Francisco Enrique González-Díaz

Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Francisco Enrique González-Díaz is a partner based in the Brussels office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Mr González-Díaz’s practice focuses on European and Spanish competition law, including mergers and acquisitions, restrictive practices, abuse of dominance and state aid. Mr González-Díaz joined the firm in October 2003 as a partner. He has law degrees from the University of Granada, the Free University of Brussels and Harvard University, as well as an economics degree from the Open University. Prior to joining the firm, Mr González-Díaz held a number of positions within the European institutions. Between 1998 and 2003, he headed one of the enforcement units of the European Commission’s Merger Task Force and led the European Commission in its review of a number of large and complex cases in a wide array of market sectors. He also represented the European Commission in a number of important legislative projects relating to mergers and acquisitions and the application of Articles 81 and 82 EC. Between 1996 and 1998, Mr González-Díaz clerked for Judge García Valdecasas at the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg. From 1990 to 1996, Mr González-Díaz was a member of the European Commission’s Legal Service. His responsibilities included providing legal advice to the European Commission, in particular to DG Competition, and representing the European Commission before the European Courts in Luxembourg in a significant number of cases on a wide range of issues arising under the EC Treaty.