Mr Carlos Vérgez > CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo
PASEO DE RECOLETOS, 7-9
28004 MADRID
Spain

Work Department

Competition & EU department

Position

Partner

Career

Carlos Vérgez is Head of the Competition & EU department at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo. 

He has vast experience in advising multinationals in all areas of Competition Law (horizontal agreements and restrictive agreements, distribution contracts, compliance programmes, internal audits, merger controls, and state aid), as well as unfair competition in a wide range of sectors such as consumer electronics, retail distribution, TMT, industrial, audiovisual and food.

Before joining CMS, Carlos worked as a competition and European Union law attorney at leading Spanish and international firms.

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

  • Member of the Spanish Association for the Defence of Competition (AEDC).

Education

  • 2001 – Master’s Degree in European Law, European College of Bruges (Belgium).
  • 2000 – Master’s Degree in European Integration, Universidad del País Vasco (Spain).
  • 1998 – Degree in en European and International Law, University of Leuven (Belgium).
  • 1998 – Graduate of Law and Degree in Economics, Universidad de Deusto (Spain).

Lawyer Rankings

Spain > EU and competition

CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo continues to maintain high levels of activity, representing clients before the European Commission and EU and Spanish competition authorities. The team is regularly engaged in investigations, merger control proceedings, and antitrust litigation. Team head Carlos Vérgez offers extensive expertise across the spectrum of competition law and unfair competition matters.