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Mr José Antonio de la Calle
Work Department
Antitrust and Competitio
Position
José Antonio heads the White & Case Antitrust and Competition practice in Spain. He has over 25 years of expertise advising companies, trade associations, and government agencies in a wide range of industries on all aspects of EU trade and antitrust/ competition law, focusing on regulated sectors.
Career
José Antonio heads the White & Case Antitrust and Competition practice in Spain. He has over 25 years of expertise advising companies, trade associations, and government agencies in a wide range of industries on all aspects of EU trade and antitrust/ competition law, focusing on regulated sectors.
With extensive experience in the full scope of EU and antitrust/ competition work, particularly in cases with a cross-border link, José Antonio specializes in merger control assignments, cartel investigations and antitrust litigation. He has been involved in some of the most high-profile Spanish cases in recent years, and regularly represents clients before the national competition and markets authority (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia), the national appeals court (Audiencia Nacional) and the highest court of the realm, the Spanish supreme court (Tribunal Supremo).
José Antonio was the co-founder and managing partner of a leading antitrust law firm in Spain before joining White & Case. He established and successfully developed his own practice for more than a decade after working for 15 years at the Madrid and London offices of a prominent United States law firm, where he became partner in 2009.
Languages
Spanish, English, Swedish, French
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > EU and competition
White & Case LLP‘s antitrust and competition service offering was bolstered by the arrival of José Antonio de la Calle and Swedish-qualified Sanna Orkan in October 2023, following the integration of boutique firm DelaCalle Abogados. The firm now counts with a strong team of competition law specialists, who are skilled at handling a variety of mandates in this space, including merger control, damages claims, and litigation at the national and EU level. The group also provides assistance to clients with the design and implementation of European antitrust compliance programmes.