Experience:
Fernando Las Navas joined the firm in March 2020 and is a principal associate in the EU & Antitrust practice. Before joining Garrigues, Fernando worked for nine years in one of the Magic Circle firms in Madrid, including one year in Paris.
Fernando has extensive experience in Spanish and EU cases relating to cartels, anticompetitive conduct, and abuses of dominant position before the Spanish Competition Authority (CNMC) and the Spanish courts (National Appellate Court and Supreme Court). In addition, he has been involved in major international merger control cases before the European Commission, the CNMC and other competition authorities in a broad range of sectors and industries.
He is a member of the Madrid Bar Association and is an active member of the Spanish Association of Competition Law (AEDC).
Academic background:
Degree in Law, Universidad Pública de Navarra (2006).
Master Degree in Competition and EU Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2007).
Postgraduate in Compliance, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2017).
Publications:
"La Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 29 de enero de 2015 y el cálculo de multas por infracción del Derecho de la competencia en España" - Belén Irissarry Robina, Fernando Las Navas Tejedor; Práctica Mercantil para Abogados (La Ley), 2015.
"La Audiencia Nacional exime a AVIS en el cártel de los coches de alquiler por falta de prueba" - Carlos Vérgez Muñoz, Fernando Las Navas Tejedor; Anuario de Derecho de la Competencia - Problemas prácticos y actualidad del Derecho de la Competencia (Civitas – Thomson Reuters), 2017.
Practice Area/Industry
Languages Known
Spanish
Italian
French
English
Awards
Member no. 86.300I. Colegio de Abogados de Madrid