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*March 2023 – EU law/Nuclear energy: Evelyne Ameye presides the conference "Developments in Nuclear Law" in the main conference room of the Madrid Bar organised by INLA Spain.

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*​February 2023 – EU law/Energy: Energía: Evelyne Ameye wins cases T-606/20 and T-607/20 for the EU Agency for the Cooperatio of Energy Regulators (ACER) boosting European integratio in the electricity balancing markets.

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*January 2023 – Merger control: Evelyne Ameye is present at the launch of the cybersecurity mutual MIRIS (ADEO, AIRBUS, BASF, MICHELIN, SOLVAY, SONEPAR, VEOLIA, KERING, L'ORÉAL, LVMH and THALES GROUP) after her analysis from a merger control perspective.

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*December 2022 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye advises Primaprix SLU in relation to its French business.

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*December 2022 - EU Law/Energy: Mariusz Swora (Swora Legal) and Evelyne Ameye advise Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (PGNiG) in relation to the Baltic Pipeline and the Danish regulator's pricing.

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*December 2022 – EU Law: Evelyne Ameye reviews the technical assistance project (EuropeAid/140-452/DD/SER/CF) and meets in Bangui with the Minister of Justice of the Central African Republic, Mr. Arnaud Djoubaye Abazene, as well as as the Minister of Internal Security of the Central African Republic, Mr. Michel Nicaise Nassin.

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*November 2022 – Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye and Eduardo Abril advise law firm Maio Legal for multinational Hitachi.

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*October 2022 – EU Law/Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye advises Brussels law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth for multinational Wärtsilä.

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*October 2022 – Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye finalizes the analysis for the Algerian Competition Council on the reshaping of Algerian shipping to boost its competitiveness.

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*July 2022 - EU/Energy Law: Mariusz Swora (Swora Legal) and Evelyne Ameye advise Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (PGNiG) in relation to the Baltic Gas Pipeline and the pricing by the Danish regulator. ​

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*July 2022 - Merger control: Marco Bolognini (Maio Legal) and Evelyne Ameye advise multinational Braemar in the oil transport sector regarding business in Spain. ​

 

*July 2022 - EU Law/Energy: Evelyne Ameye represents the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) at the oral hearing of 7 June 2022 before the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg in Cases T-606/20 and T-607/20 Austrian Grid and others c ACER regarding the balancing energy markets.

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*July 2022 - Merger control: Evelyne Ameye and Eduardo Abril (MVA Asociados) advise a Spanish group in the tobacco sector. ​

 

*June 2022 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye and Heger Farza conduct interviews in Algiers in order to shape Algerian maritime transport in a more competitive fashion for the Algerian Competition Council. ​

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*June 2022 - Merger control: José Paez (Nebot & Paez) and Evelyne Ameye advise a French multinational regarding a merger in Spain in the electrical resistance, aluminothermic welding and electrification sector. ​

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*May 2022 - EU Law/Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye advises the Finnish multinational Wärtsiläa regarding nuclear third party liability after the entry into force of the Protocols to the Paris and Brussels Conventions. ​

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*April 2022 - EU Law: Evelyne Ameye evaluates the Technical Assistance project with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Security in the Central African Republic (EuropeAid/140-452/DD/SER/CF).

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*April 2022 - EU Law/Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye attends the International Atomic Energy Agency Congress in Vienna. ​

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*March 2022 - Merger control: Evelyne Ameye advises the multinational Micro Matic in relation to possible acquisitions in Spain.

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*January 2022 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye advises a mutual for the insurance and reinsurance of D&A liablity from a competition law perspective.

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*December 2021 - EU/Nuclear energy: Evelyne Ameye participates as Board member to the virtual Board of Administration of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) on 1/12/2021.

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*November 2021 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye participates as speaker in the virtual Conference of the National Economic, Social and Environmental Council of Algeria (CNESE) "La Politique de Concurrence et la Lutte contre les Monopoles" on 4/11/2021.

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*November 2021 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye advises a mutual for the insurance and reinsurance of cyber-risks from a competition law perspective.

