Álvaro Pascual Morcillo

Practice Areas

Alvaro leads the competition and EU team. The pratice specializes in competition, regulatory and customs law. The team has represented Spanish and international clients of different sectors before the Spanish and EU competition authorities and courts in connection with cartels, leniency applications, abuse of dominance, State aid and merger control. It has also advised clients regarding competitive restraints in commercial agreements both in an online and offline context and on regulatory issues in the electricity, natural gas and transport sectors (access conflicts, unbundling, authorization procedures, etc.), as well as in complex customs matters (classification, origin and valuation of goods).

Career

Alvaro Pascual joined José María Baño León Abogados as of counsel in 2014, after more than thirteen years of practice in law firms in Madrid and Brussels, and became partner in 2018.

Alvaro holds an LL.M. in EU law from the Carlos III University and a law degree from the Complutense University.

Professional Memberships

Alvaro is a member of the Madrid Bar and the AEDC association.

Publications

"Sachetti versus Flensburg": encuadre, virtudes y limitaciones de la doble revisión jurisdiccional de las sanciones graves.

Carácter no vinculante del acto administrativo firme que sirve de presupuesto para la imposición de una sanción