Alfonso Lamadrid joined Garrigues in 2007 and has been a partner since 2019.

He has extensive experience in all areas of competition law. He has represented clients in close to a hundred cases before the EU Courts, and has participated in some of the most relevant international competition law proceedings, including, among others:

• Representing Alphabet and Google before the General Court of the European Union and the Court of Justice of the EU in the annulment and appeal proceedings concerning the European Commission's decision in the Google Android case, which imposed the largest fine in the history of EU competition law (€4.343 million, reduced to€ 4215 by the General Court).
• Representing CCIA (Computer and Communications Industry Association) before the Court of Justice of the EU in the appeal proceedings in the landmark Google Shopping case.
• Representing Alphabet and Google before the Court of Justice of the EU in relation to the preliminary reference submitted by the Italian Council of State in the Android Auto.
• Representing Opera before the General Court of the EU in relation to its application for the annulment of the European Commission's decision not to designate Microsoft as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act in relation to its browser Edge.
• Representing Banco Santander, AXA, Prosegur and Ferrovial before the Court of Justice of the EU in appeal proceedings for the annulment of a European Commission State aid decision (financial goodwill saga).
• Representing more than 40 investors in proceedings before the EU Courts that led do the annulment of a European Commission decision ordering the recovery of alleged state aid granted to investors under the Spanish “tax lease” regime.
• Representing Abengoa before the European Commission in an administrative investigation, a cartel settlement procedure and related EU Court litigation in relation to the Ethanol Benchmarks case.
• Representing Cellnex Telecom and other applicants, private and public administrations in proceedings before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the EU that led to the annulment of a European Commission State aid decision.
• Successfully representing Cementos Portland Valderrivas before the European Commission and before the General Court of the EU in the framework of an investigation in the EU cement sector, as well as in court proceedings seeking the annulment of a request for information.
• Successfully representing the European Commission before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the EU in various proceedings seeking the annulment of a Commission decision sanctioning a cartel in relation to the marketing of prestressed steel.
• Representing Cisco Systems in its action for annulment of the European Commission's decision authorizing Microsoft's acquisition of Skype.
• Representing Google in various proceedings brought by national competition authorities in the EU.
• Representing PACT (Producers Association for Cinema and Television), the association of British film producers, in the European Commission's investigation into geoblocking clauses in agreements between the major Hollywood studios and Sky UK (Pay TV - Hollywod Studios) that was eventually closed by the Commission.

Alfonso also regularly provides competition advice to a number of large multinationals.

Alfonso speaks Spanish, English and French.

• Master in Law (LL.M.), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (2010).
• Master in Law (LL.M.), College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium (2007).
• Diploma of Advanced Studies (D.E.A) in EU Law, Universidad Complutense, Madrid (2010)
• Degree in Law and European Community Law, Universidad San Pablo CEU (Valedictorian) (2006).

Alfonso is Professor of EU Competition Procedure at the College of Europe (Bruges), Visiting professor at the Brussels School of Competition (Brussels), and codirector of the EU and Spanish Competition Law Course at the IEB (Madrid).

He has lectured at several national and international universities and institutions, including Harvard Law School, the European University Institute, the Academy of European Law, the London School of Economics, the Global Competition Law Centre, the European Association of Competition Law Judges and the Spanish Antitrust Association, among others. He has also trained competition enforcers from China, Japan, India, Korea, Spain, ASEAN countries and the EFTA Surveillance Authority.

He has been a Non Governmental Advisor before the International Competition Network since 2017.

• Madrid Bar Association.
• Brussels Bar Association (List E).
• Member of the Board of the Spanish Antitrust Association ("AEDC")
• Member of the Executive Committee and of the Scientific Council of the Global Competition Law Centre ("GCLC")

• Chambers & Partners

           "He has outstanding legal skills combined with fantastic commercial skills. He is pragmatic, very clear and extremely responsive. He thinks strategically and is able to             understand very complex parts of the business." (Chambers, 2024).

             “Alfonso Lamadrid treats each case as if it was his own company that he represents and understands the business complexities underlying each step we take”; “He             is very knowledgeable of the law and jurisprudence, sharp in formulating arguments, creative, an inclusive team player and a joy to work with.” (Chambers, 2023).

