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I am a lawyer specialising in advising individuals and companies, supporting them throughout their development and activity, as well as in resolving their disputes. I have worked in this field for more than thirty years, consistently seeking strategic, practical and legally sound solutions for my clients. With this approach, I provide legal assistance and participate in the negotiation and drafting of contracts.

I have particular experience advising family businesses, helping to ensure continuity and strengthen their corporate structure, while preventing both corporate and inheritance-related conflicts.

A significant part of my practice also focuses on monitoring and resolving disputes through extrajudicial, judicial and arbitration proceedings at both national and international level. I have been involved in the defence and resolution of disputes in a wide range of matters, including inheritance and family conflicts, corporate and real estate disputes, contractual and tort liability, as well as disputes arising from the sale and purchase of companies and from international trade and distribution.

I served as President of the Civil Law Section of the Barcelona Bar Association (2001–2003) and have been a lecturer in Civil Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, as well as an adjunct professor in International Commercial Arbitration at the University of Arkansas School of Law.

I am a member of the International Relations Committee of the Barcelona Bar Association. I am also a member of the American Bar Association and have chaired the Barcelona/Madrid chapter of the ABA since 2013. In addition, I am a member of the American Bar Foundation.

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Fieldfisher retains prestigious international arbitration ranking in Global Arbitration Review's 16th Edition of the "GAR 100"

05.04.2023
Leading European law firm Fieldfisher has been included in Global Arbitration Review's 2023 guide as one of the top 100 international arbitration practices in the world for the second year running.
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Fieldfisher in the GAR 100 2022

31.05.2022
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Inheritance agreement in Spain: an alternative to a will in family transmission (in Spanish)

23.05.2016
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Advance to manage the family business in Spain inheritance

20.04.2016
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What do law firms learn with international partnerships (in Spanish)

08.03.2016
The following article is written in Spanish: Contar con sedes propias en trece países en un corto periodo de tiempo le ha valido a Ontier el haber protagonizado una de las estrategias de internacionalización más rápidas acometidas por un despacho español. Para ello ha adquirido participaciones en el capital de despachos locales que ahora funcionan bajo su marca y que le han dado una importante presencia, sobre todo en América. Sin embargo, no todos los bufetes con deseo...
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