Cani Fernández Vicién

Cani Fernández (Cartagena, 1963) is a Spanish lawyer who currently serves as president of the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) since June 2020.

Expert in European Union law, Fernández Vicién was a partner in the Competition Law area of the Cuatrecasas law firm, a firm where she has worked since the 90s, being the second female partner to join it. Briefly, in 2020, she joined the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government of Spain as an advisor, until her appointment as president of the CNMC.

Trajectory Fernández Vicién was born in Cartagena, Spain in 1963. She is the daughter of parents from Aragon and graduated in law from the University of Zaragoza in 1986. She also holds a master's degree in European Union Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. After her time at the CJEU, she joined the Cuatrecasas law firm, where she has developed most of her professional life ever since, going on to direct the firm's office in Brussels and the European Union law group. In 2019, she ran as a candidate for the firm's Chief Executive Officer, meaning to direct it, but lost to Jorge Badía.

In early 2020, she took a leave of absence from the firm after being chosen by President Pedro Sánchez to join the team of advisors in the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government, then led by Iván Redondo. After passing the evaluation of the Economic Affairs Committee of the Congress of Deputies, she was appointed by the Council of Ministers in mid-June 2020.