PartnerMadrid
Email casto.g-paramo@hoganlovells.com
Phone +34 91 349 80 37
Fax +34 91 349 82 01
LanguagesEnglish, Italian, Spanish
Practice groupGlobal Regulatory
"He's calm, relaxed, open to suggestions and very ready to help you, as well as honest, transparent and very quick with his response".
Chambers Europe 2019
As head of the Hogan Lovells Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation practice in Madrid, Casto has extensive experience advising international and local companies while representing them before the European Union and the Spanish Competition Authorities as well as in judicial procedures regarding all aspects of antitrust proceedings.
Casto's experience encompasses all economic sectors, being particularly intense in the energy, infrastructure, automotive, insurance and consumer business areas. Casto takes pride in putting his broad experience into providing very commercial and practical advice, proactively helping his clients to detect and solve potential problems early on.
Casto is a professor in the master's degree program on EU Law at the Carlos III University in Madrid, as well as a regular lecturer in other academic forums. He also speaks Spanish and English.
EU and Competition
Legal 500 EMEA
Acritas Star
Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyers
Band 2 in Competition and European Law
Chambers Europe
Recommended in Competition / Antitrust Law
Best Lawyers
Education
LL.M., Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 1998
Law Degree, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 1995
Advising two leading car manufacturers in the automotive manufacturers investigation by the Spanish Competition Authority.
Advising Caixabank on the investigation into the condition of provision of derivative products in the context of syndicated loans.
Representing SCOR in the investigation of the Decennial insurance market by the Spanish Competition Authority.
Advising a leading car manufacturer in relation to the claim of damages suffered as a consequence of an antitrust infraction.
Advising Alstom in the investigation of the Spanish Competition Authority into the railway electrification infrastructure.
Obtaining the EU Commission merger clearance to the setting-up of a JV between Euler Hermes (Allianz Group) and MAPFRE comprising their respective credit-insurance businesses.
Advising Globalvía on the EU notification of the creation of a JV with financial investors.
Representing Brookfield on the notification to the EU Commission of the setting-up of a JV together with Abertis.