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*November 2021 - Antitrust:  Evelyne Ameye, representing IRMASOL, obtains the inadmissibility by the Spanish Supreme Court (judgment of 11/11/2021) of appeal nr. 5424/2021 prepared by the State Attorney in representation of the Spanish Competition Authority (CNMC) against the Spanish Appeals Court´s ruling (Audiencia Nacional), which had declared that the initiation of antitrust proceedings  S/0628/18 Residuos 2 of the CNMC were null and void due to the non bis in idem principle.

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*October 2021 - EU Energy Law: Evelyne Ameye and Miguel de Sousa Ferro represent the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) in the oral hearing of 27 October 2021 before the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg in cases T-704/19 FGSZ v ACER and T-684/19 MEKH v ACER.

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*October 2021 - EU Energy Law:  Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure for the provision of legal services to the Board of Appeal of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to draft the BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s 2nd Decision on the Definition of System Operation Regions (SOR 2).

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*June 2021 - EU/Nuclear energy: Evelyne Ameye participates as Board member to the virtual Board of Administration of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) on 23/6/2021.

 

​*June 2021 - EU Energy Law: Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure for the provision of legal services to the Board of Appeal of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to draft the BoA Decision in the relaunched procedure on the Aquind Interconnector following Judgment T-735/18 (Aquind v ACER) of 18 November 2020.
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*May 2021 - EU Energy Law: Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure for the provision of legal services to the Board of Appeal of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to draft the BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s Decision on the Methodology for Coordinated Redispatching and Countertrading for the Core Capacity Calculation Region.

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*May 2021 - EU Energy Law: Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure for the provision of legal services to the Board of Appeal of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to draft the BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s Decision on the Methodology for Regional Operational Security Coordination for the Core Capacity Calculation Region.

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*May 2021 - EU Energy Law: Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure for the provision of legal services to the Board of Appeal of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to draft the BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s Decision on the Core CCR TSOs´ Proposal for the methodology for cost sharing of redispatching and countertrading.

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*April 2021 - Nuclear energy: Evelyne Ameye participates as Board member to the virtual Board of Administration of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) on 12/4/2021.

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​*February 2021 - EU Law:  Evelyne Ameye and Andreas Tsolakis draft the terms of reference for IS Global´s Neosonics project in Morocco, funded by the Spanish Agency for International Deveopment Cooperation (AECID), jointly with Altair Asesores.

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*February 2021 - EU Energy Law: Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure for the provision of legal services to the Board of Appeal of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to draft the BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s Decision on sharing costs incurred to ensure firmness and remuneration of long-term transmission rights.

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​*February 2021 - Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye presides the third, virtual meeting of the Spanish Branch of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA).

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​*November 2020 - EU Energy Law:  Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure to provide legal services to represent the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) before the General Court of the European Union in cases T-606/20 and T-607/20 Austrian Power Grid and Others v ACER.
https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?lgrec=fr&td=%3BALL&language=en&num=T-606/20&jur=T
https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?lgrec=fr&td=%3BALL&language=en&num=T-607/20&jur=T

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*October 2020 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye advises companies in the veterinary pharma sector on their sell-out policy from a competitition law perspective. 

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*October 2020 - EU Energy Law: Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure for the provision of legal services to the Board of Appeal of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) to draft the BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s Decision on Implementation framework for a European platform for the imbalance netting process.
 

*September 2020 - Antitrust/Mergers: Evelyne Ameye initiates a Study for the Algerian Competition Authority in the context of the EU/Algeria Association Agreement, on the need for reviewing Algerian Competition Law, in particular in the maritime transport sector (Action Ponctuelle Nº4/1.5/25), as team leader, jointly with an economic expert. 

 

​*September 2020 - EU law: The Spanish Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ministry entrusts a 3rd confidential investigation to Evelyne Ameye Legal Services with respect to an Ibero-American institution based in Spain. 

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*August 2020 - Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services assists a multinational manufacturer of spare parts for nuclear power plants on issues of nuclear liability.

