Gerard Balcells Durban

LLB from Universidad de Barcelona and Master’s Degree in Corporate Legal Consultancy from Instituto de Empresa. He joined Crowe Legal and Tax in 2017, and has since been a partner in the Labor Law area at the firm’s offices in Barcelona. He has been a partner in the Labor Law area of Cuatrecasas since 1997, and previously worked in the Barcelona offices of Ernst & Young. He has extensive experience in advising businesses on labor matters, particularly in relation to restructur...

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Coordinator of the Labor and Employment Law Department. She specializes in the management of labour procedures in Courts, Labour Inspections, conciliations, resolution of collective conflicts as well as daily labour advice to companies. Member of Barcelona Bar Association.

Josep Maria Barcelona is member of the Privacy & Data Protection Law Department. He is specilized in Privacy&Data Protection Law, Administrative Law and Competition Law.

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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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24 years’ experience lawyer who combines experience as in-house in private and public sector (Revlon, Hospital Clinic) and as lawyer in major and mid lawfirms (Mullerat, Garrigues). Focused on real estate transactions and highly specialized in very specific sectors: logistics, hospitality, healthcare and congress venues. He acts as lead lawyer and coordinating lawyer of other law-firms and players in a transaction. A lead lawyer with project manager skills. Business oriented with techni...

Xavier Amat Badrinas xab@avqlegal.com Partner responsible for the Corporate Department Education: He has a degree in Law (1984) from the Institute of University Studies (IEC in Barcelona) and the Spanish Open University (UNED in Madrid). He has also taken postgraduate courses in Community Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law and Accounting. Professional experience and expertise: Xavier is a co-founding partner of the firm, head of the Business department, and his activity is focused on commercial la...