Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte
Europe Guide 2024
Band 5 : Competition: EU
About
Provided by Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte
Practice Areas
Dr. Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte is a partner in the Brussels office and is part of the firm’s Global Antitrust practice. Salomé provides strategic and legal advice to companies and investors in complex competition matters, with a particular emphasis on merger control, antitrust complaints and global investigations. She represents clients before the European Commission, national competition authorities and the European Courts. Salomé is known for her particular experience in the digital and sustainable economy. She advises on all aspects of EU competition law and has substantial experience in cross-border mergers and joint ventures, high-stakes investigations and complex vertical issues.
Dr. Cisnal de Ugarte currently serves as Elected Director on the Board of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) in Cambridge (US) and is the past President of the Harvard Club of Belgium. In 2021, she was appointed Fellow of Aspen Spain.
Chambers Review
Europe
Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte of King & Spalding LLP demonstrates experience in merger control matters, including acting for third-party interveners on phase II EC merger investigations. She also advises on compliance issues and the competition law-focused review of commercial agreements. Her client base includes TMT, financial services and life sciences companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte is a very experienced lawyer with a great awareness of what the business needs are."
"She is very good at listening to her client's problems and finding solutions."
"She inspired confidence. She is very relatable, practical and thoughtful. When this transaction presented itself, I felt comfortable going to her."
"Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte is simply phenomenal. She is a brilliant lawyer who is very quick in understanding business complexities and is devoted to providing the best advice and service to her clients."
"Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte is a very experienced lawyer with a great awareness of what the business needs are."
"She is very good at listening to her client's problems and finding solutions."
"She inspired confidence. She is very relatable, practical and thoughtful. When this transaction presented itself, I felt comfortable going to her."
"Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte is simply phenomenal. She is a brilliant lawyer who is very quick in understanding business complexities and is devoted to providing the best advice and service to her clients."