José María Remacha

Xavier graduated in law from Girona University (1998). He then gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Real Estate and Urban Planning (1999) and a Master’s in Public Law and Administrative Organisation from Pompeu Fabra University (2002). Between 1999 and 2003 he practised at the law firm Massaguer-Pau in Girona where he specialised in administrative law and urban planning law. From 2000 to 2007 he was also secretary and auditor of the Sant Andreu Salou Town Council. Xavier joined Pareja &...

Elena is Head of both the International Tax department and the department of Global Mobility. She came to BUFETE ESCURA in 2018, having previously worked in the Global Mobility department at KPMG for five years. She was a key member of the team responsible for taxation of expatriates as well as analyzing and advising on all immigration and social security aspects of their work placement in Spain. International Tax Foreign company tax assistance with setting up companies/branches in Spain. Tax...

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,...

Yolanda Casadevall Bañuelos ycb@avqlegal.com Tax Partner Education Postgraduate course in Merger Operations and Corporate Restructuring (2002), ESADE. Postgraduate course in International Taxation, VAT and Corporate Tax (2001), CEF. English for Law (1998), Westminster College (London). Law degree (1997) by the University of Barcelona. Law International Program (1996), Gothenburg University (Sweden). Professional Experience and Areas of Specialization I joined the firm in 2016 and I am ...

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.

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...

Tomás Garcés is a Partner in the Commercial Law Department at Ventura Garcés. His professional experience has made him an expert in matters such as the negotiation and drafting of a broad range of commercial agreements, the negotiation and completion of corporate operations, and corporate mergers and acquisitions. His experience in company takeovers, restructuring operations for multinational corporate groups and joint ventures has led him to advise a wide variety of comp...

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

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...

Fernando Escura has been Managing Partner of Bufete Escura since 1987, and heads the Corporate and Commercial practice of the firm. Escura has extensive experience in Corporate, M&A, and Tax matters. He is an Arbiter of the International European Association AEADE. Member of the Board of important national and global companies, with special incidence in the automotive, oil, metallurgical and pharmaceutical industries, Escura is the adviser to a significant number of Industrial Association...