Pablo Solano Díez

Pablo Solano is a European Union (EU), regulation and competition lawyer currently working as counsel with Xiaomi technology in charge for competition law in Europe. He regularly lectures on EU and competition law and regulation at Carlos III University, Navarra University, Instituto Superior de Economía y Derecho and Instituto de Empresa, as well as other courses and conferences, and publishes papers and contributions in several specialised journals and blogs. Pablo is member of the board of the Spanish Association for the Protection of Competition and the editorial board of Kluwer Law’s World Competition.

Pablo holds Double degree in Law and Business Management from the University of Seville, a double master’s degree in European Law (LLM) and Economic Analysis from the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium), a master’s degree in European Studies from the University of Seville, and several specialisation certificates. His professional experience includes EU law, competition law and regulation at law firms (Uría Menénez, Slaughter and May) and IT companies (Amadeus IT Group), and he has completed stays in the Court of Justice of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Antitrust Counsel Europe, Xiaomi Technology, 2022 – Present

• Competition and regulatory counsel, Amadeus IT Group, Spain, 2021 – 2022

• Member of the Editorial Board, Kluwer Law’s World Competition, Belgium, 2021 – Present

• Member of the Board, Spanish Association for the Protection of Competition, Spain, 2021 – Present

• EU and competition law associate, Uría Menéndez, Spain, 2015 – 2021

• Visiting EU and competition law associate, Slaughter and May, United Kingdom, 2019

• Visiting lawyer at Advocate General’s chambers, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019

• Legal trainee, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira, Spain, 2013 – 2014

• Legal trainee, NATO Allied Command Transformation, Belgium, 2013

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• EU law lecturer, IE Law School, Spain, 2021 – Present

• Competition law and regulation lecturer, Universidad de Navarra, Spain, 2021 – Present

• Competition law lecturer, IFIM Business School, India, 2021

• Competition law lecturer, Universidad de Lima, Peru, 2020 – 2021

• Competition law and regulation lecturer, Universidad Carlos III, Spain, 2019 – Present

• EU and competition law and regulation lecturer, Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía, Spain, 2018 – Present

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Professional Development Programme, IE Business School, Spain, 2016 – 2018

• Expert Programme in EU and Spanish Competition Law, Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles, Spain, 2016

• Master of European Law (LLM) and Economic Analysis (ELEA-LAW), College of Europe, Belgium, 2014 – 2015

• Master of European Studies, University of Seville, Spain, 2013 – 2014

• Bachelor of Law, University of Seville, Spain, 2007 – 2013

• Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Seville, Spain, 2007 – 2013