Alexandre Picón
Associate
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Advising national and international companies on competition and EU Law, including investigations, sanctioning and court proceedings, and merger control.
Alexandre Picón advises Spanish and international companies on a wide range of matters under EU law, and under Spanish and EU competition law.
He assists clients in sanctioning proceedings concerning competition issues and merger control before the Spanish Markets and Competition and the European Commission, and authorities from other jurisdictions. He also regularly advises on state aid and participates in proceedings before national and EU courts.
He lectures in postgraduate courses at several universities, including Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Escuela de Práctica Juridica) and the Institute of Stock Exchange Studies (IEB).
Before joining Cuatrecasas he worked as an analyst at an international consulting firm, advising clients from the real estate and finance sectors.
He is a member of the Madrid Bar Association and the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA).
He has written several articles and publications on competition law.
Specialties
Education
Postgraduate studies in Business Valuation
UPF Barcelona School of Management, Barcelona, 2022Specialization course in Competition Law and EU Law
Institute of Stock Exchange Studies, Madrid, 2020Master for Admission to the Practice of Law
Spanish National Distance Education University, 2019Bachelor of Economics
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid/Université de Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne, 2017Bachelor of Laws
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2017
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2023 and 2024) in Competition Law and in EU Law
Publications and News
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February 22, 2024Turbulence in Ryanair’s battle against state aid to airlines
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October 11, 2023Foreign subsidy authorization regime becomes effective
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July 11, 2023State aid and airlines: EU General Court annuls Lufthansa and SAS bailouts
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June 16, 2023Inflation and the risk of antitrust enforcement
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June 14, 2023Sustainability and competition law: practical guidelines
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June 8, 2023Cooperating with Competitors? New Regulations and Guidelines on Horizontal Agreements
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May 23, 2023The CJEU confirms the fine imposed on Lithuanian Railways for removing a section of track
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April 18, 2023The Commission relaxes state aid rules to boost EU’s green transition
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December 5, 2022The Spanish High Court warns the CNMC again: new fine annulled for lack of evidence
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June 9, 2022The Spanish High Court overturns a CNMC decision and requires a more stringent assessment of UTEs
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June 7, 2022The European Commission publishes the final report on the consumer Internet of Things sector
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June 1, 2022The Spanish courts and the golden thread: the return of the presumption of innocence?
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February 23, 2022The nougat case: CNMC’s sanctions annulled for lack of evidence
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February 15, 2022A roadmap for competition in Europe
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January 26, 2022Post-pandemic competition dawn raids
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October 26, 2021The general court annuls two commission decisions but supports the rescue fund for strategic
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April 22, 2021The CNMC starts the process of updating the guidelines on public procurement and competition: Part 1 – Planning
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March 26, 2021Google and ElTenedor avoid a fine by the CNMC after a customer’s complaint
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March 24, 2021COVID-19, state aid and airlines:
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February 8, 2021Confidentiality and competition files
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September 1, 2020Markets in times of COVID-19: the European commission temporarily suspends competition rules in the wine sector to boost recovery
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April 28, 2020Budapest Bank: the CJEU reinterprets the concept of restriction of competition by object
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October 25, 2019Qualcomm vs European Commission: Qualcomm to appeal the first predatory pricing fine in 16 years
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July 16, 2019Merger control: the European Commission prohibits the creation of a joint venture by Thyssen and Tata Steel