About
Paula is an associate in our Antitrust, Competition and Trade group in Madrid. She assists clients on Spanish and EU competition law, with a particular focus on merger control, foreign direct investments, antitrust investigations (including cartels cases and abuse of dominant position) and antitrust-related litigation.
Her experience includes merger control filings before the CNMC, multi-jurisdictional filing coordination and jurisdictional consultations with the European Commission, as well as CNMC and European Commission dawn raids, sanctioning proceedings and ban on public contracting proceedings.
She also advises on State aid, vertical and horizontal agreements, competition compliance and unfair competition, including in the insurance, banking, telecommunications and tobacco sectors.
Before joining Freshfields, Paula worked in the competition and EU law team of a leading Spanish law firm.
Paula speaks Spanish, English and French.
- A global Big Tech company during an antitrust investigation conducted by the CNMC.*
- Zegona and Vodafone on the antitrust and merger control aspects of their respective agreements with Telefónica and MasOrange to establish fibre network joint ventures (FiberCos).*
- A global automotive supplier on the European and non-European multi-jurisdictional merger control aspects of its reacquisition of a controlling stake held by a global electronics manufacturer.*
- A publicly traded satellite communications company on the Spanish foreign direct investment aspects of a transaction, including filings with the Ministries of Defence and Economy, involving the acquisition of a Spanish entity and the deployment of ground infrastructure for satellite-to-mobile connectivity.
- Leading companies in the consumer goods, infrastructure and healthcare sectors in dawn raids conducted by the CNMC and the European Commission.*
- A global Big Tech company and leading infrastructure and hospital operators in proceedings for the protection of fundamental rights before Spain’s National High Court and regional High Courts of Justice.*
- Two railway electrification operators in proceedings before the Spanish State Public Procurement Advisory Board (JCCPE) concerning the imposition of a ban on public contracting arising from the CNMC’s Railway Electrification and Electromechanical Systems case.*
- Companies in the hospital and car park operators on the implementation and monitoring of behavioural and structural commitments attached to merger clearances granted by the CNMC.*
*Experience gained before joining Freshfields.
Paula Wignall
Torre Europa
Paseo de la Castellana, 95
Madrid 28046