Profile: Alfonso Gutiérrez

Competition

Biography: Competition

Alfonso Gutiérrez is a partner in the competition department of Uría Menéndez. His practice focuses on EU and Spanish competition law. He is regularly asked to advise on EU and Spanish mergers in many different sectors (such as banking, energy, telecommunications, aviation, industrial products and pharmaceuticals).

Alfonso frequently acts in litigious matters concerning the individual or collective abuse of a dominant position and the conclusion of restrictive agreements between competitors or non-competitors. He also intervenes on a regular basis in proceedings for infringements of article 82 of the EC Treaty and article 2 of the Spanish Law 15/2007 for the Defence of Competition. Finally, he regularly represents clients before the European Commission in state aid cases. He is a member of the Madrid Bar Association.

Alfonso graduated in 1991 from the University of Salamanca and received an LLM in EU Law from the Catholic University of Leuven in 1992 and another in EU Law from the College of Europe, Bruges, in 1993.

Alfonso speaks English and French.