Irene Moreno-Tapia > Cuatrecasas > Barcelona, Spain > Lawyer Profile
Cuatrecasas Offices

DIAGONAL 191
08018 BARCELONA
Spain
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Irene Moreno-Tapia

Position
Partner
Career
Irene Moreno-Tapia has successfully advised and represented many clients on defense of competition before the Spanish authorities, in both the administrative and litigation fields (e.g., agreements, abuse, concentrations, and state aid). She is an expert in distribution agreements and abuse of dominant position.
She is also an expert in other areas of EU law, such as customs law, public procurement, European funds and food safety legislation. She has participated in many cases before the EU courts.
She lectures on competition law in the Master in International Business Law at ESADE Business & Law School.
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > EU and competition
(Next Generation Partners)Cuatrecasas has a strong track record of securing clearance for complex transactions during the first phase with commitments. The team is equally renowned for its contentious work, frequently handling some of Spain’s most significant cartel and abuse of dominance cases, both in court and during investigations. The team is now led by Enrique Carrera, who joined from Freshfields in September 2024. Irene Moreno-Tapia brings extensive expertise in distribution schemes, abuse of dominance, merger control, and antitrust investigations. María López Ridruejo is highly skilled in managing complex vertical and horizontal cross-border agreements as well as multijurisdictional cartel cases.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Dispute resolution
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Venture capital
- White-collar crime
Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Environment
- EU and competition
- Financial services regulatory
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Manufacturing
- Industry focus: Retail
- Intellectual property: Trade marks
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: patents