Praised by clients for her excellent legal skills and the quality of her service, Salomé is described as "brilliant" and providing "spot-on advice on the legal issues, as well as on the required strategy to get the best results." She has been recognized as a "charismatic leader" and is the only competition lawyer to have ever been ranked by Politico Europe in its list of "Women Who Shape Brussels."

Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte is a Partner in the Antitrust and Competition group of Hogan Lovells and the Managing Partner of the Brussels office.

Clients come to Salomé for her innovative and hands-on solutions to global antitrust issues. She advises on all aspects of EU competition law, but has particular expertise and experience in cross-border mergers and strategic joint ventures, high-stakes investigations and complex vertical issues. She has successfully advised clients on phase I and phase II merger cases before the European Commission and coordinated multinational merger filings all over the world. She is sought by clients for her particular experience and expertise in issues relating to the digital economy, such as artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms and data.

Salomé serves as Vice-Chair of the Competition Policy Committee of AmCham EU and as Elected Director on the Board of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) in Cambridge (US). She frequently lectures on issues relating to competition )Harvard Law School, College de Europe, IE Law Schoole, ESADE) and is often consulted by journalists.

Salomé graduated summa cum laude in law and economics from the University of Deusto (Premio Extraordinario de Licenciatura) and holds a master of laws (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School, where she was an associate fellow of the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard. She obtained a PhD in law from the European University Institute in Florence and has been a Fulbright scholar.

Salomé has unique experience as in-house counsel in charge of antitrust and competition at Whirlpool. She is admitted to practice in Belgium and Spain.