Luis Blanquez

Luis Blanquez is an antitrust and compliance attorney with 15 years of experience at the European Commission and major international law firms in the European Union. Luis joined Bona Law PC in 2016 in San Diego, and qualified as a US attorney in the state of California in 2018.

His experience includes work for French legal chambers and judges as part of the “Leonardo da Vinci” European traineeship program. Furthermore, he worked as a trainee at the Directorate General of Information Society of the European Commission in Brussels, before moving to the former Merger Task Force (“MTF”) at the Directorate General of Competition, as a case handler. There he gained extensive experience on merger cases such as the Oracle/Peoplesoft, Banco Santander/Abbey and EDP/GDP/ENI transactions, among others.

Luis has also worked during the past 10 years in several international law firms such as Simmons & Simmons LLP, CMS, and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP in Madrid, Brussels and London, advising clients in merger control, cartel and other antitrust investigations, as well as antitrust and non-antitrust compliance issues. Luis is a Spanish native speaker and is fluent in English and proficient in French.

Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) and Universite de Nantes (France)

J.D.

Erasmus Exchange Program

Universiteit van Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

LL.M. | European Business Law

Kings College London (UK)

LL.M. | European Competition Law

Attorney

Bona Law PC

Current

The Spanish National Court issues a third judgment in the asphalt roads cartel case addressing the issue of the burden of proof in bid rigging cases (Asphalt roads cartel).

Concurrences: Antitrust Publications

January 25, 2013

The Spanish National Court applies the ECJ "dual pricing" ruling to quash a decision by the Spanish Competition Commission concerning prices imposed to wholesalers by pharmaceutical company (Pfizer).

Concurrences: Antitrust Publications

June 13, 2011

The Spanish Competition Authority fines the holder of football TV rights for abusing its dominant position in the resale of these rights and in the pay TV market (Mediapro).

Concurrences: Antitrust Publications

March 17, 2011

The Spanish Supreme Court halves an antitrust fine in the bakery sector to 150.000 Euros.

Concurrences: Antitrust Publications

December 1, 2010

State Bar of California

Member

Current

California

Spain