Luis Blanquez focuses the drafting process of the Regulatory Framework of Electronic Communications Networks and Services (i.e. the Framework, Authorization, Access and Interconnection Directives, User’s Right’s Directive, Data Protection Directive and Unbundled Local Loop Regulation).

Having more than 15 years’ experience, Mr. Blanquez served with the Merger Task Force, Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission in Brussels, (DG Comp), where he investigated and analyzed proposed mergers including: Oracle/Peoplesoft, Banco Santander/Abbey, and EDP/GDP/ENI. From there he spent ten years with international law firms in the EU, representing clients in cartel and other competition-law related investigations, merger control proceedings, as well as general competition law advice and compliance.