Osborne Clarke

Osborne Clarke is an international law firm with 330+ partners and 1,250+ lawyers across 26 locations in Europe, the USA and Asia and is structured as a Swiss verein.

Founded in Bristol, UK, in the eighteenth century, today Osborne Clarke is an agile, modern firm widely recognized for its corporate culture, responsible business practices and commitment to twenty-first century values like diversity and inclusion.

The firm provides a three-dimensional approach, combining outstanding legal expertise, in-depth sector knowledge and insight into the transformational processes affecting businesses around the world.

The firm’s practice areas are mainly Banking & Finance, Commercial, Corporate, Competition, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Infrastructure services, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Real Estate, Regulatory and Compliance and Tax.

The firm specializes in eight distinct sector groups: financial services, real estate, energy and utilities, digital business, mobility and infrastructure, life sciences, retail and consumer and workforce solutions.

It has also identified three global transformational drivers of change that are having the biggest impact on modern businesses: decarbonisation, digitalisation and urban dynamics, and the firm aspires to help its clients strengthen their resilience and stability, and also make their businesses thrive in these new circumstances.

Having spent several decades building a unique global network of best friend law firms with similar values, high standards, commitment to client service and insiders’ sector knowledge, as well as having its own offices in multiple jurisdictions, Osborne Clarke offers its clients an outstanding international reach.

Osborne Clarke, Spain was launched in the 1986 in Barcelona and in 2012 in Madrid; the firm also has an office in Zaragoza, an important logistics and renewable energy center, and now counts around 100 lawyers, including 18 partners.

The Spanish team provides high-end, full-service advice to international and domestic clients working broadly with other Osborne Clarke offices and boasts close relationships with Latin America.

The Spanish office's strengths lie in the life sciences; tech, media and comms; renewable energy; financial services and real estate sectors and the team covers a wide range of legal disciplines, including Corporate, Commercial, Public Law, Tax, Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, Employment and Tech Law and Intellectual Property. The team regularly advises on major cross-border transactions and high-profile international M&A transactions and investments.

Top legal directories like Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers have been recognising the work of OC Spain lawyers in its guide rankings for many years.

The team members are regular attendees and speakers at national and international forums and are authors of many publications in their fields of expertise. The lawyers work in Spanish and English and many are also fluent in French, Portuguese, Italian and German.

Originally led by founding partners Tomás Dagá y Nuria Martin, since 2023 the OC Spain has been headed by co-managing partners Miguel Lorán and Jordi Casas in Barcelona, whose strategic plan is investing in excellence in client service, growth of key sectors, career development of the team members and premium positioning of the Osborne Clarke brand in Spain.

The following lawyers have been recognized in the recent Best Lawyers edition:

• Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law – Sara Barona, Anna Boix, lgnasi Bruguer, Jordi Casas, Tomás Dagá, Marta Lao, David Miranda, David Nava, Patricia Torras, Pilar Díaz, Vicente Conde, Daniel Riopérez
• Venture Capital Law - Sara Barona, lgnasi Bruguer, Jordi Casas, Marta Lao, David Miranda, David Nava
• Private Equity Law - lgnasi Bruguer, lgnasi Bruguer, Marta Lao, David Miranda, David Nava
• Tax Law - Miguel Lorán, Francisco Díez Amoretti, Alicia Pérez
• Real Estate Law - Nuria Martin, Julián Matos
• Technology Law - David Miranda, Roger Segarra
• Litigation – Anna Boix, Rafael Montejo
• Administrative Law - Luis Castro, José Ramón Medina
• Arbitration and Mediation - Laura Martín, Rafael Montejo
• Civil Rights Law – Anna Boix
• Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice - Silvia Steiner
• Structured Finance Law - Eduard Arruga
• Banking and Finance Law - Vicente Conde
• Capital Markets Law - Vicente Conde
• Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice - Vicente Conde
• lnformation Technology Law - Rafael García del Poyo
• Energy Law - Rafael Montejo
• Structured Finance Law – Jordi Casas