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After five years as an associate at Estudio Legal (1987-1992), where he acquired experience in corporate, banking, capital markets and competition, he co-founded Araoz & Rueda in 1994. Since then, he has developed his practice advising in general corporate and commercial matters and, especially, in Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets, where he has extensive experience. Furthermore, he regularly advises in litigation and restructuring/insolvency matters.

Labor lawyer and Ph.D. in Law , starting with an internship at Cuatrecasas law firm (BCN office), followed by a first employment contract with Uría Menéndez (BCN office), where he was able to learn in the labor and commercial areas, to finally join the boutique law firm Gutiérrez Arrudi Abogados Laboralistas, in the city of Zaragoza, where he is still practicing law. Likewise, the prestigious law firm 4.0. "Ambar Partners" incorporated him in 2020 to its team as a "Partne...

Professional experience Rafael Nuñez is a tax partner with the People Services group of KPMG Abogados in Spain. He joined KPMG in 2009, and has over 20 years of experience, having previously worked as Managing Partner in the Tax Area of Landwell-PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Rafael has broad experience in rendering tax advisory services both to companies and individuals, with special emphasis on international tax advice and planning, and in international tax law in general, as well as in ren...

Sergio Juárez is a Partner in the Employment Law department of Andersen Tax & Legal at the Madrid office. He previously worked at Olleros Abogados, CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo and Garrigues. Sergio is a specialist in comprehensive legal and employment advice to public and private sector companies (national and international), as well as in litigation in all levels of the social jurisdiction, and in administrative proceedings before the Labour Inspectorate and So...

Diego Solana Giménez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law. Diego, who practices law in Madrid, Spain, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Diego is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Luis Bardají Muñoz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Civil Rights Law, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Litigation. Luis, who practices law in Madrid, Spain, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Luis is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Cristina Simón Amián joined the law firm in 2005. A practising lawyer. A graduate of law from the Complutense University of Madrid. Received a diploma at the Madrid Centre for Economic and Taxation Studies (CETE). Cristina specialises in Commercial, Procedural and Insolvency Law. Possessing solid experience in the field of company law, she advises companies from various sectors on the matters that affect them from day to day. Incorporation processes and commercial company develo...

Patricia Mariscal Garrido-Falla is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law and Litigation. Patricia, who practices law in Madrid, Spain, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Patricia is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Estudios y conocimientos. Licenciado en Derecho (2010) y Ciencias Políticas (2011) por la Uniersidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE), con título de especialización en el Programa Ejecutivo de Negociación en la Universidad Harvard Law School, Boston (2015), posgrado en el Programa de Liderazgo y Gestión Pública de IESE (2016) y máster en Derechos Fundamentales por la UNED (2020), Juan Gonzalo Ospina entiende la formación continua como &uac...

Rafael Ansón Peironcely is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Rafael, who practices law in Madrid, Spain, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Rafael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.