            “One of the brightest lawyers of his generation (…) clients enthuse that Lamadrid “thinks strategically, is smart, empathetic and understands the business.”             (Chambers, 2019).

            “A dream lawyer in that he combines technical skills of the highest level and absolutely outstanding public relationship skills” (Chambers, 2018).

            “Widely regarded as the rising star in EU competition law” with “outstanding experience in court appeals” (Chambers, 2017).

• Legal 500 
  EU and Global. Next Generation Partner (since 2018).
  According to interviewees, “Alfonso Lamadrid is one of the rising stars in EU competition law” (Legal 500, 2022).
• Who’s Who Legal 
  Global Leader: Competition; Global Leader: State aid; Global Thought Leader

Recent awards:

• "Litigator of the Year" (worldwide"), Global Competition Review, 2024.
• “Lawyer of the Year – Under 40” (worldwide), Global Competition Review, 2019 (finalist in 2022).
• “Client Choice Award”, Competition Law, Belgium, 2021 and 2022.
• “40 under 40” list of top competition lawyers worldwide, Global Competition Review, 2020.

•  "The Role of the EU Courts in Competition Cases: A View from the Bar". The transformation of EU Competition Law: Next Generation Issues. Kluwer. 2023.
• “EU Competition Procedure from the perspective of an outside counsel”. Regulation 1/2003 and EU Antitrust Enforcement: A Systematic Guide. Kluwer. 2022.
• “State aid’s stress test”. EU Law Live. 2022.
• EU Competition Procedure (Chapters 3, 7, 10 and 12). Oxford University Press. 2021.
• "Why the Proposed DMA Might be Illegal Under Article 11 TFEU, And How to Fix It". Journal of European Competition Law and Practice 12(7). 2021.
• “A Moment of Truth for the EU: A Proposal for a State Aid Solidarity Fund". Journal of European Competition Law and Practice 11(1-2). 2020.
• “Shortcuts and Courts in the era of Digitization”. Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle. 2019.
• “Competition Law at a Crossroads”. The Lawyer. 2019.
• “Case T-289/03: BUPA, The Illusion of Flexibility that Confirmed Altmark”. Milestones in State Aid Case Law, EStAL’s First 15 Years in Perspective. Lexxion. 2017.
• “Competition Law as Fairness”. Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 8(3). 2017.
• “Big Data, Privacy And Competition Law: Do Competition Authorities Know How To Do It?”. Competition Policy International. 2017.
• “On the Notion of Restriction of Competition: what we know and what we don’t know we know”. The Notion of Restriction of Competition: Revisiting the Foundations of Antitrust Enforcement in Europe. Bruylant. 2017.
• “The Double Duality of Two-Sided Markets”. Competition Law Journal, 2015.
• “La prueba de los cárteles en derecho español”. La lucha contra los cárteles en España. Aranzadi. 2015.
• “El procedimiento sancionador en materia de cárteles”. La lucha contra los cárteles en España. Aranzadi. 2015.
• “Antitrust and the Political Center”, CPI Antitrust Chronicle. 2013.
• “Nullity/Voidness: An overview of EU and national case law", e-Competitions Special Issue on Nullity/Voidness. 2012.
• "EU Competition Law Enforcement: Elements for a discussion on effectiveness and uniformity”, International Antitrust Law & Policy: Fordham Competition Law 2011". 2012.
• "Expert Economic Evidence and Effects-Based Assessments in Competition Cases” in Merola, M and Derenne, J. (eds), The Role of the Court of Justice of the EU in Competition Law Cases, Global Competition Law Center Annual Conference Series, Bruylant, 2012. (Co-authored with Luis Ortiz Blanco).
• “Defensa de la Competencia made in China”. Derecho de la Competencia europeo y español- Volumen XII, Dykinson. 2009.
• “El procedimiento sancionador y sus garantías”. Los acuerdos horizontales entre empresas, Marcial Pons. 2009.
• “Fine Arts in Brussels: Punishment and Settlement of Cartel Cases under EC Competition Law”. Antitrust: between EC Law and National Law. Bruylant. 2008.
• Manual de Derecho de la Competencia. Tecnos. 2008.

Alfonso is the author of the specialist EU competition law blog Chillin'Competition