Miguel Odriozola > Clifford Chance > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Clifford Chance
PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA 110
28046 MADRID
Spain

Work Department

Corporate, Antitrust

Position

Miguel Odriozola is the Head of the Clifford Chance Antitrust team in Spain. He is a member of the Bar Associations of both Madrid and New York. From 1993 to 1999 he worked as a competition lawyer in Brussels. Since 2000 he is based in Madrid but splits his time between Madrid and Brussels. Miguel is a frequent speaker at courses and seminars on EU and Spanish competition law. He has also authored several competition law publications and he is the editor and co-author of the first treatise on the Spanish competition Act and its Regulation. He advises Spanish and international companies on all aspects of Competition Law, both in relation to the Spanish and the EU context. He has extensive experience in matters regarding restrictive practices and merger control operations in the energy, aviation, telecommunications, consumer goods and information technology sectors.

Education

Admitted as an abogado in Madrid 1991
University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.) 1992
University of Chicago Law School (J.S.D) 1993
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 1993

Lawyer Rankings

Spain > EU and competition

(Hall of Fame)

Miguel OdriozolaClifford Chance

Demonstrating substantial experience in restrictive practices and merger control in the media, telecoms, energy and sports spaces, the highly regarded competition group at Clifford Chance is rated for its ‘technical excellence and outstanding performance in interactions with administrative, national and European authorities‘. Recognised as a ‘team leader’ who is ‘developing and nurturing a new generation of lawyers’, Miguel Odriozola is trusted by Spanish and international companies alike in the full spectrum of competition law matters. He is supported by a strong team of practitioners: María Begoña Barrantes, who is active in major merger control cases, Belén Irissarry, whose focus lies in infringement proceedings, and Ana Latorre, a name to note for clients from across the audiovisual and telecoms sectors.