Alfonso Lamadrid

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Band 3

Competition/European Law: State Aid

Belgium

2 Years Ranked

Band 4

Competition: EU

Belgium

5 Years Ranked

Expertise Based Abroad

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad

Spain

5 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2025

About

Provided by Alfonso Lamadrid

Europe

Practice Areas

EU Competition law (cartels, restrictive agreements, unilateral conduct, State aid, merger control). Litigation before EU Courts.

Career

Partner at Garrigues; Visiting Professor Brussels School of Competition; Non-Governmental Advisor to the European Commission before the International Competition Network; Visiting Lecturer at the College of Europe.

Professional Memberships

Brussels Bar; Madrid Bar.

Publications

"The Notion of Restriction of Competition; what we know and what we do not know" (2016); “The Double Duality of Two-Sided Markets” (2015); Co-editor of the legal blog Chillin’Competition.

Personal

LLM Harvard Law School; LLM College of Europe; Law degree, San Pablo CEU University.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Europe

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad - Spain

Spain expertise based abroad

Individual Editorial

Brussels-based Alfonso Lamadrid is adept at representing high-profile technology sector clients before the CNMC and the European Commission.

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Competition/European Law: State Aid - Belgium

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Alfonso Lamadrid demonstrates impressive work highlights representing high-profile clients from the technology sector before both the European Commission and the CNMC. He has experience in standout cases seeking the annulment of EC fines imposed against IT companies for abuse of dominance. Alfonso Lamadrid additionally exhibits high levels of activity on seminal state aid matters, where he has successfully represented clients in appealing EC state aid decisions before the EGC.

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Competition: EU - Belgium

Band 4

Individual Editorial

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

"He has outstanding legal skills combined with fantastic commercial skills. He is pragmatic, very clear and extremely responsive. He thinks strategically and is able to understand very complex parts of the business."

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad respondent
Europe

"He can see things from a holistic point of view and he can tell which points you need to focus on more."

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad respondent
Europe

"Alfonso Lamadrid is very responsive, flexible, has fast understanding and addresses the questions clearly."

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad respondent
Europe

"He has shown himself to be highly competent and commercially minded."

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad respondent
Europe

"What I value the most is having someone who is reliable, knows exactly what the problem is and is able to expose it fairly and clearly. I would say this for Alfonso Lamadrid."

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad respondent
Europe

Competition/European Law: State Aid respondent
Europe