Álvaro Fomperosa Rivero

Référendaire at Court of Justice of the European Union

Speaker

Álvaro Fomperosa Rivero holds a dual degree in Law and Economics from Carlos III University of Madrid, an LLM in EU Law from the College of Europe in Bruges, and an LLM in Law, Science, and Technology from Stanford University. He began his career as a Bluebook Stagiaire in the cabinet of Vice-President and Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia, before spending five years as a competition lawyer at the Brussels and Washington, D.C., offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. In 2019, he joined the World Trade Organization's Legal Affairs Division in Geneva as a dispute settlement lawyer, where he assisted panels in resolving international trade disputes.

From 2021 to 2025, Álvaro was a Référendaire in the cabinet of Judge and Advocate General José Martín y Pérez de Nanclares, and he is now a Référendaire in the cabinet of Judge Tanja Pavelin at the General Court, focusing on competition and State aid matters.