Isabel María Fernández Pérez

Associate Antitrust & Competition
Kirkland & Ellis Europe LLP

Brussels +32 2 881 82 58

Isabel María Fernández Pérez

Overview

Isabel María Fernández Pérez is an antitrust and competition associate in the Brussels office of Kirkland & Ellis.

Isabel advises clients on a wide range of competition law matters, including multijurisdictional merger control, foreign direct investment, foreign subsidies, and general competition law advice and compliance matters.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Isabel was involved in the following matters:

  • Advised a global engineering and consulting company on the merger control and foreign investment aspects of a strategic cross-border acquisition. 
  • Advised a major airline group on the merger control aspects of a strategic transaction in Europe.
  • Advised a leading financial institution on the merger control aspects of a joint venture transaction in Europe. 
  • Advised clients on Spanish merger control and foreign direct investment across a range of industries, including healthcare, transportation, defense and consumer goods.
  • Advised clients in antitrust investigations and proceedings involving alleged infringements of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU, including dawn raids, internal investigations, appeals and strategic compliance matters.

Blue Book Trainee, European Commission at COMP C.5 Mergers Digital, Telecom and Media Sectors

Associate, Uría Menéndez Abogados S.L.P. (Madrid and Brussels)

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Co-Author, “FSR Takes Shape: What Is Changing and Why It Matters”, European Competition Law Review, 2026

Co-Author, “Hub & Spoke Practices in the Era of Digital Platforms: The CNMC Uber, Cabify, Bolt Case”, Kluwer Competition Law Blog, 2025

Co-Author, “The CNMC Rules That Communications Between In-House Lawyers and Their Clients Are Not Covered by Legal Professional Privilege”, Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez, 2025

Co-Author, “The Application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU to a Concentration: Towercast and the French Ruling of May 2024”, Actualidad Administrativa, 2024

Co-Author, “AUDAX and Préstamos ICO Covid: The CNMC’s Recent Position on Applying Article 3 of the Spanish Competition Law”, Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez, 2023

Co-Author, “The Sumal Case: The Subsidiary’s Liability for an Infringement of the Parent Company’s Competition Law”, Anuario de Derecho de la Competencia, 2022

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2026, Brussels (EU List)
  • 2023, Spain

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

  • Universidad Carlos III de MadridLL.M., European Law & Access to the Legal Profession2023
  • Universidad Autónoma de MadridB.A., Law & Business Administration and Management2021

    Extraordinary End-of-Degree Award, Top-Ranked Student in the Double Degree Program