Lawyers in Spain

Alfonso González-Espejo

Counsel / Head of Public Law

Ashurst LLP

Alfonso Gutiérrez Hernández

Uría Menéndez

Alfonso Gómez-Acebo

Partner

Cuatrecasas

Alfonso Iglesia

Partner

Cuatrecasas

Alfonso Reina

Partner

Cuatrecasas

Alfonso Ventoso

Uría Menéndez

Alfredo Aspra

Alfredo Aspra is managing partner of the Firm, where he leads a team of more than 45 professionals in Spain, located in the Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville offices. Alfredo has more than 23 years of experience in the profession and specializes in advising national and international companies operating in both the private and public sectors in the practice of labour and employment law. Within the field of labour law, he is also an expert in: - Restructuring, Collective Dismissal Proceedings, Restructuring in Bankruptcy Proceedings, Layoffs, Plant Closures, and Deconcentration of production (transfer of companies, outsourcing and subcontracting of activities). - Negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, company agreements, substantial modifications of working conditions, internal flexibility mechanisms, arbitration agreements, unfair labour practices. - Litigation. Non competes, privacy, senior executives, injunctions, employee handbooks, employment policies, investigations, unfair dismissals. - Definition of legal mechanisms in complex issues of special business transcendence of collective character, building and drafting the corresponding agreement. - Advice on union law, electoral processes, strikes, discrimination, labour disputes, complaints and arbitration, defamation, warn act. Alfredo Aspra is a well-known professional in the labour law sector. He is a "go to" lawyer for the most difficult and complex issues that arise in Spain.

LABORMATTERS ABOGADOS

Alfredo Barona

Banking and finance partner, Alfredo Barona has a strong track record in this sector. His practice covers many areas within the banking and finance sector, such as corporate finance, asset finance, project finance, real estate finance, and restructurings. In recent years, Alfredo has led some of the major deals in the Spanish financial sector.

Hogan Lovells Spain

Alfredo Cabellos

Alfredo is a Partner in the Asset Finance Group. He is a transport sector specialist, with extensive expertise in ship, aviation and rail finance. He advises both domestic and international financial institutions, lessors, shipowners and airlines on a wide variety of matters including tax-driven structured transactions (Spanish tax leases and operating leases) and export finance. He also advises several aircraft and helicopter lessors in a variety of structures involving Spanish lessees. Alfredo is experienced in advising on the financing of port terminals, ship arrest, regulatory matters, aircraft repossession and arbitrations relating to ship building contract disputes.

Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Alfredo Lafita

Alfredo Lafita is an expert in M&A transactions, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, capital markets and private equity transactions. He advises multinationals on issuances and placements of securities, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder agreements, purchase agreements and corporate restructurings.

Pérez-Llorca

Alfredo de Lorenzo

Alfredo specialises in capital markets, structured products, derivatives and distressed debt (acquisitions and disposals of secured and unsecured NPL portfolios). Alfredo is the Head of the Financial Markets practice in Spain. He advises investment banks, commercial banks and corporates on a variety of large transactions, such as debt issues, MTN and ECP Programmes, repackagings, securitisations and other complex structure finance transactions. He is a recognised practitioner, with extensive expertise in advising issuers/arrangers and institutional investors on a wide range of financings. He also advises hedge funds on the acquisition and disposal of secured and unsecured NPL portfolios. His knowledge of the Spanish market and understanding of its clients business allow him to create strategic legal solutions to its clients. Alfredo is dual qualified, he was admitted as a lawyer in Spain in 1997 and as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1998. This dual qualification gives him a competitive strength in the market through his rare capability in offering advice to the firm’s clients with interests in Spain, the UK and the US.

