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Announcing the 2021 Best Lawyers in Spain

Featuring the nation's top 2 percent of practicing lawyers.

2021 Best Lawyers in Spain
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Best Lawyers

November 19, 2020 12:00 AM

For the 13th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Spain, Best Lawyers surveyed the nation's legal community to identify the top 2 percent of practicing lawyers in Spain. We've partnered with Confilegal—a digital news outlet covering legal news, law firms, and legal events—to provide breaking coverage of these results to the Spanish market.

Madrid was the top metropolitan area in terms of the number of lawyers recognized. Of the 78 practice areas recognized, the most searched was Tax Law, followed by Litigation, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Labor and Employment Law. On the other hand, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law had the most number of practicing lawyers. Tax Law, Litigation, and Labor and Employment Law followed.

In this 2021 Edition, 20 law firms received the prestigious "Law Firm of the Year" award for excellence in a specific practice area.

The 2021 Spain "Law Firm of the Year" Honorees:


Administrative Law
Pérez-Llorca

Banking and Finance Law
Uría Menéndez Abogados

Capital Markets Law
Linklaters

Competition / Antitrust Law
Garrigues

Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Cuatrecasas

Criminal Defense
Garrigues

Energy Law
Herbert Smith Freehills Spain

Environmental Law
Hogan Lovells International

Information Technology Law
Bird & Bird (International)

Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Insurance Law
Clyde & Co

Intellectual Property Law
Grau & Angulo

Labor and Employment Law
Sagardoy Abogados

Litigation
Uría Menéndez Abogados

Project Finance and Development Practice
Allen & Overy

Real Estate Law
Clifford Chance

Sports Law
Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle

Tax Law
Cuatrecasas

Technology Law
Ecija

Transportation Law
Avante Legal

Interested in seeing Best Lawyers honorees in Spain? Use our Find a Lawyer tool to search by location and specialty.

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