Pedro Callol
Pedro is a dual qualified (Spain -Madrid and Barcelona-, England and Wales) lawyer with twenty years of specialist antitrust, trade regulation and transactional experience. Previously equity partner leading the EU & competition practice of one of Spain’s largest corporate law firms. Before that he created and led the EU & competition practice of a London ‘magic circle’ law firm in Spain. Prior to that he was a member of the antitrust team of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C. and London, and before that he trained with some of Spain’s best practitioners in Madrid and Brussels. Law Degree Universidad Complutense and Business degree San Pablo University (Madrid). Law graduate, University of Chicago Law School (Fulbright – Banco Santander scholar). Master in European law, College of Europe, Bruges (sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Pedro is a competition law specialist currently recognised by Who’s Who Legal (singled out as one of the top six lawyers in Spain and Portugal in the 2021 edition), Legal 500 (singled out as one of ten leading specialists in Spain in the 2020 edition), Chambers (singled out as one of the top specialists in band 2 of his area in the 2021 edition) and GCR Thought Leaders (singled out as one of six leaders in the 2021 edition). He was also (twice) acknowledged at that time as one of the “top 40 under 40” by Iberian Lawyer.