Profile
Graduated in Law from the Universidad Autónoma (Barcelona), 1992. Masters degree in European Studies from the Institute of European Studies (Barcelona), 1993. Masters in European Law from the University of Liège (Belgium), 1994. His working languages are Spanish, Catalan, English and French. Lecturer on EU and Competition law at the Universidad Carlos III (Madrid), the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid) and at the Madrid Bar (ICAM). Oriol regularly takes part in seminars and conferences as an expert in EU and Competition law and Intellectual property.
Career
Oriol joined PEREZ-LLORCA in 2000 after six year practising competition in another Madrid firm and was made partner in 2003.
He has extensive experience in all matters relating to competition law, a field in which he mainly offers practical advice on specific issues such as restrictive practices, abuses of dominant position and all regulatory aspects concerning merger control. He acts in administrative proceedings before the Spanish and EU Competition authorities, as well as before the regulatory bodies of various different sectors in Spain (the CMT & the CNE in particular). He works closely with the Corporate team in analysing and advising companies on all kinds of mergers, as well as on the drafting and notification, if applicable, of commercial agreements.
His most recent work includes, among others, submitting claims against abuse of dominant position in various sectors, as well as advising lawyers on prominent merger transactions.
Professional memberships
Madrid Bar Association (ICAM), International Bar Association (IBA), Spanish Association for the Defense of Competition (AEDC).