Best Lawyers in Spain for Litigation

She started her professional career in 1998 at the Seville office of Ernst & Young Abogados, where she reached the category of Senior Associate, until 2007, when she founded Altius Abogados. In 2011, as a founding partner, she 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 companies, of national scope and international vocation. She is currently head of the depa...

Guillermo Alonso-Olarra se licenció en Derecho en 1986, en la Universidad de Deusto (Vizcaya). Es consejero en diversas compañías del sector eléctrico, portuario, del transporte y de consultoría. Ha sido árbitro en diferentes procedimientos arbitrales ante Cortes de diversas Cámaras de comercio de España y Tribunales Arbitrales de Colegios de Abogados. Ha sido profesor en la Universidad de Deusto del Master de Asesoría Jurí...

Xavier Amat Badrinas xab@avqlegal.com Partner responsible for the Corporate Department Education: He has a degree in Law (1984) from the Institute of University Studies (IEC in Barcelona) and the Spanish Open University (UNED in Madrid). He has also taken postgraduate courses in Community Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law and Accounting. Professional experience and expertise: Xavier is a co-founding partner of the firm, head of the Business department, and his activity is focused on commercial la...

Alejandro Angulo is a founding and managing partner at Grau & Angulo, an IP litigation boutique which was set up in 2003. The firm has offices in Barcelona, Madrid and Las Palmas. A member of the Barcelona Bar Association since 1992 Alejandro has worked in the field of IP for more than twenty years. Alejandro specialises in trademark, design, patent, copyright and unfair competition litigation. He is well known for his expertise in finding solutions for mainly international clients in com...

Address: Torre Realia – Plaza de Europa, 41 – 43 08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) Tel.: +34 93 253 29 22 Email: acasanovas@kpmg.es Blog: www.kpmgcumplimientolegal.es Educational background Law Degree, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (1983-1988). Post-Degree titles in EU Institutions, Commercial & Tax Law in Köln and Lovaine. Master’s Degree in Corporate Secretaryship and Tax Consultancy, Colegio Universitario Abad Oliba, Barcelona (1988-198...

Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (San Pablo CEU). Inició su carrera profesional ejerciendo como abogado a comienzos del año 1997, tras haberse formado con experiencias complementarias en Madrid, Dublín y Bruselas. Se inició en el ejercicio de la abogacía en el despacho Hodgson Abogados durante cerca de dos años, momento en el que pasó a formar parte de lo que fue el despacho de legal más importante de Canari...

Socio responsable del Departamento técnico de Tax de PwC Tax & Legal Services y responsable del equipo de Procedimientos tributarios de la oficina de Barcelona. Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona y licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad Oberta de Catalunya. Curso de postgrado en Estudios Fiscales y Financieros, Universidad de Barcelona. Se incorporó a PwC Tax & Legal Services en 2001, procedente de l...

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.

Javier Fernández-Samaniego is Managing Director of SAMANIEGO Law, an alternative Iberoamerican law firm specializing in technology law and dispute resolution. Javier's international practice focuses mainly in Commercial/IT disputes (international litigation, arbitration, and ADR) and negotiations and major Tech & Privacy projects (new cloud and big data business models, outsourcing transaction, data protection review programs, etc.). Javier has vast experience assisting European cl...

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...

García Jabaloy es licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Valencia (1987), siendo uno de los penalistas de larga trayectoria más reconocido tanto dentro como fuera de nuestro país. Durante su etapa como fiscal de la Audiencia Nacional, de 2004 a 2016, participó en la instrucción de numerosos procedimientos relativos a delitos económicos. Asimismo, fue el punto de contacto ante dicho órgano de IberRed (la Red Iberoamericana para la cooperaci...

Jorge graduated in law from Central University de Las Villas in Santa Clara, Cuba (1993) and his degree was recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture. He gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Real Estate Law and Urban Planning from Pompeu Fabra University (1995). Between 1994 and 1996 he completed the doctoral courses in Public Law at the same university and presented his doctoral thesis entitled El régimen jurídico del suelo en Cuba (The Legal System governing Land...

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,...

Berta Molina is part of the litigation and arbitration department. She is specialized in civil law and insurance.

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 ...

After more than 15 years of experience in leading law firms (Uría Menéndez and Deloitte Legal, where he was partner and Board member), three of them residing in New York, Jordi launched his boutique firm, Maristany, in 2015. Jordi is widely experienced in multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions, complex contract architecture, as well as in international dispute resolution. Jordi serves as Board secretary of companies in different industries (pharma, biotech, and media, among o...

Partner Litigation-Arbitration Area at Crowe Barcelona office since March 2021. She began her professional career as a Court Agent officer in 1994 (Joaniquet-Tamburini). In 1996 she joined Mullerat & Roca law firm as a civil and commercial litigation lawyer. In 2006, she joined the litigation department of Ventura Garcés & Lopez Ibor, a firm of which she was named partner in the litigation area in 2014 until February 2021. Isabel is a leading litigator with extensive experience...

