Mr Iñigo Igartua > Gómez-Acebo & Pombo > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Hailed by clients as one of the market’s ‘competition law stars’, Barcelona-based partner Iñigo Igartua heads the EU and competition practice at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, closely supported by Miguel Troncoso in Brussels, and of counsel Eduardo Gómez De La Cruz in Madrid. They front the sizeable department, which is particularly renowned for its capabilities handling antitrust damages litigation, and its growing expertise with litigation funders on potential investments in competition damages claims. Comprised of ‘excellent professionals‘, the team is also well versed in merger control, cartel investigations, state aid and compliance programmes, and has a focus on sectors such as automotive, pharmaceuticals, food and retail.

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo houses a ‘very knowledgeable team’, which always approaches responses ‘based on the client’s business in a very practical way’. The group, which is led by IP expert Sofía Martínez-Almeida and Iñigo Igartua, covers a variety of legal matters arising in the retail space, with a particular expertise in real estate and business structuring. Corporate and M&A partner Iñigo Erláiz, Bárbara Sainz De Vicuña and Isabela Crespo, who bring in additional expertise in intellectual property, are other key names in the practice.