José Manuel Yáñez Gómez

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...

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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 ...

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Twenty years of professional experience have been my foundation, first as a lawyer specializing in new technologies , an expert in technology law , advertising , industrial property , intellectual property , unfair competition , and consumer law ; and then, serving as a judicial magistrate in the Provincial Court of Madrid. I have now returned to my legal profession, working in my area of ​​expertise with a wealth of experience. My guiding principles as a lawyer are specialized knowledge, exp...