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*June 2020 - EU Energy Law: The EJEM Consortium led by Evelyne Ameye wins the Procurement procedure to draft the BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s Decision on the Definition of System Operation Regions (SOR 1)

https://www.acer.europa.eu/Media/News/Pages/Delivering-on-the-Clean-Energy-Package-ACER-defines-system-operation-regions.aspx

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*May 2020 - EU Energy Law: The EJEM Consortium led by Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedures to draft the BoA Decisions in the appeal against ACER´s Electricity Balancing Decisions in relation to (i) methodology to determine prices for the balancing energy that results from the activation of balancing energy bids; (ii) the Implementation framework for the European platform for the exchange of balancing energy from frequency restoration reserves with automatic activation and (iii) the Implementation framework for the European platform for the exchange of balancing energy from frequency restoration reserves with manual activation

https://www.acer.europa.eu/Media/News/Pages/ACER-adopts-decisions-towards-a-single-EU-electricity-balancing-market.aspx

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*May 2020 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services assists a supermarket chain on the selective distribution angles of purchasing in-flight sales stocks from airlines.

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*April 2020 - EU law: Evelyne Ameye carries out a high-level quality review of the Project "Vivre Ensemble Sans Discrimination - Une Approche Basée sur les Droits de l´Homme et la Dimension Genre", of AECID, FIAPP and OBERAXE funded by the European Commission´s  Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa.

 

*April 2020 - Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services assists Northcourt Limited in its entry into the Spanish nuclear (re-)insurance sector.

 

*March 2020 - EU Energy Law:  Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure to represent the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) before the General Court of the European Union in case T-212/20 GSA v ACER, together with Miguel Sousa Ferro (Sousa Ferro & Associados) and Eduardo Abril (MVA Abogados).

  

*March 2020 - Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye carries out nuclear diligence in Spain for an envisaged transaction led by Stibbe and Ropes&Gray.   

 

*March 2020 - Mergers: Evelyne Ameye collaborates with Maio Legal and drafts a pre-notification filing for an envisaged acquisition by two EU companies in Spain.

 

*March 2020 - Private Enforcement: Former CJEU Judge Cruz Vilaça supports COGECO before the Lisbon Court of Appeal, presenting his legal opinion on C-613/17 Cogeco Communications vs Sport TV & al as well as the compatibility of Portuguese law on statute of limitation with the application of Article 102 TFEU and the principle of effectiveness.  

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​*February 2020 –  Nuclear energy: Evelyne Ameye participates as Board member to the Board of Administration of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) in Paris on 28/2/2020.


*January 2020 –  Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye wins, in representation of the Catalan Veterinary Colleges, the appeal proceedings before the Catalan Appeals Court against the Catalan Competition Authority´s Infringement Decision.

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*January 2020 –  Nuclear energy: Evelyne Ameye represents Northcourt Limited in legal matters in Spain. 

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*January 2020 –  Antitrust/Mergers: Evelyne Ameye advises a Spanish law firm on a potential concentration. 


*January 2020 –  Nuclear energy: Evelyne Ameye advises a multinational company in the nuclear energy sector on anti-trust issues. 

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​*December 2019 –  Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye gives, as Non-Governmental Advisor to the Turkish Competition Authority (Rekabet Kurumu), a Webinar on Damages Claims at the International Competition Network´s Cartel Working Group on 11/12/2019, in particular on Limitation Periods for bringing Damages in Europe.​

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​*December 2019 –  Nuclear energy: Evelyne Ameye participates as Board member to the Board of Administration of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) in Vienna on 3/12/2019.

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*December 2019–  Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services represents a Spanish company in a dawn raid by the Spanish competition authority (CNMC).

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*November 2019 – EU Energy Law: Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure to represent the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators before the General Court of the European Union in cases T-704/19 FGSZ v ACER and T-684/19 MEKH v ACER, together with Miguel Sousa Ferro (Sousa Ferro & Associados). 

 

*October 2019 – Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye presides the second meeting of the Spanish Branch of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) in ENRESA.

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*October 2019 - Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye participates to 4th International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident organised by the OECD´s Nuclear Energy Agency in Lisbon (8-10 October 2019).

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*September 2019 – EU Energy Law: The EJEM Consortium led by Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure to draft the BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s second Decision in relation to the gas capacity booking platform on the German-Polish border (appeal by GSA).


*September 2019 – EU law: The Spanish Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ministry entrusts a 2nd confidential investigation to Evelyne Ameye Legal Services with respect to an Ibero-American institution based in Spain. 

