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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.

Norma graduated in law from Pompeu Fabra University (1996) and she gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Planning and Environment from the Institute of Continuing Education of the same university (2000). Between 1996 and 1998 she completed the doctoral courses in Public Law at Pompeu Fabra and she presented her research work entitled La intervenció administrativa en l’habitatge. L’activitat de foment i els plans d’habitatge (Public Administration Intervention in the ...

Yolanda Puiggròs Jiménez de Anta is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Health Care Law. Yolanda, who practices law in Barcelona, Spain, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Yolanda is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Javier Cabañas de Pablo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law. Javier, who practices law in Murcia, Spain, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Javier is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Vicente Conde Martín de Hijas is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative Law and Labor and Employment Law. Vicente, who practices law in Madrid, Spain, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Vicente is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

He started his professional career as a lawyer for Banco Popular Hipotecario, to later become a legal adviser for the Central Legal Services of Banco Popular Español, and being responsible for the mercantile law area (companies) for all banks of Grupo Popular. During this stage, he was also a lecturer at the Autonomous University of Madrid in Mercantile Law; and at the Pontifical University of Comillas (I.C.A.D.E) and ESIC, on the Master’s in Business Law. In 1997 he founded the ...

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...

Rafael Martinez Monche is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Rafael Martinez, who practices law in Barcelona, Spain, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Rafael Martinez is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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,...

Antonio Padró Rodríguez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Antonio, who practices law in Bilbao, Spain, has been recognized since 2015. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Antonio is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.