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INDEX 3 PRESENTATION 4 THE FIRM AND ITS VALUES 8 PRACTICES - CORPORATE - TAXATION - INNOVATION & IP - CORPORATE CRIME - DISPUTE RESOLUTION & LITIGATION / BANKRUPTCY - EMPLOYMENT LAW - IT & DATA PROTECTION - REGULATORY -
INDEX 3 PRESENTATION 4 THE FIRM AND ITS VALUES 8 PRACTICES
& LITIGATION / BANKRUPTCY
13 PARTNERS 18 RECOMENDATIONS
ADOLF ROUSAUD MANAGING PARTNER
BARCELONA OFFICE
PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE Fruit of a careful and rigorous selection process, our staff is composed of the finest professionals within our sector, all bringing their individual expertise in their respective area
work as a team to deliver an integrated and coordinated response to the needs of our clients. TRANSPARENCY Responsibility is essential in fulfilling our mission. In the process of finding solutions, we adhere strictly to the established guidelines for ethics and professional responsibility, a guarantee of the transparency
DYNAMISM We are passionate about what we do and dynamic in the way we do it. We endeavor to project these qualities in rendering pro-active, highly involved, efficient and expeditious service.
CREATIVITY & INNOVATION We are constantly searching for new solutions and procedures to implement that will allow us to improve the quality and efficacy
with state-of-the-art, cutting- edge market trends, clients can be assured that the legal solutions we provide are based on the best and latest legal and specialized know-how available. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCOPE We provide our legal services wherever you are. We have two
that cover the entire Iberian market and abroad. We are part
we have best friends agreements in the most important economic regions around the world. INVOLVEMENT Proximity to our clients is
their needs, but we also endeavor to fully comprehend their businesses in order to find the most effective legal solution for each particular case. The highest standards of excellence that are the core of our work ethic have become the best guarantee of success in resolving the challenges that our clients bring to us.
MADRID OFFICE
Our firm is organized into departments and legal practice areas led by experts in each respective department or area. This expertise is coupled with a global legal education and with a professional and particular work system that allows an agile and effective creation of multidisciplinary teamwork. With this corporate
law practices while we adjust
needs of each client and case. CORPORATE CORPORATE LAW / Integral advice for companies, family-owned businesses and
different phases of activity. / Planning, design and advice for the establishment of specific legal entities (companies, venture capital funds, not-for-profit
/ Design and implementation of company structures and shareholder agreements. / Continuous support and counseling for management bodies and administration of companies. / Partners agreements. CONTRACT LAW / Drafting commercial contracts (distribution, agency, franchise, lease, license, service, logistics and
related advice. / National and international. MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS / Specific counseling for entrepreneurs, private and public investors, venture capital entities and in defining strategies with respect to investment and divestment processes. / Support and counselling in contracts for the sale of businesses or business groups. / Legal, tax and labor due diligence. / National and international association and co-operation structures and agreements (joint ventures). / Founding and establishment
abroad.
TAXATION / Estate planning. / International and national corporate taxation. / Tax procedures and fiscal. inspection with regard to the tax authorities. / Corporate internationalization processes. / Tax advice for expatriates. / Tax compliance services. INNOVATION & IP / Advice on protection and exploitation of innovation, drafting and negotiation of licensing agreements on intellectual and industrial property, technological development, European consortia and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). / Support to public research centres in the definition and implementation of processes
processes and in the creation
/ Customised legal support to entrepreneurs, spin-offs and start-ups. CORPORATE CRIME / Tax and social security
and Social Security authorities. / Fraud, swindling and embezzlement. / Corporate crime, management malpractice, takeover abuse. / Fraudulent and punishable bankrupcies. / Investigation strategies regarding complex economic crimes.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION & LITIGATION / BANKRUPTCY / Commercial litigation (civil and corporate). / Domestic and international arbitration. / Insolvency and restructuring. / Public (trademarks, patents, competition). / Family, wills and inheritance law. EMPLOYMENT LAW / Collective bargaining. / Legal defense. / Business restructuring. / Labor and social security inspections. / Labor contracts. / Incentive plans for directors and employees. / Contract termination. / Social security and revision systems. / Employment risk prevention. IT & DATA PROTECTION / Technological exploitation and license contracts. / Legal Advice on e-contracts. / Compliance with the legislation
e-commerce and privacy policy. / Domain name registration and recovery. / Data protection: due diligence, compliance and administrative procedures and disputes.
REGULATORY / Energy: projects, sale of assets, procurement sector and administrative authorizations. / Antitrust: competition, representation and defense, international trade and mergers. / Securities and financial assets: issuance of securities, IPOs, securitization, funds and investment companies. / Support in public economic law, particularly in administrative proceedings before regulatory agencies. REAL ESTATE & URBAN PLANNING / Integrated land management. / Urban development agreement processes, administrative adjudication and contract ratification and execution. / Granting of licenses and authorizations. / Construction, rehabilitation and building project management. / Facility management of malls,
and hotels. / Property sales contracts and preparatory legal proceedings. / Leases. FINANCE / Financial structuring, restructuring and insolvency, including investment project analysis. / Project finance. / Securitization and banking. / Analysis of investment projects, preparation of financing strategies, consolidation of financial statements, business evaluation, judicial administration, expert mercantile appraisal and patrimonial assessment.
