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Cani Fernández

Cani Fernández

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Competition and EU Law

 

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Tel.: +34 915 247 143 / +32 274 339 00

Fax: +34 915 247 162 / +32 274 339 01

 

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Cani Fernández

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Ms. Fernández is director of the firm’s EU and Competition Law Group and managing partner of the Brussels office. She has extensive experience in company acquisitions and mergers, competition law and anti-dumping, telecommunications and energy, and EU litigation. She is an Officer of Committee C (International Trade and Competition) of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Cani also advises companies, Governments and EU Institutions in cases involving wider issues of EC law (public procurement, REACH, plant and crop protection regulation, among others), including landmark cases such as Codorniu's locus standi action, IQV's successful action before the ECJ, including interim measures, representation of Danone in defense of its Bio trademark during reform of Regulation on organic production, and representation of the European Commission before the ECJ in several public procurement and infringement of State cases.

Ms. Fernández was advisor (référendaire) to the European Court of Justice from 1994 to 1997. She lectures on comparative competition law in the international program at McGeorge University of the Pacific and on competition law at the Instituto de Estudios Europeos of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She is a member of the governing board of the Master in European Union Law at the Universidad Carlos III.

She is a member of the Zaragoza and Barcelona bar associations, the IBA, the Fédération Internationale de Droit Européen (FIDE), and the American Bar Association.

Bachelor of Laws, Universidad de Zaragoza, 1986

Master in European Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institut d’Études Européens, 1987

NATO Fellowship Award, 1986

Languages: English and French

Recommended by several directories, including Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Plc Which Lawyer, Expert Guides, Who's Who Legal, European Legal Experts, Best Lawyers, Global Competition Review and Legal 500 in Competition/Antitrust and Life Sciences (Spain and Belgium).

Ms. Fernández has been named one of the 25 leading specialists in Competition/Antitrust worldwide by The Best of Best 2008 and 2011, and Competition/Antitrust Lawyer of the Year (Spain) by Best Lawyers in 2012. Also, she is currently the only lawyer recommended by Expert Guides in competition practice in Spain, under the Women in Business Law category.

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  • February 2, 2011 Bilbao

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    Control de concentraciones en España

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    Nueva normativa de la Comisión Europea en relación con los acuerdos verticales

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