 

*August 2019 – Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye acts as Reviewer for Elsevier Editorial to review an article on nuclear energy in the Utilities Policy Journal. 

 

*August 2019 – EU Energy Law: The EJEM Consortium led by Evelyne Ameye wins the Procurement procedure to draft the BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s HUAT Decision in relation to gas infrastructure investment HUAT in Hungary and Austria.  

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*July 2019 – EU Energy Law: The EJEM Consortium led by Evelyne Ameye wins the Procurement procedure to draft the BoA Decisions A-003-2019 and A-001-2019 in the appeal against ACER´s Core CCM Decision in relation to the electricity capacity calculation mechanism in the Core Region. 

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*April 2019 - Mergers: Evelyne Ameye gives a speech on commitments and remedies in merger control proceedings in Algiers, at a conference organised by the Algerian Competition Authority in El Djazair.

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*April 2019 - Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services is entrusted with a confidential issue promoted by France to improve nuclear liability throughout the world. 

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*March 2019 - Private Enforcement: The Court of Justice of the EU issues a very positive Preliminary Ruling for COGECO in C-613/17 Cogeco Communications vs Sport TV & al,  applying the principle of effectiveness and hence finding Portuguese law contrary to the general principles of EU law.  

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*February 2019 - Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye presides the first meeting of the Spanish Branch of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) setting out proposals for 2019 in MVA Abogados.

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*January 2019 - Private Enforcement: Advocate General Kokott issues her Opinion on Preliminary Ruling C-613/17 Cogeco Communications vs Sport TV & al.

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​*January 2019 - EU Energy Law: The EJEM Consortium led by Evelyne Ameye wins the Procurement procedure to draft the BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s PRISMA Decision in relation to the gas capacity booking platform on the German-Polish border

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*January 2019 - Nuclear Energy: ​ Evelyne Ameye is appointed as Member of the Board of Administration of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) and President of INLA´s Spanish Branch. 

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​*November 2018 - EU Energy Law: ​ The EJEM Consortium led by Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure to draft de BoA Decision in the appeal against ACER´s Decision on the Aquind interconnector.

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*November 2018 - Antitrust/Mergers: ​ Evelyne Ameye presents the Final Study for the European Commission and the Algerian Competition Authority, in the context of the EU/Algeria Association Agreement, on the need for reviewing Algerian Competition Law, in particular in the pharmaceutical sector (Action Ponctuelle Nº1.5/11).

 

*November 2018 - Private Enforcement: Evelyne Ameye and Miguel de Sousa Ferro ​represent Canadian multinational COGECO in an oral hearing on 15 November 2018 before the European Court of Justice on Preliminary Ruling C-613/17 Cogeco Communications vs Sport TV & al. 

 

*October 2018 - Antitrust: ​The Spanish animal health sector, represented by Evelyne Ameye, welcomes the closing of the anti-trust investigation by the Spanish Competition Authority.

 

*September 2018 - Antitrust:  Evelyne Ameye represents a multinational company in the information technology market before the Spanish Court of Appeal (Audiencia Nacional) in appeal proceedings against the Spanish Competition Authority´s infringement decision of July 2018.

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*September 2018 - EU: ​The Spanish Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ministry entrusts a confidential investigation to Evelyne Ameye Legal Services with respect to an Ibero-American institution based in Spain. 

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*July 2018 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye represents Media Sapiens Spain and its Director before the Spanish Court of Appeal (Audiencia Nacional) in appeal proceedings against the Spanish Competition Authority´s infringement decision of May 2018.

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*June 2018 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye represents a multinational company in the information technology market in the second oral hearing granted by the Spanish Competition Authority in infringement proceedings for an alleged cartel in the market for the development and maintenance of software for the public sector entities.  

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*April 2018 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye represents Media Sapiens Spain in the first oral hearing granted by the Spanish Competition Authority in infringement proceedings for alleged price-fixing and market-sharing practices in the institutional advertising sector.

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*April 2018 – EU Energy Law: The EJEM Consortium led by Evelyne Ameye wins the procurement procedure for legal services with respect to the proposed template for the general terms and conditions in the transport contracts of gas transmission system operators for the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), which will require a close cooperation with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas “ENTSOG”. 

