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Alfonso Lamadrid

Alfonso Lamadrid

Europe 2026

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Practice Areas

Alfonso Lamadrid, one of the leading figures in European antitrust and related litigation, represents clients in their most significant and complex antitrust and competition law matters.

Alfonso draws on extensive experience and a sophisticated understanding of the European antitrust landscape to help industry giants navigate complex behavioral investigations and high-stakes antitrust litigation before EU courts.

His track record of more than 90 cases includes some of the most significant competition law cases in the EU. He provides strategic advice to leading companies in the technology and digital sectors on Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA) investigations. He also advises clients on merger control and the application of State aid rules across a full spectrum of sectors.

Complementing his commercial work, Alfonso is active in academia and with industry associations.

He serves as a professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and as a visiting professor at the Brussels School of Competition. He is also a member of the Executive and Scientific Committees of the Global Competition Law Center and sits on the board of the Spanish Competition Law Association. Alfonso co-directs a postgraduate course on EU and Spanish competition law (IEB/USP-CEU) and acts as a non-governmental advisor before the International Competition Network, representing the European Commission between 2017 and 2021 and the Spanish Competition Authority since 2021.

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Chambers European Guide

Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based Abroad - Spain

Expertise Based Abroad
Spain, expertise based abroad in Belgium

Individual Editorial

Brussels-based Alfonso Lamadrid demonstrates impressive work highlights, representing high-profile clients from the technology sector before both the European Commission and the CNMC. Alfonso Lamadrid additionally exhibits high levels of activity on seminal state aid matters.

Competition: EU - Belgium

Band 3
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. He joined Latham & Watkins in May 2025.

Competition/European Law: State Aid - Belgium

Band 3
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. He joined Latham & Watkins in May 2025.

Strengths

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  • Alfonso Lamadrid is very good at spotting issues and helping us deal with them.

    Competition/European Law: Lawyers Based AbroadChambers European Guide
  • Alfonso Lamadrid's client management skills are very impressive. I am certain that he is the leader in litigating in antitrust and state aid before the courts in Luxembourg.

    Competition: EUChambers European Guide
  • Alfonso Lamadrid is one of the best lawyers I have worked with in competition law, if not the best. He is very reactive, knowledgeable, and forward-thinking - not to mention a pleasure to work with.

    Competition: EUChambers European Guide

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