José Echevarría Martínez de Bujo

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...

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

Pedro Alonso Rodríguez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. Pedro, who practices law in Madrid, Spain, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Pedro is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Fernando Jaureguizar Ducable fjd@avqlegal.com Senior of the Civil and Litigation Department Education: Graduate in Law (1994) from the University of Navarra. Professional experience and expertise: My main activity is focussed on litigation and arbitration of contractual content, agency and distribution, inheritance and wills, mortgage, competition law, corporate lawsuits and lawsuits arising from the purchase and sale of companies, liability of directors, financial instruments, class actions,...

Eduardo de León is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation. Eduardo, 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 Eduardo is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Adal Salamanca is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Adal, who practices law in Madrid, Spain, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Adal is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Educational Background Degree in Law and Diploma in Economics (University of Deusto) Master in International Trade Law (UPV/EHU-UNED) English Legal Methods (University of Cambridge) Professional experience Practice areas Jon Armendariz recently joined KPMG as the head of the corporate law / M&A practice at KPMG’s Bilbao office, after having worked at a top-tier Spanish law firm (Madrid and Bilbao) for almost thirteen years. His practice focuses mainly on corporate, M&A, banking ...

García Jabaloy es licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Valencia (1987), siendo uno de los penalistas de larga trayectoria más reconocido tanto dentro como fuera de nuestro país. Durante su etapa como fiscal de la Audiencia Nacional, de 2004 a 2016, participó en la instrucción de numerosos procedimientos relativos a delitos económicos. Asimismo, fue el punto de contacto ante dicho órgano de IberRed (la Red Iberoamericana para la cooperaci...

Francisco Javier Carbayo Vázquez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Information Technology Law, Privacy & Data Protection Law and Technology Law. Francisco Javier, who practices law in Madrid, Spain, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Francisco Javier is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

I am a Zaragozan with blood from Teruel and a Bostonian soul. A lawyer from the Royal and Illustrious Bar Association of Zaragoza, and a member of the American Bar Association, I studied Law at the University of Zaragoza. I passed all my subjects on the first attempt, except for Commercial Law in my fifth year, a field that now encompasses my professional life, and in which I am not entirely unsuccessful. Such is life… I have developed my professional career in different countries (the...