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*April 2018 – Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye represents the Catalan Veterinary Colleges in appeal proceedings before the Catalan Appeals Court against the Catalan Competition Authority´s Infringement Decision

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*March 2018 – Antitrust/Mergers:  Evelyne Ameye is appointed by Sofreco in order to carry out a Study for the European Commission and the Algerian Competition Authority, in the context of the EU/Algeria Association Agreement, on the need for reviewing Algerian Competition Law, in particular in the pharmaceutical sector (Action Ponctuelle Nº1.5/11). Evelyne leads a team of 2 senior economists.


​​​​​*March 2018 - EU Energy law: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services, leading the EJEM Consortium, wins the 2-year Framework Contract to provide legal services to the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). The other members of the EJEM Consortium are Eduardo Abril (MVA Abogados), Miguel Sousa Ferro (Sousa Ferro & Associados) and Julia Suderow (3C Compliance).


*January 2018 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services provides EU Competition Law advice to a multinational supermaket chain following the Schweppes Ruling of the Court of Justice in C-291/16.


*January 2018 – Private Enforcement: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services and Miguel Sousa Ferro present written observations to the Court of Justice of the EU in representation of Canadian multinational Cogeco, as Applicants in a Request for a Preliminary Ruling in case C-613/17 Cogeco Communications vs Sport TV & al.


*December 2017 – Antitrust/General EU: Evelyne Ameye advises a multinational insurance company on nuclear liability issues on the German and Belgian market.

 

*November 2017 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye represents a multinational company in the information technology market in antitrust proceedings before the Spanish competition authority.

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​​*September 2017 - Energy: Evelyne Ameye acts as Team Leader of a Consortium to provide legal services to the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) in Slovenia with respect to appeals before the General Court of the EU. 

 

*August 2017 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye provides antitrust advice to a multinational Supermarket chain.

 

*June 2017 - Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye provides, together with an Expert Team managed by GDSI, a Final Report to DG DEVCO of the European Commission on the External Evaluation of the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation 2014-2017.

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*June 2017 - Private Enforcement: The Portuguese Supreme Court ruled in favour of Canadian multinational Cogeco, represented by Evelyne Ameye Legal Services and Miguel Sousa Ferro, in the Cogeco vs Sport TV Case, rejecting the admissibility of the extraordinary appeal filed by Sport TV. At the same time, the Lisbon Court of First Instance acknowledged that Cogeco won its access to documents battle concerning access to appeal judgments of the Portuguese competition authority. A Preliminary hearing of the Case took place in June 2017.

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* May 2017 - Antitrust: During 2017, Evelyne Ameye continued to act a Non-Governmental Advisor to the Turkish Competition Authority in the International Competition Network, e.g. at the ICN Annual Conference in Oporto of 10-12 May 2017

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* April 2017 – Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises companies in the nuclear insurance sector on the expiry of the Insurance Block Exemption.

 

* April 2017 – Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises a Brussels-based aw firm on Spanish Competition Law.

 

* March 2017 – Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises a veterinary healthcare company on Spanish Competition Law.

 

* March 2017 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye represents the Catalan Veterinary Colleges in appeal proceedings before the Catalan Appeals Court against the Catalan Competition Authority´s Infringement Decision. 


* February 2017 - Antitrust & Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises a multinational emergency generator producer on EU competition law and nuclear energy law issues.

 

​* February 2017 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye lectures in the Master’s Degree on Law in Regulated Sectors of the Carlos III University on Horizontal Agreements and Cartels.


​* January 2017 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises a Spanish Trade Association on the compatibility of their information exchange system with competition law.

 

​* January 2017 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye lectures at the Madrid-based Instituto de Empresa on Cartels.

 

​* January 2017 - Nuclear Energy: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises a Brussels-based multinational law firm on nuclear energy law.


​* January 2017 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services provides EU Competition Compliance training to a Supermarket Chain.

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​* January 2017 - EU Energy law: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services creates the EJEM Consortium and wins the 4-year Framework Contract to provide legal services to the Board of Appeal of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). The other members of the EJEM Consortium are Eduardo Abril (MVA Abogados), Miguel Sousa Ferro and Julia Suderow (3C Compliance).

