ECIJA incorporates Rafael Piqueras to strengthen its Competition Law practice
ECIJA's new partner has an extensive international background in competition and EU law, having advised companies in multiple sectors on merger control, foreign investment, anti-competitive practices, cartels, distribution agreements, abuse of dominance, state aid, litigation and damages claims, as well as in the design and implementation of competition compliance programmes.
With over 18 years of experience, Rafael has been involved in high-profile national and international competition transactions and cases, working in multi-jurisdictional teams and advising clients in numerous sectors, including regulated sectors such as technology, energy, food and pharmaceuticals.
Prior to joining ECIJA, Rafael developed his career at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he worked for 12 years in the Antitrust,
Competition and Trade, and at Deloitte Legal, where he headed the Competition and EU Law practice in Spain.
A graduate in Law from Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-ICADE, with an LLM in Corporate Legal Consultancy from IE Law School and a specialisation in EU Competition Law from King's College London, Rafael has also developed his teaching career, lecturing at leading universities and postgraduate programmes.
He also actively participates in the specialised legal community as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Association for the Defence of Competition (AEDC) and, since 2022, he is a Non-Governmental Advisor (NGA) of the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) in the International Competition Network (ICN).
Alejandro Touriño, Managing Partner of ECIJA, said: "The incorporation of Rafael Piqueras to strengthen the Competition practice in Madrid is a further step in our strategic commitment to multidisciplinary growth. His extensive experience in Competition Law and his international experience strengthen our advisory capacity in an increasingly regulated and globalised environment. This incorporation, aligned with our expansion strategy, will allow us to strengthen our value proposition for clients in Spain and Latin America".
Rafael Piqueras said: "I join ECIJA with the greatest of illusions and I am convinced that, together with the excellent group of professionals that make up the firm, we will be able to achieve great things. ECIJA's leadership in digital economy, its innovative character and its solid values are factors that I particularly value in the firm's differential project. It is an honour for me to be able to take on the challenge of promoting the Competition Law practice and to contribute to ECIJA's ambitious national and international growth plan".
With this incorporation, ECIJA adds more than 220 partners and more than 1,400 professionals to its global structure and strengthens the Competition Law practice in Spain.
