José María Cobos

Partner Manuel joined the firm in 2003 and specializes in the diverse areas of General Administrative Law (i.e. liability claims against Public Administration), Urban Planning Law and Compulsory purchases and Litigation. From 2007 to 2010, he taught about Expropriations for the MBA of Urban Planning Law at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. In addition, he completed an MBA in Real Estate Companies at the Polytechnic University in Madrid. He was also awarded an Advanced Studies Diploma ...

Joined Crowe Legal and Tax in 2024 and is currently a Partner in the Banking and Finance Area. He has extensive professional experience in financial markets law, having developed his career at top-tier firms such as Cuatrecasas, PwC, and Andersen. As a result, he has had the opportunity to participate in some of the most significant transactions of the last decade. Joaquín leads the Banking and Finance Law team, which specializes in traditional and alternative financing operations, cap...

Of Counsel Lawyer at the Firm. Law Degree from the Complutense University of Madrid. Lawyer of the Spanish Parliament. Full Member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and Corresponding Member of the Peruvian Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. He has held numerous positions in the Spanish administration and in the public and private cultural sector, as well as in international organizations: Deputy Director General of Artistic Heritage, Director General of Cooperation with ...

Pedro Rueda was an associate in the Department of Mergers and Acquisitions at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo (Madrid, 1987-1994), where he was promoted to partner in 1994, after having spent one year as a foreign associate in the Department of Mergers and Acquisitions at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York. In 1994 he co-founded Araoz & Rueda and since then he has developed his practice in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions, where he has extensive experience in advising a...

Juan Manuel García-Gallardo Gil-Fournier is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense. Juan Manuel, who practices law in Madrid, Spain, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Juan Manuel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Cristina Palomares es una abogada con una visión estratégica del Derecho y una sólida trayectoria en litigación, arbitraje y compliance penal. Como Directora Legal de AFIANZA, lidera un equipo de más de 100 abogados que cubren todas las áreas del Derecho empresarial, impulsando una práctica jurídica moderna, transversal y orientada al valor para el cliente. Licenciada en Derecho y diplomada en Ciencias Empresariales por la Universidad CE...

Efrén Díaz Díaz is a Lawyer and Doctor of Law. Senior Associate at Mas y Calvet Law Firm (Madrid). Head of the Technology and Space Law Areas of the Mas y Calvet Law Firm. Data Protection Officer in Europe in the financial, legal, health, geospatial and educational sectors.Specialist in Administrative, Technological and Geospatial Law, he develops tasks in regulated sectors, technology, foundations, geospatial coordination Cadastre-Property Registry, public and private co...

Manuela Serranoa is a partner of the firm. She previously worked in large Spanish and international firms like DLA Piper and Roca Junyent. She has wide-ranging experience in the practice of company law, particularly in the areas of insolvency and corporate restructuring, and has become a leading expert in this sector. Manuela has been involved in some of the most important insolvency operations and proceedings both in Spain and internationally, in addition to operations for the sale and purch...

Javier Prieto, partner of the Tax Department at Araoz & Rueda since 2011, joined the firm after three years as a partner at the Tax Department at Ramón y Cajal (2008-2011). Prior to joining Ramón y Cajal he worked as an associate in the Tax Department at KPMG Abogados (1999-2002) and then as an associate in the Tax Department at Uría Menéndez (2002-2008). Javier is specialized in: Tax advice arising from national and international M&A transactions (investme...

Javier Fernández-Samaniego is Managing Director of SAMANIEGO Law, an alternative Iberoamerican law firm specializing in technology law and dispute resolution. Javier's international practice focuses mainly in Commercial/IT disputes (international litigation, arbitration, and ADR) and negotiations and major Tech & Privacy projects (new cloud and big data business models, outsourcing transaction, data protection review programs, etc.). Javier has vast experience assisting European cl...