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Antonio Martinez

Partner

Email

antonio.martinez@aoshearman.com

Phone

+34 91 782 98 17

Offices

Madrid

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Antonio has an extensive professional and academic career with 27 years of experience in European and Competition Law, including all types of competition and merger control proceedings before the Spanish Competition Authority (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia), Spanish Commercial Courts, European Commission and the European Court of Justice of the European Union.

Antonio is the author of numerous legal publications, a member of the board of directors of the Spanish Association for the Defence of Competition, former vice secretary general of the Spanish Association for the Study of European Law (2008-2019) and of the Editorial Board of several legal publications. He is a professor on the Competition and European Law master’s degree course at the University of Carlos III of Madrid and he is also a professor of Competition Law at the Pharmaceutical Industry Programme at the IE Business School. He is an usual speaker in specialized fora.

Antonio is recommended in legal directories such as Chambers & Partners, (every year since 2003 until today), Legal 500 and Practical Law Company.

Experience

Representative matters

CNMC (Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission) has agreed to the termination by commitments (“terminación convencional”) of the sanctioning proceedings initiated in its day against Ecoembes for possible abuse of dominant position. We are very proud to have defended Ecoembes in these proceedings, in which Ecoembes has assumed the implementation of certain commitments and which has concluded without any declaration of infringement.

Casli in CNMC’s infringement proceedings S/0008/21, Licitaciones Material Militar dealing with alleged bid rigging practices.

Cepsa in the inspection of the CNMC for alleged abuse with the fuel discount.

Hanson Hispania (the Spanish subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials) in its appeal before the Appeals Court (Audiencia Nacional) regarding the fines levied by the CNMC in case S/DC/0525/14, Cementos.

Published Work

  • Antonio Martinez, (2010) "Competition Law in Spain: What's the next?", Iberian Lawyer.
  • Antonio Martinez, (2009) "Competencia y multas: Nuevos criterios", Comunicaciones en propiedad intelectual y Derecho de la Competencia. 
  • Antonio Martinez, (2008) "El procedimiento sancionador en el nuevo Reglamento de defensa de la competencia", Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez, nº 20.
  • Antonio Martinez, (2008) "The Modernisation of the European Competition Law- First Experiences with Regulation 1/2003 in Spain", XXIII Congreso de la Federación Internacional de Derecho Europeo.

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Madrid Bar Association.
  • Former Vicesecretary General and member of the Board of Directors (Junta Directiva), Asociación Española para el Estudio del Derecho Europeo (AEDEUR) (Spanish Association for the Study of European Law).
  • Member of the Board of Directors (Junta Directiva), Asociación Española para la Defensa de la Competencia (AEDC) (Spanish Association for he Defence of Competition).
  • Member of the Editorial Board (Consejo de Redacción), Gaceta Jurídica de la Unión Europea y de la Competencia.

Qualifications

Admissions

Spain, 1993

Academic

Law Degree, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1989

Master,European Law (Licence Spéciale en Droit Européen), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1990

Languages

English, French, Spanish
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Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.