Cani Fernández Vicién

Academic training

(1986)  Graduated in Law with merit from the University of Zaragoza 

(1987) Special Degree in European Law for the Free University of Brussels, with Great Distinction

Career path

(1987-2020) She worked as a lawyer in private practice specialized in EU and Competition Law

She also taught those topics at prestigious Spanish and foreign universities such as Toulouse School of Economics, McGeorge University of the Pacific, Carlos III University, Autonomous University of Barcelona and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, among others.

(1993-1997) she was référendaire at the Court of Justice of the European Union

She has held positions:

- She was the first woman to be appointed as a Co-Chair of the Antitrust Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)

- She held the position of Vice-chair of the Economics Committee of the Antitrust Section at the American Bar Association (ABA)

- Officer of the International Cartel Task Force of the ABA Antitrust Section

- Member of the IBA LPD Council

She was also a Non Governmental Advisor (NGA) of the EU Commission and the National Commission for Markets and Competition before the International Competition Network (ICN)

- In 2020 she was appointed President of the Spanish National Commission for Markets and Competition

Titles and distinctions

- 1986 she was awarded with the NATO Fellowship Program

- For her professional practice stands out her recognition as one of the 30 best specialists in Competition/Antitrust worldwide in the Best of the Best category of the Expert Guides year after year

- Her recognition as one of the "100 Women in Antitrust Worldwide" by Global Competition Review (GCR)

- 2018 y 2019 Chambers named her "Star Individual" in her specialty in Spain

- She is the first woman to obtain the “Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession” award by Chambers

- Since January 2021 she is member of the OECD Competition Committee Bureau

Others

Additionally, she is the author of numerous publications in the area of Competition and EU Law, and a regular speaker on these matters