actions in Spain
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: December 2020
Ainhoa Veiga
SPECIALIZATION
EU/Competition Law
Unfair Competition
OTHER AREAS OF PRACTICE
IP/IT
Regulatory
Company Law
Mergers and Acquisitions
CONTACT
Languages: English, French and Spanish
Assistant: Ahmad Heidari
heidari@araozyrueda.com
Ainhoa Veiga, partner of Araoz & Rueda since 2005, joined the firm as an associate in 1998. She is specialized in Competition/EU Competition, advising clients before the Spanish/EU competition authorities.
Ainhoa has also extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, unfair competition and on intellectual property matters.
She has published works in the fields of Competition, IP and Corporate Law.
She regularly teaches Competition Law and IP Law at university courses in Spain.
“Recommended Individual” in Competition/Antitrust in Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 EMEA in all editions since 2006 up to the latest in 2021.
Included in the InspiraLAW Top 50 Women List 2018 by Iberian Lawyer Magazine (in recognition of women lawyers standing out for their technical excellence, knowledge of the sector and leadership, among others).
Education
- J.D. from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
- Certificat des Hautes Études Européennes from the Université Robert Schuman, Estrasbourg (France).
- LL.M. from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (Belgium).
- LL.M. from the University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia (USA).
Ainhoa Veiga regularly advises clients on cartel investigations and merger control proceedings. She also assists with related compliance matters.
Chambers Europe Guide 2022
Ainhoa Veiga of Araoz & Rueda regularly advises clients on cartel investigations and merger control proceedings. She also assists with related compliance matters.
Chambers Europe Guide 2021
The "practical and knowledgeable" Ainhoa Veiga routinely assists with day-to-day competition mandates, as well as advising on merger control proceedings and distribution agreements. She represents clients in cartel and infringement investigations, in addition to appealing CNMC decisions.
Chambers Europe Guide 2020
Included in the list of "Best Lawyers in Spain" in Competition/Antitrust.
Best Lawyers 2020
Included in the list of "Best Lawyers in Spain" in Competition/Antitrust.
Best Lawyers 2019
Clients appreciate Ainhoa Veiga of Araoz & Rueda's "transparent and realistic" approach. She has considerable experience in dealing with distribution agreements, representing clients before the CNMC due to complaints and cartel cases. Veiga also advises on merger control procedures.
Chambers Europe Guide 2019
Included in the list of "Best Lawyers in Spain" in Competition/Antitrust.
Best Lawyers 2018
Ainhoa Veiga of Araoz & Rueda has experience in merger control, compliance and private enforcement matters. Her additional experience in unfair competition mandates was demonstrated in advice to Pompadour Ibérica on European competition and food law concerning the comparative advertising of food supplements. Sources say she is "very keen to achieve success for the client," with one client adding: "She is extremely knowledgeable and practical, and is able to adapt to the client's requests."
Chambers Europe Guide 2018
Included in the list of "Best Lawyers in Spain" in Competition/Antitrust.
Best Lawyers 2017
Araoz & Rueda’s Ainhoa Veiga “was effective when dealing with the competition authorities and was very good all round”. She commonly assists companies with merger proceedings, distribution contracts and CNMC investigations. She has recently been instructed by IBA Molecular to advise on public procurement proceedings in hospitals.
Chambers Europe Guide 2017
Ainhoa Veiga is the main contact at Araoz & Rueda, which is especially active on the transactional and merger-control side. The team recently advised Eni on antitrust issues related to its Union Fenosa Gas joint venture with Gas Natural Fenosa.
The EMEA Legal 500 2017
Included in the list of "Best Lawyers in Spain" in Competition/Antitrust.
Best Lawyers 2016
Ainhoa Veiga of Araoz & Rueda is the head of department and is well regarded in the market. Her practice includes advising on merger control and IP related matters. Market commentators describe her as "very good, straightforward and practical."
Chambers Europe Guide 2016
At Araoz & Rueda, practice head Ainhoa Veiga advised Eastman Chemical on the notification to the CNMC of the acquisition by its wholly owned subsidiary Taminco of Cepsa Química.
The EMEA Legal 500 2016
Ainhoa Veiga heads Araoz & Rueda's competition practice and is highlighted for her proactivity and noted presence on the competition market.
Chambers Europe Guide 2015
Ainhoa Veiga heads Araoz & Rueda's "very competent team", which has "a practical approach" and "knowledge of the domestic authority". Highlights included advising Apollo on merger control matters concerning its acquisition of Evo Banco.
The EMEA Legal 500 2015
Included in the list of "Best Lawyers in Spain" in Competition/Antitrust.
Best Lawyers 2015
Ainhoa Veiga of Araoz & Rueda heads the firm's competition department. Clients highlight her efficiency and commitment.
Chambers Europe Guide 2014
At Araoz & Rueda Ainhoa Veiga heads the competition team and is recommended.
The EMEA Legal 500 2014
Included in the list of "Best Lawyers in Spain" in Competition/Antitrust.
