Callol, Coca & Associates
Spain
Callol Coca is a Spanish law firm that provides strategic and practical legal solutions for industry leaders and high-growth companies across Spain and beyond. With a proven track record in competition law, venture capital, regulatory litigation, and digital markets across the EU and US.
What defines their approach?
Excellence through specialization
A highly dedicated boutique practice that focuses exclusively on matters where they can excel, offering the technical depth of top US or “Magic Circle” firms with the senior-level involvement of a specialized team.
A business partner, not just a legal advisor
The firm prioritizes independence and the client’s best interest above all, blending seamlessly with internal corporate teams to navigate intrusive administrative proceedings or complex transactions with a no-nonsense approach.
Global expertise with local precision
Combining substantial pan-European and US law firm experience with a multilingual team, they provide a unique ability to bridge cultural and legal gaps while maintaining emotional proximity to their clients.
Distribution law practice
Advising on the full spectrum of vertical restraints, including selective distribution, franchising, and agency agreements. Their practice is uniquely positioned at the intersection of distribution and competition law, handling everything from network design to high-stakes antitrust litigation and damages claims.
What clients value most
A gift for quickly getting to the heart of an issue and providing clear, realistic, and practical solutions in high-stakes environments.
As a member of the Distribution Law Network (DLN), Callol, Coca & Asociados works closely with highly respected firms across Europe on cross-border distribution matters.
Related publications
Five judgments in eight months: why lower courts keep cutting goodwill compensation, and why Spain’s Supreme Court keeps overturning them (STS 628/2026)
If your goodwill compensation strategy, whether you sit on the agent’s or the principal’s side of the table, still assumes a first-instance discount will hold, it is time to revisit it
Understanding Distribution in a Changing Market: DLN’s Comparative Legal Study
The Comparative Legal Study on Distribution Models, published by the Distribution Law Network (DLN), brings together insights from leading European law firms to compare how these models operate across major jurisdictions. It highlights their key advantages, challenges, and legal implications, offering practical guidance for businesses seeking the most effective and compliant path to market.
Following up on the EC’s antitrust push against the likes of Guess, Gucci, Chloé, Loewe, now comes the CNMC in Spain in the area of hair care: Decision of 3 December 2025, I.C.O.N., file S/0015/23 on resale price maintenance (RPM).
Although ICON claimed to have a small market share, the CNMC determined that the infringement committed by ICON is sufficiently harmful to competition to be considered a restriction of competition by object, regardless of the effects.
Territorial exclusivity under EU law: the Beevers Kaas ruling (C-581/23) insists on real parallel active sales restrictions
The Beevers Kaas judgment raises the bar for legally compliant exclusive distribution in the EU. Relying on the mere fact that other distributors do not actively sell in a territory is not enough.
Spain’s Food Chain Law: Pricing and Payment Terms Remain the Controversial Issues
The constant stream of sanctions published by Spain’s Food Information and Control Agency (AICA) highlights the risks for companies in Spain that have not adapted their processes to the Food Chain Law.
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