Alvaro Pliego Selie
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Competition/European Law
Band 4
About
Provided by Alvaro Pliego Selie
Practice Areas
Alvaro is an antitrust, competition and trade counsel in our Amsterdam office, specializing in antitrust, state aid and other (internal) market regulation. He has acted on many high-profile litigious matters, including a number of appeals against the EU tax ruling decisions (state aid); multi-jurisdictional cartel defence mandates (cartel litigation, follow-on claims); and civil antitrust litigation involving online platforms and sports broadcasting rights. Another core part of Alvaro's practice is advising clients in sectors including (online) tech, telecoms, media, FMCG and energy on complex EU regulatory matters (sector regulation, free movement, consumer protection).
Career
Before joining Freshfields in 2011, he spent five years at the Dutch Competition Authority as a member of its Legal Service.
Chambers Review
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Alvaro Pliego Selie assists clients with obtaining competition law clearance for proposed joint ventures, including representing clients in phase II investigations. He further advises on contentious state aid matters and behavioural investigations for clients in the technology sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Alvaro has a huge amount of knowledge of both legal and regulatory and business aspects, which he applies in a very pragmatic and comprehensible way. His advice is really strategic."
"Alvaro seems to enjoy the details and in-depth analysis, although he also keep commercial drivers close to mind."
"Alvaro has a huge amount of knowledge of both legal and regulatory and business aspects, which he applies in a very pragmatic and comprehensible way. His advice is really strategic."
"Alvaro seems to enjoy the details and in-depth analysis, although he also keep commercial drivers close to mind."
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