Best Lawyers 2014
Ainhoa Veiga at Araoz & Rueda is "pragmatic and well rounded".
Chambers Europe Guide 2013
Araoz & Rueda’s ‘excellent’ team advised waste management company Daorje on antitrust issues in the recycling market, and provided merger control advice to clients such as SK Capital Partners and Ferroatlántica. Practice head Ainhoa Veiga is ‘tough and energetic".
The EMEA Legal 500 2013
Included in the list of "Best Lawyers in Spain" in Competition/Antitrust.
Best Lawyers 2013
Araoz & Rueda's team is "always available, with a high level of commitment". Practice head Ainhoa Veiga is "really intelligent; she captures the essence of the problem in a second and quickly provides solutions".
The EMEA Legal 500 2012
Ainhoa Veiga at Araoz & Rueda receives praise for her "direct, clear and analytical style".
Chambers Europe Guide 2012
Included in the list of "Best Lawyers in Spain" in Competition/Antitrust.
Best Lawyers 2012
High-calibre team led by partner Ainhoa Veiga: "She receives widespread recognition as a competition specialist with experience in M&A and IP".
Chambers Europe Guide 2011
At Araoz & Rueda, Ainhoa Veiga´s team was praised for its "excellent service, prompt response time, in-depth subject knowledge and ability to explain issues in context".
The EMEA Legal 500 2010
"This Spanish boutique has a compact but strong competition team. The firm aims to deliver a tailored service and happy clients comment that "compared to the big multinational firms it seems to dedicate a lot more time to the clients." Leading the team, and at the forefront of each case, is partner Ainhoa Veiga, a skilled competition lawyer specialising also in IP.
Chambers Europe Guide 2010
Araoz & Rueda boasts sound expertise in competition issues.
The EMEA Legal 500 2009
"They provide a real personal treatment within a speedy and flexible framework".
Chambers Global Guide 2009
Clients are delighted with Ainhoa Veiga at Araoz & Rueda, noting her "solid, well-constructed arguments" as well as her "diligent and flexible service".
Chambers Europe Guide 2008
Interviewees describe department head Ainhoa Veiga as "a smart lawyer who really knows what she is doing".
Chambers Global Guide 2007
This widely admired corporate firm has a small but highly efficient competition practice that offers splendid transactional and litigation services. Ainhoa Veiga is seen as an energectic and rising star on the team.
Chambers Global Guide 2006- Advice to a leading pharmaceutical group on competition related issues arising from public procurement proceedings to supply radiopharmaceuticals to public hospitals.
- Advice in a dawn raid conducted by the CNMC in the market for the acquisition of lead batteries and ongoing advice in the subsequent confidential proceedings.
- Advice to global Brazilian group Votorantim Cimentos on the viability of certain potential acquisitions from antitrust and merger control perspective.
- Advice to a leading company in the chemical sector on the notification to the Spanish Competition Authority (CNMC) of the acquisition, by its fully owned subsidiary, global producer of alkylamines, of Cepsa Química’s methylamines business.
- Advice to an Italian energy company on antitrust related aspects regarding the joint venture with Gas Natural Fenonsa, Unión Fenosa Gas.
“Derecho de la competencia y propiedad industrial, comercial o intelectual”
Publication: Tratado de Derecho de la Competencia. Unión Europea y España (Wolters Kluwer)
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga and Julio Costas
Date: September 2017
“The reform of the Spanish Intellectual Property Law”
Publication: Expert Guide - Intellectual Property 2014
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: December 2014
“Propuesta de Directiva: regulación de las entidades de gestión de derechos de propiedad intelectual y licencias multiterritoriales de música online”
Publication: Revista de la Gaceta Jurídica de la UE y de la Competencia
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: November-December 2012
“Impugnación de acuerdos sociales y medidas cautelares: apuntes a dos autos del TS”
Publication: Litigation Year Book 2011 (Anuario Contencioso 2011). Wolters Kluwer
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: 2011
“El ejercicio anticompetitivo del derecho a litigar”
Publication: La Gaceta Jurídica de la Unión Europea y de la Competencia Nº 10
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: July/August 2009
“Los límites derivados de la aplicación del derecho de defensa de la competencia a la cooperación contra el fraude entre entidades partícipes en los sistemas de medios de pago con tarjeta”
Publication: Revista de Derecho Bancario y Bursátil (Núm. 109)
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: March 2008
“La heroina anti-cárteles”
Publication: La Gaceta de los Negocios
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga e Isabel Martínez
Date: February 2008
“Private equity: la práctica del “clubbing” y las normas antitrust”
Publication: Capital & Corporate
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: April 2007
“Ready for change”
Publication: The Legal Week, Iberia Special Report
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: February 2007
“La incertidumbre del juego por Internet”
Publication: Revista Digital Plus
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: February 2007
“Spain: cartel regulation. Upcoming new law”
Publication: The European Antitrust Review
Authors: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: January 2007
Webinar – Competition and State of Alarm
Organises: Asociación Española para la Defensa de la Competencia (AEDC)
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: April 24, 2020
III Arbitraje Internacional, Perspectivas Actuales
Organises: Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga (Ángel S. Freire member of the organizing committee)
Date: January 24-25, 2019
Summer Law School III Edition
Organises: ELSA Deusto
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: July 12, 2016
Venue: San Sebastián
Download PDFMoot Madrid 2016
Organises: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga (arbitrator)
Date: Abril, 2016
Our partner Ainhoa Veiga, arbitrator in the final competition of the sixth edition of the Moot Madrid.
