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Stefan Rating

Stefan Rating

Of Counsel
Competition and European Union Law
Stefan Rating marimon abogados
Barcelona
934 157 575
Profile

Stefan Rating is an expert in Competition Law and advises companies on regulatory compliance and the application of Regulation 1/2003 (EU) and Spain’s Competition Act 15/2007 in commercial contracts and practices.

He has extensive experience advising companies on merger control processes, including joint ventures and mergers, overseeing their structuring and notification before the CNMC or the European Commission. He also represents companies under investigation or sanctioned for anticompetitive practices and advises both beneficiaries and those adversely affected by state aid.

Stefan is widely recognised for his expertise in the application of EU law in sectors such as telecommunications and sports. He regularly appears before arbitration tribunals, national courts, the CJEU and the General Court in Luxembourg, particularly in state aid cases.

He holds a Law degree from the Universidad de Barcelona and the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (Germany). He also holds a PhD from the Freie Universität Berlin, is a member of LEAD (Cohort 8 Europe), and is an MCIArb arbitrator. He served as President of the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Barcelona (2016-2019) and of the Legal Studies Section of the Ateneu Barcelonès (2010-2016).

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Stefan teaches at the Academy of International Economic Law and Policy (AIELPO) in Athens. He has published several books, including Commentary on the [TFEU] (1997, 2004, and 2012 editions, in German, co-authored) and Commentary on EU Competition Law (2003, 2014, and 2024 editions, in German, co-authored); EC Competition Rules in National Courts: Spain (1999, in English, co-authored with E. Navarro Varona); and Indirect Discrimination in Labour Law (1994, in German), all published by Nomos. He is also the Spanish correspondent for online case law reviews in Oxford Competition Law, published by Oxford University Press, and has authored numerous articles. Additionally, he regularly shares his expert opinion in the media. He speaks Spanish, Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch. Registration No. 16,041 Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Barcelona.

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