Best Lawyers in Madrid, Spain

Practice areas Corporate/M&A. Alejandro Alberte has extensive experience in advising on all types of corporate transactions (LBOs, MBOs, mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures), mainly with an international component. More recently, he has developed a strong energy and infrastructure practice, with a particular focus on investment funds in these sectors. He has also advised on other M&A transactions with private equity funds and big national and international industrial...

Socio responsable de turismo, transporte y logística, PwC España. Socio del departamento fiscal de PwC Tax & Legal Services y miembro de la red fiscal internacional del Grupo de Transporte y Logística de PwC, del Grupo Shipping & Ports de PwC Global y del Centro de Excelencia del Sector Aeronáutico de la red PwC. Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Complutense y Máster en Fiscalidad Directa e Indirecta por la AEAT. Desde su incorporació...

Ana Álvarez is a lawyer who specialises in the areas of Civil and Procedural Law, Construction, Real Estate and Planning Law and New Technologies. Her duties include providing legal advice both to individuals and to companies, along with the initiation and pursuit of legal actions and the provision of assistance at court hearings. On the urban planning side, she specialises in the study and drafting of reports on the planning conditions that apply to land and its subsequent development...

Miguel joined MA Abogados in February 2024 in the Commercial Law Department as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, after more than 12 years’ experience at the law firm Escalona & De Fuentes Abogados. He specialises in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and has been involved in advising on national and international acquisitions and sales transactions. Miguel also specialises in company law, having been involved in drafting all kinds of commercial agreements. He has been the secret...

WORK DEPARTMENT Banking and Finance POSITION lldefonso Arenas advises financial institutions, debt funds, private equity entities and large groups of companies on all kinds of financial transactions, including acquisition finance, corporate finance, project finance, real estate finance, issuance of bonds with private placement, restructurings and distressed debt transactions. CAREER lldefonso joined Pérez-Llorca as a partner in 2018. Before joining the firm, he worked as a legal direct...

Iker Arriola is the Resident partner in Europe for Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez, based in the Madrid office, focusing on Mergers and Acquisitionss and Corporate Law. Iker represents and advises clients on a variety of issues and operations. His areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and antitrust. Since September 2022, Iker acts as resident partner of the Firm’s European office in Madrid. With many years of experience advising s...

Leading practitioner JUAN ORIOL is a recognized Lawyer, graduated from the University of Barcelona with a Master's degree (LLM) in Intellectual Property and New Technologies from ESADE (Ramón Llull University) and a member of the Illustrious Bar Association of Barcelona (ICAB). As a partner of Oriol-IP with more than twelve years of specialized professional experience, working and advising on matters of Intellectual Property and New Technologies to national and international companies,...

Practice areas Capital Markets. Yolanda has 27 years of experience working in the Madrid office of a reputable international firm. She specialises in all aspects of capital markets and represents issuers and placement banks in cross-border transactions on both the fixed income and equity markets, including bond issuance and commercial paper programmes, regulatory capital, covered bonds, IPOs, secondary offerings and block trades. Her in-depth knowledge of the market, coupled with her technica...

WORK DEPARTMENT Tax POSITION José has over 18 years experience in leading transactional work, particularly for private equity houses and real estate investment funds on complex deals (tax structuring, due diligence and tax modelling etc.) He has led tax advice on some of the most important processes that have taken place in recent years in Spain. CAREER José joined Pérez-Llorca as partner in 2019, bringing more than 17 years of experience working on M&A Tax teams in B...

Practice Areas Arancha has over 12 years of experience advising on procedural management of financial and real estate asset portfolios characterised by situations of particular conflict and technical complexity, due diligence processes and strategic analysis on litigation and follow-up of portfolios. She has developed her career with an emphasis on the areas of real estate and construction, representing national and international investors in insolvency proceedings, termination actions, inter...

Santiago se incorporó a PwC en 1985 en la oficina de Bilbao en el departamento de auditoria, pasando en el año 1987 a la división fiscal. En 1989 se traslada a la oficina de Madrid incorporándose en el equipo especializado en entidades financieras. En 1996 se hace cargo del grupo de constructoras e inmobiliarias especializándose en la tributación de las actividades de construcción e inmobiliaria tanto en el ámbito de la tributació...

Practice Areas Corporate/M&A. Javier specialises in private equity transactions in the healthcare, infrastructure and energy and financial sectors. He has 17 years of experience advising domestic and foreign clients on transactional matters, particularly in M&A, joint ventures and carve-outs, with a special focus on private equity. In addition, Javier participated in a secondment programme in the investment banking department at Nomura (London). He has extensive experience in commerci...

