Partners
José Antonio de la Calle
MANAGING PARTNER
Jose-Antonio de la Calle Peral de Vergara is the Managing Partner of the Firm. With over twenty years of experience, his practice covers the full scope of EU and Spanish antitrust and competition law advice, with a particular focus on regulated sectors.
Prior to DelaCalle’s foundation, Jose-Antonio worked for fifteen years at the Madrid and London offices of a top-tier United States law firm, where he rose through the ranks to become Partner in 2009. A recipient of the 2011 Iberian Lawyer 40 Under Forty Award, Global Competition Review and Who´s Who Legal named him among the world’s leading competition partners of his generation in Who’s Who Legal: Competition – Future Leaders 2017, and now regard him as one of the best competition lawyers in the world. Jose-Antonio is a passionate advocate for the European project and its competition policy, a published author and a frequent contributor to prestigious law journals who has spoken widely on competition law. For more information, visit his personal website, The Antitruster.
EDUCATION
University of California, Davis and Berkeley, USA
US Law International Program, ranked No.1 of his Class, 2001
Institute for European Studies, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
LL.M. Eur. in European Business Law with Grande Distinction, 1996
Faculty of Law, CEU San Pablo University, Madrid, Spain
EU Law Degree, 1995
Faculty of Law, Madrid Complutense University, Spain
Law Degree, 1995
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Memento de Sociedades Mercantiles (Chapter on EU and Spanish Merger Control)
Ediciones Francis Lefebvre, 2011 and onwards
Contributor to the leading reference book on Spanish Corporate Law
Global Leniency Manual
Oxford University Press, 2010
Co-author of the Spanish chapter
Private Antitrust Litigation
Getting The Deal Through, 2009
Co-author of the Spanish chapter
Telecommunications Laws in Europe – Law and Regulation of Electronic Communications in Europe
Tottel Publishing, 2005
Co-author of the Spanish chapter
ACCOLADES
Recommended by Chambers Europe | Competition and European Law in Spain
Chambers Europe: Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2009 Edition and onwards
Recommended by The Legal 500 | EU and Competition Law in Spain
Legalease, 2010 Edition and onwards
Recommended by Euromoney | Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers
Euromoney Institutional Investor plc, 2012 Edition and onwards
Recommended by Best Lawyers | Communications Law in Spain
Best Lawyers LLC, 2013 Edition and onwards
Recommended in Spain by Global Competition Review 100 | Global Elite
GCR 100: A Guide to the World’s Leading Competition Law and Economics Practices, 12th Edition, 2012
Recommended in Spain by PLC Which Lawyer | Competition Super League
PLC Which Lawyer: A Guide to the Best Global Competition Teams from Around the World, 2012 Edition
Future Leaders in Competition Award
Global Competition Review and Who’s Who Legal, 2017
Iberian Lawyer 40 under Forty Award
Iberian Legal Group, 2011
