Macarena Ruiz Ballesteros

Andrea Garcés is the Partner responsible for the Intellectual Property Department at the firm’s Barcelona office. Her wide-ranging experience has made her a specialist in Intellectual Property Law. As an expert in the defence of the right to exclusivity, she has acted in a large number of areas, such as trademark licensing, agreements for the commissioning of works, publishing agreements, the adaptation of existing works and the production and distribution of cinematographic work...

Partner of the Tax Department of Crowe Legal y Tributario since April 2020 and responsible for the Madrid office. She has 20 years of experience in the practice of law. She began her professional career as a lawyer specializing in the field of tax advice in 2002 at Cuatrecasas in Barcelona; in 2006 she joined KPMG and in 2008 PwC, where she was appointed partner in 2017. In 2022 she joined Crowe as Partner of the Tax Area and head of the Madrid office of Crowe Legal y Tributario. Elena has an...

He started his professional activity in 1998 at the firm Silva, Valdes y Cia, SRC, and as a partner at the same from December 2005. In 2008, he joined KPMG Abogados to take on the responsibility for creating its legal department, and then in December 2010, he moved to Altius Abogados. In 2011, as a founding partner, he embarked upon the project to create the new firm MA Abogados, made up of a group of practices desirous of creating a firm specialised in legal consultancy for medium and large ...

Degree in Economics from Universidad de Barcelona. She holds an Executive Master in taxes by ESADE. She has more than 15 year’s professional experience with tax consulting. She has wide experience in International Assignment Services, design and implementation of Compensation and Benefits Plans, definition of Compensation programs for Senior Executives, etc.

Director de PwC Tax & Legal Services. Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Sevilla (especialidad en Derecho de la empresa) y Máster en Dirección y Gestión de Recursos Humanos por el Centro de Estudios Financieros en 2004. Tiene una amplia experiencia profesional en el ámbito del asesoramiento laboral a un gran número de entidades del sector público y privado, en materias tales como asesoramiento recurrente, relación laboral individua...

Maria Barbancho is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense. Maria, 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 Maria is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Born in Barcelona in 1952. Founder of TORNOS ABOGADOS, S.L.P. He graduates in Law at the University of Barcelona in 1.975. Attorney, he is member of the Illustrious School of Attorneys of Barcelona. He started to practice law with Ramón Plandiura. In 1.979, he provided services in the Town Council of Badalona; and in 1984 in the Town Council of Barcelona, where he is lawyer of the council extended leave of absence. Between 1.991 and 2.001 he was Director of the Law Service of the Metro...

Joaquín Sugrañes Salvat is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense. Joaquín Sugrañes, 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 Joaquín Sugrañes is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Irene Muñoz Ovejero is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. Irene Muñoz, who practices law in Madrid, Spain, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Irene Muñoz is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Gloria Bardají Pascual is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative Law and Planning. Gloria, who practices law in Barcelona, Spain, has been recognized since 2009. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gloria is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.