ADOLF ROUSAUD Managing Partner and Head of the Corporate Law Department. Skilled in Corporate Law and Corporate Compliance. / Law Degree, University
/ Ph.D. Candidate in Corporate Law, University of Barcelona. / Master’s Degree in Tax Law, Abat Oliba University. / Member of the Board of Directors of several industrial companies. IGNASI COSTAS Head of the Innovation Department. Expert in innovation, biotechnology, M&A and public law. / Law Degree, Pompeu Fabra University. / Ph.D. Candidate in Tax Law, University of Barcelona. / Ph.D. Candidate in Corporate Law, University of Almería. / LLM Scholar, University of California. / Financial Analyst (CEFA), Institute of Financial Studies. / Member of the Board of Directors of several technology-based companies and VC’s. / Speaker at private and public forums on venture capital and technology transfer. JOSÉ MARÍA DURÁN Director of the Department of Tax Law. Specialized in international taxation, estate planning and group restructuring. / Economics Degree, Complutense University of Madrid. / Member, Internal Revenue Service of Spain. / Lecturer at the Barcelona Bar Association, the College of Economists of Barcelona and
/ Speaker at several private banking forums.
DIEGO ARTACHO Head of the Corporate Crime Department. Expert in tax litigation and Corporate Crime. / Law Degree, University of Granada. / Ph.D. Candidate in Tax law, University of Barcelona. / Member, Internal Revenue Service of Spain. / Professor at the Institute of Financial Studies, in EADA and EAE businesses schools, and the Pompeu Fabra University. / Regular speaker at the Bar Association and the professional Association of Economists of Barcelona. JAVIER OLMOS Director of Energy Law Area. Expert in Energy and Corporate Law, particularly in mergers and acquisitions. / Law Degree, University
/ Master’s Degree in International Contracts, Barcelona Bar Association. / Master’s Degree in Energy Law, Energy Spanish Club. / Belongs to the Board of Directors of multiple companies. / Speaker at various forums and conferences such as the Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX) and Chamber of Commerce. RAMÓN MARTÍNEZ Gestart Director. Specialist in financial and tax law, accountancy and fiscal planning. / Licensed in law, University of Valencia. / Master in international legal practice, Higher Institute of law and economics. / Master in tax advice, Financial Studies Center. / Speaker on public and private forums about the management of start-ups.
JORGE SARRÓ Skilled in tax procedures: inspection, collection and management. / Law Degree, University of Barcelona. / Ph.D. Candidate in Tax Law, University of Barcelona. / Member, Internal Revenue Service of Spain. / Professor and regular speaker at different forums; author of books and articles on taxation. ÍÑIGO MONTESINO-ESPARTERO Expert in economic restructuring, recurrent legal advice and LBO and MBO transactions in mergers and acquisitions. / Law Degree, San Pablo CEU University. / Master's Degree in Legal Advice, IE Business School. / Management Development Program (PDD), IESE. / Member of several Boards of Directors. / Professor at ESADE and speaker at various courses and seminars.
EDUARDO NEBOT Specialized in regulatory, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate and contract law. / Law Degree, Autonomous University of Barcelona. / Master’s Degree in Business Law, Pompeu Fabra University. / Master in Information Technology Law, ESADE. / Member of the Board of Directors of several venture capital firms and technology companies. MIGUEL GEIJO Director of the Data Protection Area. Expert in Information Technology, Pharma and Biotechnology. / Law Degree with Business Management, University Luis Vives. / Master's Degree in Legal Business, Instituto de Empresa. / Member of the Working Group of the Committee on Data Protection of the Spanish Business Association (CEOE). / Member of the Legal Comission at the Spanish Association of Digital Economy. / Regular speaker at various forums, seminars and courses in the field of Information Technology, Privacy and Data Protection, and Pharma and Biotechnology. CARLES ROS Expert on Innovation, TMT and Venture Capital. / Law Degree - University Pompeu Fabra. / Master´s Degree in International Law, Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE). / Member of the Board of Directors of several technology companies. / Speaker at public and private forums related to the protection, management and exploitation of intangible assets of business, as well as
projects and matters of creation and investment in technology companies and biotechnology companies.
OSCAR ALEGRE Expert on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Public Law and Intellectual Property. / Law Degree - University Pompeu Fabra. / Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M) - Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE). / International Mergers and Acquisitions Program, College
/ Member of the Board of Directors and/or legal advisor to several technology companies. / Speaker at public and private forums on matters of Intellectual Property, Venture Capital and Technology.
JORDI ALBIOL Director of the Bankruptcy Law Department. / Licensed in law, Pompeu Fabra University. / Degree in Administration and business management, Abat Oliba-CEU University. / PhD. in Law, Abat Oliba-CEU University. / Professor in Mercantile law at the University of Barcelona. / Speaker at different courses and seminars in the field of Mercantile and Procedural law.