Speaker details

31st Annual IBA Communications and Competition Law Conference

25 Apr - 26 Apr 2022

The Four Seasons Hotel Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Speaker information

Cani Fernandez

Biography

Graduated in Law from the University of Zaragoza in 1986, with a qualification of Outstanding. Licénce Spéciale en Droit Européen from the Free University of Brussels, in 1987, with Great Distinction. Between 1987 and February 2020, he has practiced the private practice of Law of the Competition and the EU, and has been a teacher in the same subjects in centers prestigious Spanish and foreign universities (Toulouse School of Economics, McGeorge University of the Pacific, Carlos III University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, among others). From 1993 to 1997 he was Lawyer of the Court of Justice of the European Communities. He has been Co-Chair of the Antitrust Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) (the first woman to occupy this position), Vice-Chair of the Economics Committee of the Antitrust Section in the American Bar Association (ABA), Officer of the International Cartel Task Force of the Antitrust Section of the ABA, and a member of the IBA LPD Council. He has also been Non-Governmental Advisor (NGA) of the European Commission and the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) before the International Competition Network (ICN). In 1986 she was awarded within the framework of the NATO Fellowship Program; among its many distinctions awarded for his professional practice, highlighting his recognition year after year as one of the 30 best specialists in Competition/Antitrust worldwide in the Expert Guides Best of the Best category; its recognition as one of the "100 Women in Antitrust Worldwide" by GCR. In 2018 and 2019 Chambers named her “Star Individual” in his specialty in Spain. She is the first woman to win the award. “Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession” awarded by Chambers. Additionally, she is the author of numerous publications in the area of ​​Law of the Competition and the EU, and regular speaker on these matters.

Session

Keynote Address

Monday 25 April (0915 - 0945)

Keynote Speaker