Simmons & Simmons

Alicia Fole

Alicia, Senior Associate in Kennedys' office in Madrid, is an expert in Civil Liability, specialising in casualty, PI (in particular, medical malpractice, architects, lawyers and court clerks, and engineers) and product liability. Skilled in the art of negotiation and practised in court appearances, she handles both contentious and non-contentious matters for local and international insurers. She is experienced in acting as TPA for London Market insurers, international insurance companies and MGAs that underwrite policies in Spain, managing the bordereaux and handling the claims from their receipt to their final resolution including the assessment on coverage and the insured’s and/or the insurer’s defence. Alicia frequently handles the revision, interpretation and adaptation of insurance policies to Spanish law. Being a dual qualified lawyer allows her a wider global vision of the policies, as she is aware of the intricacies of the law both in Spain and in England and Wales. As part of her activity, Alicia is a regular speaker at local and international seminars to discuss insurance trends and to explain the Spanish legal system to foreign underwriters and claims managers, as well as helping to promote and develop diversity and inclusion in the insurance market.

Kennedys

Alicia Franch

Alicia Franch is Team Leader in both the Dispute Resolution, Corporate Crime area and Compliance area at Baker McKenzie since September 2015. Previously, Alicia also worked in her same areas of expertise in other law firms. She has also worked as a professor in different law firms and colleges as well. Working as a lawyer on many types of proceedings (extraditions, European Arrest Warrants, proceedings before the European Public Prosecutor's Office and Spanish criminal proceedings) and undertaking work regarding corporate compliance. Experience in drafting and filing all sorts of criminal complaints and appeals, cross-examination of witnesses and defendants and attendance to oral trials and expert ratifications. Specialized in White Collar Crimes, such as crimes against the Public Treasury and Social Security, European Union subsidies fraud, crimes against the property, misappropriation, fraud, unlawful administration, bribery, fraudulent insolvencies, crimes against the environment, crimes against historical heritage, labor accidents, and felonies against the Public Administration, among others. Within Baker McKenzie's Criminal Law department, Alicia Franch plays a key role in handling complex and high-profile cases, particularly in the area of economic and corporate crime. Her practice encompasses a wide range of criminal proceedings, including extraditions, European Arrest Warrants, and domestic litigation, where she is known for her strategic litigation skills and procedural precision. Alicia frequently advises on corporate compliance frameworks, helping clients mitigate legal risks and align with regulatory standards. Her work is especially focused on offenses such as tax evasion, subsidy fraud, and crimes involving public administration and corporate governance. She is also deeply involved in trial advocacy, from drafting and filing criminal complaints to conducting cross-examinations and managing expert witness testimony. Her practice reflects a strong integration of legal rigor and practical insight, particularly in cases involving environmental liability, labor-related offenses, and protection of cultural heritage.

Baker McKenzie

Alicia Herrador Muñoz

Partner of Augusta Abogados Alicia’s professional activity is centred on civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. She advises on matters regarding termination and/or interpretation of civil and commercial contracts, banking advice, corporate conflict, company valuations, administrator responsibility, unfair competition, implementation of works, etc., for companies and for individuals, both local and international, and conducts litigation proceedings before courts of law and arbitration tribunals. She has extensive experience in legal advice to companies in crisis and has taken part in a number of the leading insolvency proceedings in Catalonia and in several production unit purchase processes for companies going through insolvency proceedings.

Augusta Abogados

Alicia Maddio

Alicia joined Pérez-Llorca in 2019 after completing an internship at the firm during her Master’s in Legal Practice. Before that, she worked at a prestigious international law firm.

Pérez-Llorca

Almudena Arpón de Mendívil

Partner. Head of TMT.

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Almudena Medina Rodríguez

Partner and Lawyer in Tax Law Department

Ceca Magán Abogados

Alvaro Bertrán

Partner.

Ramón y Cajal Abogados

Alvaro Martin Talavera

Partner

SLJ Abogados

Amado Giménez Bono

Partner and Lawyer in the Banking and Finance Department.

Ceca Magán Abogados

Amador Rodríguez

Associate

Cuatrecasas

Ana Almendros

Senior Lawyer

Muñoz Arribas Abogados S.L.P.

Ana Alós

Uría Menéndez

Ana Castedo

Partner

Hogan Lovells Spain