 

​* January 2017 - Antitrust/Mergers: Upon instruction of WTI Advisors Ltd., Evelyne Ameye Legal Services carries out an in-depth analysis for DG TRADE of the European Commission on the state of play of Competition Law in each of the 6 Central-American countries that are part of the EU/Central-America Association Agreement, i.e. Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. The analysis involved multiple interviews with Competition Authorities, Ministries and other public and private stakeholders in Central America.


* January 2017 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services and Prof Miguel Sousa Ferro publish “Leniency in the Iberian Peninsula: Two worlds Apart" in The Competition Law Review, Volume 12, Issue 1.


* January 2017 - Private Enforcement: Evelyne Ameye gives a speech on the possibilities of private enforcement to a Spanish Trade Association.

 

* December 2016 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services represents several animal healthcare companies in a Spanish antitrust investigation.

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* November 2016 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye lectures at the Lisbon Law University on the Spanish Leniency System.

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* November 2016 - EU law:  Evelyne Ameye Legal Services files a Complaint before the European Commission (DG EMPL) against Spain in representation of a Spanish Municipality.

 

​* October 2016 -Antitrust: During 2016, Evelyne Ameye continued to act a Non-Governmental Advisor to the Turkish Competition Authority in the International Competition Network, e.g. at the ICN Cartel Workshop in Madrid in October 2016.

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* September 2016 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services represents a company providing institutional publicity campaigns for the State Administration in infringement proceedings for alleged price-fixing and market-sharing practices in the institutional advertising sector before the Spanish Competition Authority.

 

* June 2016- EU Law: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services files a Complaint against the Spanish State in representation of a Spanish Municipality before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.


* May 2016 - Antitrust:  Evelyne Ameye Legal Services assists a company providing institutional publicity campaigns for the State Administration during a dawn raid by the Spanish Competition Authority and subsequently files an appeal against the said dawn raid before the Spanish Court of Appeal.

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* May 2016 - State Aid: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises a company in the extractive industry on a complaint with respect to illegal state aid obtained by a competitor from the Spanish State.


* May 2016 - EU Law: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises a Spanish Municipality on requesting the Spanish Supreme Court to ask a preliminary ruling before the Court of Justice of the EU with respect to the correct interpretation of Spanish law in the context of EU law.

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* April 2016 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises companies in the nuclear insurance sector on the IBER Consultation of the European Commission and actively participated at the Workshop of 26 April 2016 on the IBER Review Process with Director General Cecilio Madero.

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​* March 2016 - Commercial:  Evelyne Ameye acts as legal counsel to Madrid´s new musical instrument store MusicX.


* March 2016 – Antitrust: publication by Bruylant/Larcier of the book “The Fight Against Hard Core Cartels in Europe: Trends, Challenges and Best International Practices”, whose Chapter 17: Thorny issues for National Courts despite the EU Anti-trust Damages Directive is written by Evelyne Ameye Legal Services.

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* March 2016 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye represents the Catalan Veterinary Colleges in an investigation for alleged antitrust infringements before the Catalan Competition Authority. 

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* February 2016 - Private Enforcement: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services published Chapter “SPAIN” in "The Private Antitrust Enforcement Review",9th Edition, Ilene Knable Gotts, February 2016.


* February 2016 - Antitrust:  Evelyne Ameye Legal Services represents a Spanish cement producer before the Spanish Competition Authority in the Cement Cartel of Asturias.

 

* February 2016 - Private Enforcement: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services and Prof. Dr Miguel Sousa Ferro win an access to documents battle before the Portuguese Supreme Court in the Cogeco vs Sport TV Case in representation of Canadian multinational Cogeco.

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* January 2016- Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises a Korean automotive multinational in the Spanish automotive manufacturers´ cartel in relation to the suitability of an appeal before the Spanish Court of Appeal and in relation to possible antitrust damages actions deriving from the Antitrust Decision.

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* January 2016 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises a multinational company in the Spanish competition authority´s used batteries investigation.


