Pérez-Llorca maintains a strong position in the Spanish market, regularly advising impressive banking, insurance, and healthcare companies, among other players, on high-profile EU and competition mandates. The team, praised by clients for its ‘excellent communication and excellent case analysis’, is well positioned to handle merger control, abuse of dominance and cartel investigations, and antitrust litigation, as well as sanctioning proceedings and compliance. Juan Jiménez-Laiglesia jointly steers the practice alongside Juan Rodríguez Cárcamo and stands out for his breadth of expertise, which spans transaction filings, antitrust litigation, and State aid matters. Cárcamo is the main point of contact for all EU-related matters, holding considerable experience acting before the ECJ, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank. The group also benefits from the aptitude of litigation expert Antoni FrigolaJaime de Blas, a name to note for restrictive agreements, State aid and sanctioning proceedings; and damages litigation specialist Jorge Masía.
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Work Department
EU and Competition
Position

Juan Jiménez-Laiglesia has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, abuses of dominant position, cartel investigations and state aid matters before the European Commission, the European Courts and Spanish competition authorities and courts.

Career

Juan joined Pérez-Llorca as partner in 2018 after gaining 22 years' experience at previous firms.

Languages
English, Spanish, French
Memberships
The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM)
Education

Law degree (Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 1988). LL.M. in European Union Law (Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1989). Political Science degree (UNED, 1991). MBA (IESE Business School, Barcelona, 1991). Economics degree (UNED, 1992). Philosophy degree (UNED, 2013).

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Testimonials

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  • ‘An excellent team, from the managing partner to the junior members. They possess solid legal knowledge, an excellent international perspective—highly relevant for projecting international trends onto the Spanish market—and above all, the courage to fight for clients' interests.’

  • ‘Juan Jiménez-Laiglesia and Jorge Masía stand out for their excellent technical skills and knowledge, combined with excellent relationships with regulatory authorities.’

Key clients

  • Banco Santander
  • BBVA

Work highlights

Advising Banco Santander in relation to the preliminary rulings referred by the Supreme Court to the European Court of Justice regarding the lawsuits initiated by holders of subordinated obligations, preferred stocks and subordinated bonds of Banco Popular against Banco Santander.