VI Competición Internacional de Arbitraje y Derecho Mercantil (Moot Madrid).
VI Competición Internacional de Arbitraje y Derecho Mercantil (Moot Madrid).
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Seminar: Las reformas de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual
Organises: AIE (Artistas, Intérpretes o Ejecutantes, Sociedad de Gestión)
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: November 11, 2015
The new EU General Data Protection Regulation
Organises: El Nuevo Reglamento General Europeo de Protección de Datos
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: 17-18 April 2015
Jornadas: Propiedad intelectual en la actividad docente e investigadora
Organises: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de Granada
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga y Ana del Arco
Date: November 14, 2014
Introduction seminar: Competition Defense
Organises: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Máster en Propiedad Intelectual, Industrial y Nuevas Tecnologías)
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: February 26, 2014
Jornadas sobre ejercicio privado de acciones en materia de defensa de la competencia
Organises: Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Valencia
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: March 11, 2013
Seminario sobre desarrollos recientes en materia de acuerdos restrictivos de la competencia
Organises: IEB en colaboración con la UCM y la Bolsa de Madrid
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: February 1, 2013
Nuevas Best Practices de la Comisión Europea de procedimiento de aplicación de los artículos 101 y 102 del TFUE
Organises: Asociación Española de Defensa de la Competencia
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: December 13, 2011
Programa Avanzado de Derecho del Entretenimiento
Organises: IE Law School
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: May 31 and June 7, 2011
New issues in Cross-Atlantic privacy and personal data regulation
Organises: NYSBA International Section
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: March 18, 2011
Seminario sobre desarrollos recientes en control de concentraciones y abuso de posición de dominio
Organises: Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles (IEB)
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: February 24, 2011
Seminario sobre cuestiones actuales en control de concentraciones
Organises: Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles (IEB)
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga (sesión OPAs y control de concentraciones)
Date: March 12, 2010
El libro en la sociedad de la información
Organises: Asociación de Editores de Andalucía y Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: 12 and November 13, 2009
I Congreso Nacional sobre Derecho Concursal
Organises: Araoz & Rueda, Uría Menéndez, Pinazo Abogados y Ramón Hermosilla & Gutiérrez de la Roza (con el apoyo del Instituto de Empresa)
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Date: 26 and February 27, 2009
Seminario de Derecho Deportivo
Organises: Colegio Jurídico del Instituto de Empresa
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: June 2008
Operaciones de M&A Cross – Border
Organises: IFAES
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: 27 and November 28, 2007
Adquisición y Transmisión de Empresa
Organises: IFAES
Lecturer: Seminario impartido íntegramente por ponentes de nuestro despacho
Date: 20 and November 21, 2007
IX Curso de Derecho de la Competencia Comunitario y Español. Introducción a los tipos de abusos. Algunos tipos de abusos: negativa a contratar; abusos en materia de precios; otras prácticas abusivas
Organises: Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: March 6, 2006
XII Jornadas Derecho Europeo y Español de la Competencia. Procedimientos ante el servicio de defensa de la competencia y ante el tribunal de defensa de la competencia
Organises: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: May 12, 2005
VIII Curso de Derecho de la Competencia Comunitario y Español – Abuso de posición dominante: algunos tipos de abusos anticompetitivos
Organises: Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: May 9, 2005
El concurso con elemento extranjero: Seminario Ley Concursal 22/2003
Organises: Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: October 20, 2004
La autoevaluación de los acuerdos a la luz del artículo 81 Tratado CE – Derecho y Economía de la Competencia
Organises: Recoletos Conferencias y Formación
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: June 22, 2004
XI Jornadas Derecho Europeo y Español de la Competencia. Propiedad intelectual y competencia: análisis de resoluciones en el ámbito comunitario
Organises: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: May 24, 2004
X Jornadas Derecho Europeo y Español de la Competencia. Propiedad intelectual y competencia: análisis de resoluciones en el ámbito comunitario
Organises: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: May 19, 2003
Aspectos jurídicos claves para gestionar sus compras. Compraventas internacionales
Organises: Learning Resources Associates (LRA)
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: October 24, 2001
VIII Jornadas Derecho Europeo y Español de la Competencia. El sector audiovisual en España: marco jurídico y mercados
Organises: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Lecturer: Ainhoa Veiga
Date: May 31, 2001
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