* November 2015 - Antitrust: Training-ICN in Istanbul. Evelyne Ameye Legal Services coordinates the Unilateral Conduct Workshop of the International Competition Network (ICN) as Non-Governmental Advisor to the Turkish Competition Authority (Rekabet Kurumu).

 

* September 2015 - Antitrust: CLASF Conference in Rome. Evelyne Ameye and Prof. Dr. Miguel Sousa Ferro, Lisbon University speak on ‘Leniency in the Iberian Peninsula: Two worlds Apart’.

 

* June 2015 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services provides a training to Portuguese and Spanish Judges on EU Competition Law and Private Antitrust Enforcement at the Lisbon University.

 

* April 2015 - Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye acts as Non-Governmental Advisor to the Turkish Competition Authority (Rekabet Kurumu) in a presentation on Unilateral Conduct to the International Competition Network (ICN).

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* March 2015 - EU law/Nuclear Energy:  Evelyne Ameye speaks at the Conference ´Fukushima Five Years on - Legal Fallout in Japan, Germany and the UK' at the University of Cambridge.

 

* March 2015 - Antitrust:  Spanish farmers thank Evelyne Ameye Legal Services for the success in the Milk Cartel Decision, whereby the Spanish Competition Authority imposed sanctions of €88 million on 9 dairy companies and 2 associations for market-sharing, price-fixing and quota manipulation between 2000 and 2013 to the detriment of farmers across Spain


* February 2015 - Private Enforcement: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services, in collaboration with Miguel Sousa Ferro of Eduardo Paz Ferreira & Associados, files a claim for antitrust damages in representation of the Canadian telecommunications and media group COGECO in the amount of € 11 million with the Portuguese civil courts against Sport TV, Controlinveste and NOS (ZON Optimus), following-on from the “Sport TV” Decision of the Portuguese Competition Authority (which became final on 11 March 2015). The case was followed by a collective damages claim against Sport TV in representation of over 3 million Portuguese pay-TV clients, making use of the permissive Portuguese law, which provides for “opt-out” representation (unless the consumer opts-out, he is included in the class action). This is a ground-breaking claim, making use, for the first time, of the possibility of class actions in private antitrust enforcement in Portugal. The Portuguese Competition Observatory is being represented by Miguel Sousa Ferro. 

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* January 2015 - Nuclear Energy: The Vidhi Report presented by the Indian Government to US President Barack Obama uses Evelyne Ameye´s publications to justify the rule of reason of Indian nuclear law.
​After many years of discussion, an agreement was reached whereby the US decided to respect Indian nuclear law, responding to

India´s proposal to create an insurance pool to insure the liability of nuclear suppliers.

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* January 2015 - Mergers: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services acts as legal counsel in a Phase 1-Clearance of an Acquisition in the sector for Automotive Chemical Specialties before the Spanish Competition Authority.


* January 2015 - Nuclear Energy/Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services advises insurance companies in the IBER Consultation of the European Commission. 


* November 2014 - Mergers: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services acts as legal counsel in a Phase 1-Clearance of an Acquisition in the Chemical Specialties Sector before the Spanish Competition Authority.​


* November 2014 - Private Enforcement: Evelyne Ameye Legal Services speaks about "Thorny issues for National Courts despite the EU Anti-trust Damages Directive" at the Conference at the Spanish Competition Authority, entitled “The Fight Against Hard Core Cartels in Europe", organised by the CEU San Pablo University.

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*March 2024 – EU law/Nuclear Energy: Presentation on the CSC in WG 2 of INLA in París, White & Case.

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*February 2024 – EU law/State AidEvelyne Ameye, Mariusz Swora and Mihalis Kekelekis initiate their collaboration in nuclear energy and state aid cases.

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*February 2024 – EU law/State AidEvelyne Ameye, Mariusz Swora, Mihalis Kekelekis and Arkadiusz Ratajczak (Swora Legal) foster a debate on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the Opportunity Centre, led by Zuzanna Novak, in Warsaw.

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*February 2024 – EU law/State AidEvelyne Ameye, Mihalis Kekelekis and Piotr Suski (Swora Legal) give presentations on state aid in the context of IPCEI and state aid for nuclear energy projects in IGEOS, Warsaw. 

