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The rise of FDI regimes and their impact on M&A transactions
22 January 2021
Casto González-Páramo Rodríguez
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.
Awards and recognitions
2013-2020
Ranked in Competition and European Law
Chambers Europe
2020
EU and Competition, Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA
2018-2020
EU and Competition
Legal 500 EMEA
2016, 2018-2020
Acritas Star for Competition/Antitrust
Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyers
Education and admissions
Education
LL.M., Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 1998
Law Degree, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 1995
Representative experience
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.
Latest thinking and events
Analysis
New reform of the Foreign Direct Investment regime in Spain
Registered Content
25 November 2020
Analysis
Competition law in Spain: What to expect in the current economic recovery phase
Registered Content
29 May 2020
Analysis
Acquisition of businesses in financial difficulty as a result of COVID-19
Registered Content
29 April 2020
Hogan Lovells Publications
EU merger control in times of COVID-19
06 April 2020
Hogan Lovells Publications
EU Commission adopts Temporary Framework for State aid to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak and approves several national State aid schemes
23 March 2020
