Conference by Carlos Valls at ICAB on the implementation in Spain of the private enforcement of Antitrust Damages Directive

Carlos Valls participates in a conference at the ICAB, under the Second Congress of the Barcelona Lawyers, on the introduction of a new Section 283bis of the Spanish Civil Procedure Law, on matters of access to evidence for private enforcement of anti-trust claims. The new section grants the option to request via the Court documentation controlled by the opponnent party, or by third parties, which takes the Spanish legal system closer to the “Discovery” or “Disclosure” solutions of “common law jurisdictions”. This change may entail important advantages, but not without certain risks, particularly if it is in the future intended to extend this possibility generally to all civil claims