Rafael is a Banking & Finance partner at Araoz & Rueda. Rafael specialises in corporate finance, acquisition finance, asset finance and, since 2008, in the restructuring of companies in crisis. In this last field he has advised both banks and affected companies.He also has extensive experience in inter-European and other cross-border operations and in regulatory issues involving supervisory authorities. Rafael frequently collaborates with lawyers from Mayer Brown's New York, London an...

Fernando joined Pérez-Llorca in 2009 after having worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for 4 years. He made partner in 2018. He is an expert in commercial litigation and arbitration and has dealt with energy, banking law, construction law, lease contracts, agency and distribution contracts, industrial agreements, share claims, civil liability and tort, corporate directors’ liability, engineering contracts, and annulment of corporate resolutions. Fernando has experience in dom...

Socio de PwC Tax & Legal Services. Licenciado en Derecho y Empresariales, por la Universidad Pontifica de Comillas (ICADE) de Madrid. Auditor de Cuentas inscrito en el ROAC. Abogado colegiado. Executive MBA por el Instituto de Empresa (Madrid). Tiene una gran experiencia en el asesoramiento a grandes grupos multinacionales en materia de fiscalidad y precios de transferencia y ha participado en numerosos proyectos de documentación, implementación de políticas de precio...

Practice Areas Jesús is an expert in urban planning and real estate, advising and representing clients in administrative and civil law. Career Jesús joined Ambar as Partner in 2021 which he combines with being founder and managing partner of Muniens Urban. Since he started his career more than 19 years ago, he has always been working in the real estate sector, linked to developers, banking servicers or investment funds. Jesús is a member of the spanish association of town...

José Antonio has more than 15 years of experience in giving legal advice on real estate law to all kinds of companies. In particular, he is specialized in operations involving the acquisition and transfer of real estate assets (shopping centers, office buildings, logistics warehouses, hotels, etc.) and real estate companies, rental of real estate property (existing, under construction, turnkey, etc.), real estate sale & lease back, financing real estate projects, construction contr...

Practice areas: Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, Funds Javier Carvajal specialises in takeover bids, M&A transactions, private equity, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and IPOs. He advises national and international groups on transactions in the energy, infrastructures, financial and industrial sectors. Javier joined Pérez-Llorca as partner in 2017. He has over 20 years' experience in Corporate law. Law degree with a specialisation in Business law (Universidad Complutens...

Practice Areas Intellectual Property and Technology He specialises in industrial property, intellectual property and unfair competition, in particular, litigation in these disciplines. He is currently very active in patent litigation, with a focus on the pharmaceutical sector. He currently deals with patent lawsuits, mainly in the chemicals (pharmaceuticals) and biotechnological sectors. Career He joined Pérez-Llorca as Partner, Head of Intellectual Property in 2021. Degree in Law, Uni...

Socio de PwC Tax & Legal Services, en el año 2000 se incorporó al Departamento de Servicios Fiscales del Sector Financiero. Durante estos años, ha adquirido una amplia experiencia prestando asesoramiento fiscal al sector financiero. Ha participado en multitud de proyectos de asesoramiento fiscal a grandes grupos multinacionales e internacionales del sector financiero, tanto en el ámbito bancario como en el de los mercados de valores y gestión de activos....

Practice area: Employment Daniel Cifuentes joined Pérez-Llorca as partner in 2014. His experience includes matters such as collective dismissals, collective action, collective bargaining agreements as well as advice on transfer of undertakings and remuneration schemes. He also has a wealth of experience in senior management matters and judicial proceedings before the labour and administrative courts.

Practice Areas Restructuring and Banking & Finance. Prior to this, Cosme lent his services to several international firms. In addition, he worked for one of the main British banks as part of a secondment programme, where he was involved in corporate financing transactions subject to both Spanish and English law. Career Cosme Colmenero joined Pérez-Llorca in 2020 as Counsel in the Corporate practice, specifically in the area of Restructuring and Insolvency. Bar Admissions The Madrid...

Practice Areas Administrative Law. Ana has extensive experience consulting on energy matters, which she acquired while working as Head State Advocate at the Secretariat of State for Energy and coordinating the Mutual Legal Assistance Agreements signed with the Spanish Energy Commission, the Spanish Commission on Markets and Competition (Energy area), the Nuclear Safety Council and the Institute for Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE). In addition, Ana has taken part in international a...

Lawyer, member of the Madrid Bar Association since 1985. He has had a long career as a lawyer with extensive knowledge in the field of Tax Law . Manuel Cuchet is currently the managing partner of Mas y Calvet law firm , where he has dedicated his entire professional career.

Managing Partner at Argali, Abogados. Teodoro de Agustín has been practicing law for more than 22 years and has an extensive experience in M&A operations. In 2009 he joined Dutilh Abogados as partner, coming from an associate lawyer position at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo to lead the Financial and Commercial Law departments. Teodoro has a bachelor’s degree in Law and a graduation in Business Administration from Alcalá University (CEU Luis Vives). He has postgraduate...

