José María Baño Fos

Jose Maria Baño Fos joined José María Baño León Abogados in 2012 from Cleary Gottlieb where he worked as an associate specialized in competition law. During that time, José María advised clients such as Google, Telefónica, SES ASTRA, Natural Gas or NewsCorp in issues relating to abuse of dominance, cartels, State aids and internal market. Prior to that, José María worked in the firm Perez-Llorca in Madrid in the Corporate and EU law departments. José María Baño Fos graduated with the highest honors from the University of Valencia (LL.B) and Fordham University (LL.M.), where received a full tuition and board scholarship from the Fundación Caja Madrid. Jose Maria Baño Fos is admitted to the bar in Madrid since 2008 and New York since 2009, and combines his private practice with his academic position at the Instituto de Empresa in Segovia.

Teaching activities and publications

José María Baño Fos is currently an adjunct professor of comparative administrative law at the Instituto de Empresa and has published several articles in the fields of directors' liability, damages actions in competition law and minority shareholdings. He has also been invited as visiting professor at the University of Galway in Ireland and visiting researcher at Columbia University School of Law.

Companies

• Partner Baño León (2019)
• Adjunct Professor IE Business School (2012)
• Associate Baño León (2012)
• Associate Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (2010 — 2012)
• Junior Associate PEREZ-LLORCA (2008 — 2009)

Education

• Graduate of the University of Valencia (2006) Highest Honors
• Master of Laws, Fordham University (2008) Fellow of the Foundation Caja Madrid
• Diploma of Advanced Studies, University of Valencia (2009) Tomás y Valiente Award
• Visiting Researcher, Columbia University, School of Law
• Ph. D. in Competition Law, Autonomous University of Madrid (2015)06)