Diego Zapatero Méndez

Founding Partner Chairman Legal Counsel to the Spanish Parliament, Co-Director of Aranzadi Urban Development and Construction magazine and Member of the Royal Academy of Law and Legislation. He was awarded a Law Degree with First Class Honours and he received a Doctorate in Administrative Law with First Honours. He joined the Military Legal Corps in 1968 and in 1971 became Legal Counsel to the Spanish Parliament. In 1973 he was appointed Deputy Councillor of Urban Planning and Treasury of the...

Silvia es socia del Grupo de Transacciones PwC Tax & Legal Services de la oficina de Madrid. Se incorporó a PwC en el año 1999. Es licenciada en Económicas por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y cuenta con un Master en Asesoría y Gestión Tributaria impartido por CEF y un Executive MBA impartido por ESADE. Profesora de Impuesto sobre Sociedades en el Máster de Derecho de la Empresa en ICADE. Especialista en Transacciones y dedicada a tiempo com...

The bulk of his work focuses on the entertainment industry, where he advises performing artists, managers, record companies and music publishers, performing and mechanical rights societies, and companies in the audio visual and technological sector. Over time his activity has spread to include other spheres of copyright and related rights (architecture, books, etc.), civil law (property and ownership), commercial law and competition law. In addition, he has long-standing experience of the pro...

Pedro is a partner in the Banking and Capital Markets Group. He has worked in tax for over 30 years, the last 20 of which have been in PwC Madrid. He has focused on the tax advice for multinational clients operating in Spain as well as local clients of the financial industry (banks, saving banks, leasing companies etc.). This work includes advising on corporate tax, withholding taxes and capital gain taxes and the taxation of financial instruments. He has been as well specifically advised to ...

Santiago Rodriguez Bajón is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Communications Law and Information Technology Law. Santiago practices law in Madrid, Spain Best Lawyers has recognized Santiago Rodriguez Bajón since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Santiago Rodriguez Bajón is held by other lawyers.

Luis Jiménez-Arellano is a lawyer, member of the Bar Association of Ciudad Real since 2004 and of the Bar Association of Madrid since 2009. He has completed a Master's Degree in Labor Law at Centro de Estudios Financieros (CEF) and has extensive experience in the defense of labor, civil and criminal lawsuits . He joined Bufete Mas y Calvet in 2009, where he has specialized in Labor Law , Civil Administrative Litigation and Criminal Law . He collaborates with media in articles about lab...

Javier Fernández-Samaniego is Managing Director of SAMANIEGO Law, an alternative Iberoamerican law firm specializing in technology law and dispute resolution. Javier's international practice focuses mainly in Commercial/IT disputes (international litigation, arbitration, and ADR) and negotiations and major Tech & Privacy projects (new cloud and big data business models, outsourcing transaction, data protection review programs, etc.). Javier has vast experience assisting European cl...

Vicente Conde Martín de Hijas is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Administrative Law and Labor and Employment Law. Vicente practices law in Madrid, Spain Best Lawyers has recognized Vicente Conde Martín de Hijas since 2019. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Vicente Conde Martín de Hijas is held by other lawyers.

Pedro Rueda was an associate in the Department of Mergers and Acquisitions at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo (Madrid, 1987-1994), where he was promoted to partner in 1994, after having spent one year as a foreign associate in the Department of Mergers and Acquisitions at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York. In 1994 he co-founded Araoz & Rueda and since then he has developed his practice in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions, where he has extensive experience in advising a...

Lawyer, member of the Madrid Bar Association since 1985. He has had a long career as a lawyer with extensive knowledge in the field of Tax Law . Manuel Cuchet is currently the managing partner of Mas y Calvet law firm , where he has dedicated his entire professional career.