Practice areas

Business law

Legal support for business activity, from day-to-day operations to disputes.

Business activity raises legal questions at every turn, from a contract about to be signed to a board decision or a debt that is never paid. I support SMEs, family businesses and their directors in that routine and, above all, when things get complicated.

It is almost always cheaper to prevent than to litigate, so I put weight on early guidance and on reading a contract before it is signed, while the dispute can still be anticipated.

When a dispute comes anyway, I handle it with the discipline of a large firm and the closeness of a small one, and you deal with me directly.

Matters I handle

Commercial contracts

I negotiate, draft and review the contracts the business rests on (sale and purchase, distribution, services, confidentiality). They are better thought through before signing than argued over later.

Company law

From incorporation and shareholders' agreements to general meetings and management bodies, disputes between shareholders, share transfers and restructurings, I cover the life of the company. When a shareholder dispute also has a criminal side, I explain how the two fit together in the guide on shareholder disputes and director liability.

Insolvency and pre-insolvency

When financial pressure builds I work on restructuring plans, pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings, and the sooner you act, the more options remain on the table.

Claims against financial institutions

I handle claims over complex banking products, unfair terms and financing, and pursue the recovery of amounts wrongly charged both out of court and in court.

The line with criminal law

Before acting I check the applicable rules and case law against their source, watch the deadlines and map out the strategy.

The line with criminal law is never far from a business matter (breach of fiduciary duty under article 252 of the Spanish Criminal Code, or the punishable insolvencies of articles 259 to 261). Keeping it in view from the outset avoids unpleasant surprises, and it is one of the advantages of also handling white-collar crime myself.

What I put in your hands is work you can verify, with reasoning you can follow and sources you can check for yourself.

See how I work

Guides on this practice area

Each guide takes one specific situation further, with the rules and deadlines that govern it.

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