Professional with a solid and extensive professional experience acquired during more than 25 years as a litigation and arbitration trial lawyer in the fields of civil, commercial and economic criminal law. Law Degree (Universidad de Barcelona 1989) PRACTICE AREAS Areas of specialization are focused on construction law; civil liability for damages (medical malpractice); leases; mortgage law; agency and distribution contracts; unfair competition; industrial and intellectual property; corporate ...

ICAM Member 78623. Law degree Universidad de Vigo. Law Degree from the University of Vigo (2004). Master's Degree in Maritime Law and Business from ICADE/SPANISH MARITIME INSTITUTE (2005). Member no. 78.623 of the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM). Specialist in Ltigation, Insurance law, Construction, Industrial Accidents and Technical or industrial claims with a high degree of complexity.

Founding partner of MA Abogados. She began her career working in a multidisciplinary law firm. Later, she worked as an associate lawyer in a firm specialized in commercial law. As a founding partner of the firm Salinas Legal y Tributario S.L.P., she has specialized in insolvency, maritime, corporate, unfair competition, and economic criminal law, handling large-scale and complex procedures. She also holds various positions such as insolvency administrator, secretary of boards, or legal adviso...

Practice areas: Litigation, Arbitration and Insolvency Ana Ribó's practice covers civil, commercial and corporate litigation, involving unfair competition, contractual disputes, shareholder disputes and directors’ liability, and arbitration (both as arbitrator and as counsel for the parties). She is experienced in handling complex proceedings, including those with foreign elements. Ana joined Pérez-Llorca as Partner in 2014. She had 22 years' experience at previous firm. S...

Founding Partner Chairman Legal Counsel to the Spanish Parliament, Co-Director of Aranzadi Urban Development and Construction magazine and Member of the Royal Academy of Law and Legislation. He was awarded a Law Degree with First Class Honours and he received a Doctorate in Administrative Law with First Honours. He joined the Military Legal Corps in 1968 and in 1971 became Legal Counsel to the Spanish Parliament. In 1973 he was appointed Deputy Councillor of Urban Planning and Treasury of the...

Partner Manuel joined the firm in 2003 and specializes in the diverse areas of General Administrative Law (i.e. liability claims against Public Administration), Urban Planning Law and Compulsory purchases and Litigation. From 2007 to 2010, he taught about Expropriations for the MBA of Urban Planning Law at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. In addition, he completed an MBA in Real Estate Companies at the Polytechnic University in Madrid. He was also awarded an Advanced Studies Diploma ...

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...

Javier began his professional career in PricewaterhouseCoopers (2007-2012) where was specialized in Litigation, arbitration and bankruptcy proceedings. In 2011 joined Hotusa, where leaded the Litigation Department. On January 2012 joins Magin Pont as the leading Firm’s Litigation Department. And in 2018 joins 4|5|3| Law Firm where also leads the Litigation department. Particularly, Javier provides a global legal advice in civil and commercial matters, being the negotiation, litigation, ...

Santiago Thomás de Carranza is managing partner of the Madrid office, and is a practising lawyer, economist and university lecturer. He studied Law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Economics at the Shiller International University. After obtaining his degree he prepared for the competitive examinations for entry into the Corps of State Lawyers. In 1997 he joined Despacho Melchor de las Heras as a lawyer, working in the corporate and public law departments. In 2003, he co-fo...

KPMG Abogados Address: Edificio Torre Europa, Paseo de la Castellana 95 Tel.: +34 91 451 31 45 Email: furia@kpmg.es Educational background Phd in law from Complutense University Law Degree. Alicante University. Professional experience Francisco has extensive experience in financial regulation, particularly in the banking, capital markets and insurance areas. He is also a recognized specialist in competition law, field in which he has published several publications. At KPMG, Francisco manages ...

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...

Lawyer, member of the Illustrious Bar Association of Madrid since 2013. He graduated in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and completed a Master's in Industrial and Intellectual Property, Competition, and New Technologies at the Rey Juan Carlos University and the Pons Foundation. Additionally, he completed the Advanced Program in Data Protection Officer (DPO) at the CEU San Pablo University. Alfonso brings extensive experience in Procedural Law, specifically in civil and comm...

Practicing Lawyer member of the Barcelona Bar Association, with a Bachelor of Laws and a Double Master of Laws in International Business Law and Legal Practice. In my studies I obtained 14 'cum laude' grades. After experiences in international and national prestigious firms, I joined Sartorio Abogados in 2017. My expertise includes business and corporate law, civil law, and conflict resolution. I have been appointed Secretary of the Board of Directors of several companies.

Alejandra Vidal-Quadras Torras avt@avqlegal.com Lawyer Practice areas: Competition and advertising law, Crisis and conflicts, Person, Damages and liability, Legal business and contracts, Company Training: University Master for Access to the Legal Profession from the University Pompeu Fabra – Civil law specialty (2018) Graduate in Law from the University Pompeu Fabra (2017). Professional Experience: I joined the firm in 2019 and my activity is focussed on the areas of litigation and civi...