Crisanto Pérez-Abad is Partner of the Competition & EU Department at Eversheds Sutherland's Madrid office.
Crisanto specializes in competition defense, particularly in advising companies involved in sanctioning procedures initiated by the CNMC for cartel infringement or abuse of dominant position. He also has extensive experience in recurring advisory on merger control, having notified a significant number of transactions to the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) and the European Commission. Additionally, he is responsible for mandatory foreign investment filings in Spain.
Crisanto has taught Competition Law in the EU Law LLM program at Universidad Carlos III since 1999. In 2013, he was appointed Professor of Competition Law in the International Business Law LLM at the Centro de Estudios Garrigues, where he taught until 2023. He regularly lectures on Competition Law in the competition law course at IEB in Madrid and in sector-specific competition courses (pharma, compliance) organized by Instituto de Empresa. He has been consistently recognized by the legal directory Chambers & Partners since its 2012 edition.
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- Crisanto has been ranked at Best Lawyers 2021.
- Crisanto has been consecutively recognized by the prestigious Chambers and Partners directory.
- Client Choice International Awards, 2018
- Ranked in Chambers Europe 2016, 2018
- Team award: Global Competition Review Award for Behavioural Matter of the Year, Europe 2017
- Partner of the Competition & EU Departament at Eversheds Sutherland. (2012-Present)
- Senior Associate at the Competition & EU Departament, Garrigues. (2005-2011)
- Associate at the Competition & EU Departament ,Martínez Lage. (2003-2004)
- Associate EU & Antitrust of Coudert Brothers LLP. (1999-2003)
- Court of Justice of the EU (Luxembourg), Stagiare, Cabinet Advocate General Ruiz-Jarabo. (1998)
- Visiting professor of the Competition Law Course of the Master of European Law of the Carlos III University since 2001 and member of its Academic Council.
- Professor of Competition Law of the Master of International Business Law at the Centro de Estudios Garrigues. (2013 - Present)
- Professor of the annual competition law course at the Madrid Institute of Stock Market Studies.
- Visiting Professor Master of Global Compliance at the IE.
- Master in European Law, University of Amsterdam (1998).
- M. EU & Competition Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. (1997)
- Law Degree, Universidad de Oviedo.