Experience
Alba is a Senior Associate in the Competition Law Department. She has experience practicing competition law and European Union law, in proceedings related to competition law before administrative authorities including contentious-administrative review proceedings. Alba is also experienced litigating before the courts of the European Union, based in Luxembourg, defending clients' interests in a wide range of matters, such as state aid, common agricultural policy and bank resolution.
She currently advises clients in follow-on and stand-alone actions arising from cartels, abuse of dominant position and other anti-competitive conduct, as well as in unfair competition matters.
Before joining Ramón y Cajal Abogados, Alba worked as a legal clerk (stagiaire) at the General Court of the European Union and in the competition law departments within Spanish and international law firms. She has also been an Instructor and Inspector at the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO).
Education
- Master's Degree in European Union Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
- Master in French and Foreign Law, Université Paris I - Panthéon - Sorbonne (France).
- Degree in Law (Joint Spanish-French Plan), Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Publications
- “La discriminación como abuso de posición de dominio: La sentencia "MEO"” (Discrimination as an abuse of dominant position: The "MEO" ruling") co-author with Roberto Vallina, in Anuario del Derecho de la Competencia 2019, Ed. Thomson-Reuters-Civitas, 2019.
- “Ley 39/2015, de 1 de Octubre, del Procedimiento Administrativo Común de las Administraciones Públicas” (The Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on the Common Administrative Procedure of the Public Administrations) Co-author, Colección Guías prácticas Ed. Thomson-Reuters Aranzadi, 2017.
- “Cuantificación del daño y sobrecostes en la Directiva de daños por infracciones de la competencia” (Quantification of damages and cost overruns in the Directive on damages for competition infringements) Co-author with José Aitor Santana y Roberto Vallina, in Anuario del Derecho de la Competencia 2015, Ed. Thomson-Reuters, 2015.
- “El turno de oficio ante las autoridades de competencia” (Legal aid duty before the competition authorities), Co-author with Roberto Vallina, in Abogados, Revista del Consejo General de la Abogacía, issue. 90, February 2015, p. 45.
Affiliations
- Madrid Bar Association (Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid, ICAM).
- Spanish Association for the Defense of Competition (Asociación Española para la Defensa de la Competencia, AEDC).
Languages
Alba Sellés
Alba Sellés
Experience
Alba is a Senior Associate in the Competition Law Department. She has experience practicing competition law and European Union law, in proceedings related to competition law before administrative authorities including contentious-administrative review proceedings. Alba is also experienced litigating before the courts of the European Union, based in Luxembourg, defending clients' interests in a wide range of matters, such as state aid, common agricultural policy and bank resolution.
She currently advises clients in follow-on and stand-alone actions arising from cartels, abuse of dominant position and other anti-competitive conduct, as well as in unfair competition matters.
Before joining Ramón y Cajal Abogados, Alba worked as a legal clerk (stagiaire) at the General Court of the European Union and in the competition law departments within Spanish and international law firms. She has also been an Instructor and Inspector at the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO).
Education
- Master's Degree in European Union Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
- Master in French and Foreign Law, Université Paris I - Panthéon - Sorbonne (France).
- Degree in Law (Joint Spanish-French Plan), Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Publications
- “La discriminación como abuso de posición de dominio: La sentencia "MEO"” (Discrimination as an abuse of dominant position: The "MEO" ruling") co-author with Roberto Vallina, in Anuario del Derecho de la Competencia 2019, Ed. Thomson-Reuters-Civitas, 2019.
- “Ley 39/2015, de 1 de Octubre, del Procedimiento Administrativo Común de las Administraciones Públicas” (The Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on the Common Administrative Procedure of the Public Administrations) Co-author, Colección Guías prácticas Ed. Thomson-Reuters Aranzadi, 2017.
- “Cuantificación del daño y sobrecostes en la Directiva de daños por infracciones de la competencia” (Quantification of damages and cost overruns in the Directive on damages for competition infringements) Co-author with José Aitor Santana y Roberto Vallina, in Anuario del Derecho de la Competencia 2015, Ed. Thomson-Reuters, 2015.
- “El turno de oficio ante las autoridades de competencia” (Legal aid duty before the competition authorities), Co-author with Roberto Vallina, in Abogados, Revista del Consejo General de la Abogacía, issue. 90, February 2015, p. 45.
Affiliations
- Madrid Bar Association (Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid, ICAM).
- Spanish Association for the Defense of Competition (Asociación Española para la Defensa de la Competencia, AEDC).