Antonio Fernández Chao

Joaquim joined Crowe in 2017 and has since then been a partner in the Administrative Law Department of Barcelona headquarters. He has developed his career at J&A Garrigues and PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax and Legal, having extensive experience in Public Administration Advisory services.

Born in Barcelona in 1968. Partner of Tornos Abogados, S.L.P. He graduates in Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1992. Diploma in Real Estate and Urban Law at Pompeu Fabra University in 1993. In the Autonomous University of Barcelona, he has defended the Thesis “Legal Regime of the Ecological Label”, obtaining the maximum qualification. He started practicing law on his own, and in 1998 he joined Sicart, Santos & Asociados, until December 2002. In 2003 he joined R...

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Degree in Law from Universidad of Sevilla (1990). Master’s in Companies Legal Advisory from Instituto de Empresa (IE), Madrid. (1991). Master in Business Administration – Executive, from San Telmo Institute, Sevilla (2010). After 7 years as lawyer in PwC (1991-1997) he worked as in-house lawyer and CEO of public companies at Junta de Andalucía, Andalusian Government, during 14 years (1997-2011). Since 2011 Jose L. is in charge of legal and tax practice of PwC in Andalucia. ...