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Inmaculada González López is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation. Inmaculada, who practices law in Alicante, Spain, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Inmaculada is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

I am a Zaragozan with blood from Teruel and a Bostonian soul. A lawyer from the Royal and Illustrious Bar Association of Zaragoza, and a member of the American Bar Association, I studied Law at the University of Zaragoza. I passed all my subjects on the first attempt, except for Commercial Law in my fifth year, a field that now encompasses my professional life, and in which I am not entirely unsuccessful. Such is life… I have developed my professional career in different countries (the...

Carlos Adame Gómez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Planning. Carlos, who practices law in Salamanca, Spain, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Carlos is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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...

Maria de Fátima Cortés Leotte is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Legal Malpractice Litigation. Maria de Fátima, who practices law in Málaga, Spain, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Maria de Fátima is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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...

Javier Vidal-Quadras Trías de Bes jvq@avqlegal.com Partner in charge of the Civil Law and Litigation Area Education: Graduate in Law (1984) from the University of Barcelona. Professional experience and expertise: I am the co-founding partner of the firm and head of the Civil and Procedural Law department. My main activity is focussed on litigation and arbitration of contractual content, agency and distribution, inheritance and wills, mortgage, competition law, corporate lawsuits and la...

Licenciatura en Derecho por la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Máster en Asesoría Jurídica de Empresas, Fundación Canaria Mapfre Guanarteme, Mención Especial. Formación en mediación civil, mercantil, y concursal. Formación como administradora concursal. EXPERIENCIA PROFESIONAL Desde el año 2006 forma parte del despacho Lagares Y Falcón, S.L.P., ejerciendo en distintas áreas, en especial, asesoramiento en m...

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 &...

Víctor Fabregat Rubiol is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law and Real Estate Law. Víctor, 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 Víctor is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.