13

of Concorrenza e Mercato. He is a member of the Italian Bar. He speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish. Jesús Alfaro has been a Professor of Commercial Law since 1995 and is currently teaching at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid. He specialises in (i) EC and Spanish competition law (mainly, cartels and abuse of dominant position investigations); (ii) Unfair competition; (iii) Contracts (mainly distribution agreements, termination of manufacturer/distributor relationships); (iv) Consumer law. Aditionally, he is also well known as a Corporate law specialist (mainly, internal corporate conflicts, corporate governance and corporate litigation). Consultant at Linklaters since february 2012. As well as his strong practice in commercial and competition law, Jesús has also written books and dozens of articles on problems related to constitutional and private law, general theory of contracts, antitrust law and economic analysis of law, corporate and consumer law. Michele Carpagnano, PhD, holds a teaching position in EU Competition Law at University of Trento and he is the Founder and Co-Director of the Osservatorio Permanente sull’Applicazione delle Regole di Concorrenza. As Attorney he represents national and multinational companies before the Italian Competition Authority as well as the European Commission and he has been involved in several cases and class actions before domestic courts concerning antitrust infringements (private enforcement). Michele Carpagnano advised the European Parliament on the introduction of EU legislation on collective redress. He is author of three books on private antitrust enforcement and several articles on competition law issues. Francisco Marcos is expert in economic analysis of law, commercial and competition law, he teaches law at IE Business School, having studied as a Fulbright scholar (1994-1995) at UC Berkeley and having enjoyed a scholarship for the Real Colegio di Spagna (1997-1998) in Bologna (Italy). He works as an independent consultant and as short-term consultant for the World Bank-IFC, advising governments, companies and firms on different matters in the area of market regulation and antitrust law. In October 2006 he was appointed General Director of Competition Policy at the Regional Antitrust Authority in Madrid, stepping down from that position on September 2009. He is member of the Editorial Board of the European Business Organization Law Review and of European Company Law. Author of numerous academic works, including two books. 11