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*February 2024 – EU law/Merger ControlEvelyne Ameye assesses the creation of the mutual for the insurance and reinsurance of cyber-risks and property risks CYPRO from a merger control and antitrust perspective.

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*February 2024 – EU law/Merger ControlEvelyne Ameye advises Maio Legal as to whether a transaction in the plant variety sector meets the Spanish merger control thresholds.

 

*February 2024 – EU law: Evelyne Ameye evaluates progress of Altair´s project in terms of reconstructing and strenghtening justice and internal security in Bangui (Central African Republic).

 

*January 2024 – EU law/Antitrust: On 11 January 2024, Evelyne Ameye participates to the conference "Transportation of nuclear material workshop Nuclear liability - Insurance & key contractual considerations" organised by the World Nuclear Association (WNA) and Working Groups 2 and 7 of the International Association of Nuclear Law.

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*January 2024 – EU law/Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye advises investment fund FourWorld Capital Management LLC in relation to a potential financial investment in Spain.

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*December 2023 – EU law/Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye and Antonio Creus lodge an appeal before the Spanish Supreme Court for BABEL against the judgment of the Appeals Court in the cartel case on IT tenders "Licitaciones Informáticas".

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*December 2023 – EU law/AntitrustMariusz Swora (Swora Legal) and Evelyne Ameye advise Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (PGNiG) of the ORLEN group with respect to the Baltic Pipeline and the tariffs imposed by the Danish regulator. 

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*November 2023 – EU law/Antitrust: Evelyne Ameye advises US multinational IQVIA (former IMS Health) on the compatibility of its business strategy with competition law.

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*October 2023 – EU law/Nuclear energy: On 2 October 2023, Evelyne Ameye gives a presentation on nuclear transport liability in Working Group 7 of the International Association of Nuclear Law, at a conference organised by Khalil Bukari, General Counsel & Company Secretary of Nuclear Transport Solutions.

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*October 2023 – EU law/Nuclear energy: On 3 October 2023 Evelyne Ameye presides the virtual meeting of the Spanish Branch of the International Association of Nuclear Law INLA.

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*October 2023 – EU law/Nuclear energyOn 10 October 2023, Evelyne Ameye and Arkadiusz Ratajczak (Swora Legal) provide a training in Warsaw to the directors and staff of Polish investor Polskie Elektrownie JÄ…drowe (PEJ), in charge with the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Poland, on nuclear liability.

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*October 2023 – EU law/Nuclear energy: On 19 October 2023, Evelyne Ameye participates to the Anniversary of the Mutuals NIRA, EMANI, ELINI and Blue Re in the nuclear sector, during which small modular reactors are being debated, in Bozar, Brussels.

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*September 2023 – EU law/Energy: On 27 September 2023, Evelyne Ameye participates to the annual meeting of the Board of appeal of the European Union Agency for the Collaboration of Energy Regulators (ACER) in Brussels.

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*August 2023 – EU law/Energy: Evelyne Ameye defends the European Union Agency for the Collaboration of Energy Regulators (ACER) in an appeal lodged by Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A., RTE Réseau de Transport d´Électricité,  Affärsverket svenska kraftnät and TenneT TSO B.V. before the Court of Justice of the European Union in the electricity balancing cases C-281/23 and C-282/23.

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*July 2023 – EU law/State AidEvelyne Ameye advises Spanish consultant Science and Innovation Link (SILO) on state aid issues in the project Strategic Reserve of Essential and Strategic Resources based on Industrial Capabilities (RECAPI) for DG for Structural Reform Support of the European Commission (REFORM/SC2022/118) with respect to the reform of the industrial strategy of the European Commission on Critical Raw Materials in the EU.

 

*July 2023 – EU law: Evelyne Ameye evaluates the progress booked by Altair´s project on the reconstruction and strengthening of justice and internal security in Bangui (Central African Republic).

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*June 2023 – EU law/Merger Control: Evelyne Ameye advises US multinational IQVIA (former IMS Health) on a possible adquisition in Spain. 

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*June 2023 – EU law/Nuclear energyEvelyne Ameye participates to the roundtables “Innovative Legal Thinking for Successful Fusion Megaprojects” organised by ITER in its seat in Cadarache (France).

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