Practice Areas EU and Competition Law. Advises on restrictive agreements, abuse of dominant positions, economic mergers and state aids. He defends clients in the framework of sanctioning proceedings before the National Commission on Markets and Competition (“CNMC”) as well as before administrative bodies. Likewise, he elaborates compliance programmes. Career Jaime de Blas joined Pérez-Llorca in 2014, after having worked in the Competition practice area of an international l...

Practice area: Corporate Crime Adriana joined Pérez-Llorca in 2008 after working for 10 years as a Public Prosecutor. She is partner and head of the Corporate Crime and Investigations area. She advises national and foreign clients regarding Spanish criminal lawsuits for white collar crime. Adriana is also an expert in corporate compliance and corporate internal investigations. She lectures on Corporate Crime at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Universidad Europea in Madrid.

Practice Areas Intellectual Property and Technology. Álvaro is an expert in advising and representing clients in litigation concerning the acquisition, exploitation, infringement and validity of intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyrights and trade secrets, in all sectors of economic activity. Career Álvaro de Castro joined Ambar as Partner in 2024. Since he started his career more than 15 years ago, he has always been working in the Intellectua...

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...

Practice areas: Corporate/M&A, Private Equity Iván Delgado is head of Pérez-Llorca's New York office and responsible for the firm's US and LatAm Desk. He advises national and international clients on corporate, M&A and private equity transactions. He advises on acquisitions of minority and controlling shareholdings, leveraged acquisitions on secondary buyout proceedings, and public to private transactions. Iván joined Pérez-Llorca in 1999 and made partner i...

Practice Areas Urban Planning and Environment. José advises on the areas of urban planning, environment, infrastructure and construction, with extensive experience in providing legal advice to domestic and international companies, investment funds, public administrations and urban planning entities, focusing his work on: Career José joined Pérez-Llorca in 2014. Prior to this, he worked in the Disciplinary Environmental sector of the Regional Department of Environment and ...

Lawyer, member of the Madrid Bar Association since 1997 and also of the Ciudad Real Bar Association since 1994. He brings his vast experience in Criminal Law to our firm, especially in the field of economic crimes . He has represented defendants in numerous high-profile trials in the Audiencia Nacional . He is also professor of Criminal Law and Ethics at Universidad de Navarra, Instituto de Empresa (IE Law School) and the Madrid Bar Association Studies Center. He joint Mas y Calvet law firm i...

After more than 20 years working in the property and urban planning sector for large companies and law firms, I am currently helping to optimise property investments for individuals and national and international companies. Highly specialised in universities and top international business centres. We help individuals, national and international companies, investment funds and family offices in all phases of real estate and urban planning operations, providing them with agile and efficient sol...

Practice Areas Litigation, Arbitration, Bankrupty. Silvia has extensive experience practicing before civil and commercial courts at all levels and in all types of proceedings. She has advised national and international clients, in both pre-litigation and litigation matters, handling litigation in matters related to a wide range of sectors (construction, infrastructure, energy, banking, real estate, competition, leasing, amongst others). Silvia has experience in arbitration, both on a Spanish ...

Practice Areas Banking & Finance, Corporate M&A. Mónica is an expert in Banking and Finance law. She has advised national and international clients, listed and unlisted companies, and has participated in financing, restructuring, debt acquisition and asset finance transactions. Career Mónica joined Pérez-Llorca in 2015. Degree in Law, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), Madrid Bar Admissions Spain, The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM). Languages Spanish, English

The bulk of his work focuses on the entertainment industry, where he advises performing artists, managers, record companies and music publishers, performing and mechanical rights societies, and companies in the audio visual and technological sector. Over time his activity has spread to include other spheres of copyright and related rights (architecture, books, etc.), civil law (property and ownership), commercial law and competition law. In addition, he has long-standing experience of the pro...

Efrén Díaz Díaz is a Lawyer and Doctor of Law. Senior Associate at Mas y Calvet Law Firm (Madrid). Head of the Technology and Space Law Areas of the Mas y Calvet Law Firm. Data Protection Officer in Europe in the financial, legal, health, geospatial and educational sectors.Specialist in Administrative, Technological and Geospatial Law, he develops tasks in regulated sectors, technology, foundations, geospatial coordination Cadastre-Property Registry, public and private co...

Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y Máster por el Instituto de Empresa en Asesoría Fiscal de Empresas. Durante su experiencia en PwC Tax & Legal Services, ha formado parte y ha dirigido el departamento de Integrated Global Solutions, para prestar servicios en fiscalidad internacional y precios de transferencia.