Joaquim Massanella Rodríguez

Partner Litigation-Arbitration Area at Crowe Barcelona office since March 2021. She began her professional career as a Court Agent officer in 1994 (Joaniquet-Tamburini). In 1996 she joined Mullerat & Roca law firm as a civil and commercial litigation lawyer. In 2006, she joined the litigation department of Ventura Garcés & Lopez Ibor, a firm of which she was named partner in the litigation area in 2014 until February 2021. Isabel is a leading litigator with extensive experience...

Cristina Nieto Enríquez developed her professional career at the prestigious Cuatrecasas law firm for 12 years, where she acquired extensive experience in assisting in oral trials before all bodies of the Criminal Jurisdiction, exercising both the defense and private prosecution of individuals and legal entities, as well as in preventive legal advice at national and international levels, and in the development and implementation of crime prevention programs (Corporate Compliance). Afte...

Esau Alarcon is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Doctor, master’s and graduated in Law by Barcelona University; his professional career is linked to the GIBERNAU ASESORES office, in which he has been a member since February 2017. Professor of the Abat Oliba CEU University in the fiscal and contentious-administrative field. A corresponding Academician of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence, Legislation and columnist of Iuris & Lex – e...

Ignacio Pastor is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Ignacio, who practices law in Barcelona, Spain, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ignacio is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Claudi Garcés is Joint Managing Partner of the Barcelona office of Ventura Garcés. He specialises particularly in Commercial Law, Real Estate and Competition.He has extensive experience in the area of the sale and purchase of businesses, and has advised on both national and trans-national operations involving different jurisdictions. He also advises on the many issues relating to competition law that may arise from company acquisitions. Claudi continuously advises foreign compan...

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...

After more than 15 years of experience in leading law firms (Uría Menéndez and Deloitte Legal, where he was partner and Board member), three of them residing in New York, Jordi launched his boutique firm, Maristany, in 2015. Jordi is widely experienced in multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions, complex contract architecture, as well as in international dispute resolution. Jordi serves as Board secretary of companies in different industries (pharma, biotech, and media, among o...

Begoña Cendoya Iriondo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Privacy & Data Protection Law. Begoña Cendoya, who practices law in Barcelona, Spain, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Begoña Cendoya is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Norma graduated in law from Pompeu Fabra University (1996) and she gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Environment from the Institute of Continuing Education of the same university (2000). Between 1996 and 1998 she completed the doctoral courses in Public Law at Pompeu Fabra and she presented her research work entitled La intervenció administrativa en l’habitatge. L’activitat de foment i els plans d’habitatge (Public Administration Intervention in the ...

Pablo Verdejo Pérez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice. Pablo, who practices law in Barcelona, Spain, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Pablo is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.