María José Almodóvar Melendo

Attorney for SOL MUNTAÑOLA ABOGADOS law firm ( www.solmuntanola.com ). He graduated in Law from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (http://www.uoc.edu), and he obtained an IT Engineer Degree at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (www.upc.edu). He has focused on the field of Intellectual Property and other matters related since 2002, and he is a specialist in digital technology. He combines his professional activity with teaching in different fields of the Law, and he has taug...

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Educational background Law Degree from Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona Management and Public Administration Degree in Pompeu Fabra Universiy, Barcelona. Member of the Barcelona Bar Association. Professional experience Carmen joined KPMG Abogados in 2013 after 13 years of professional record in the Public Law department of Garrigues. She is currently the Director responsible for the Regulatory, Administrative and Competition Law Department in the Barcelona office of KPMG Abogados. She is sp...

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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...

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After five years as an associate at Estudio Legal (1987-1992), where he acquired experience in corporate, banking, capital markets and competition, he co-founded Araoz & Rueda in 1994. Since then, he has developed his practice advising in general corporate and commercial matters and, especially, in Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets, where he has extensive experience. Furthermore, he regularly advises in litigation and restructuring/insolvency matters.