Cani Fernandez

Chairman, National Commission for Markets and Competition

Mrs. Cani Fernandez was appointed chairman of the National Commission for Markets and Competition in June 2020. She has practiced and lectured EU and Competition Law since 1989. She was référendaire at the Court of Justice of the European Union. The first woman appointed as Co-Chair of the IBA Antitrust Committee, she also held the position of Vice-chair of the Economics Committee of the ABA Antitrust Section, Officer of the International Cartel Task Force of the ABA Antitrust Section, and member of the IBA LPD Council. She was also an NGA of the EU Commission and the CNMC before the ICN.

Recognized year after year as one of the 30 best specialists in Competition/Antitrust worldwide in the Best of the Best category of the Expert Guides. GCR recognized her as one of the "100 Women in Antitrust Worldwide". In 2018 and 2019 Chambers named her "Star Individual" in her specialty in Spain. She is the first woman awarded with the “Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession” by Chambers.