Industrial

With more than 25 years of professional practice, he collaborates with the areas of Litigation and Arbitration, Restructuring and M&A and Corporate and Commercial, in particular, in shareholders disputes and other corporate matters.

He has taken many specialization courses regarding Arbitration and Corporate and Commercial Law. Among those the Superior Course of Arbitration by the CIAMEN in collaboration with the CIARB (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) in London and the Managers Training Program in IESE Business School (PDG 2016). He also completed the Erasmus Program at the University of Bologna (Italy).

He is member of the Spanish Club of Arbitration and of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration in London (CIARB). Furthermore, he is arbitrator of the European Association of Arbitration and the Arbitral Court of Barcelona. Likewise, he is member of the IBA.

He is specialized in Corporate Law and M&A (acquisition of companies, joint ventures, mergers and restructuring operations), business contracts (sale and purchase, supply of products or services, distribution or agency contracts, franchise, etc.) and Real Estate Law.

Likewise, he is Secretary of the Board of Directors of many companies, providing legal advice and compliance. He is a member of the Barcelona’s Bar Association since 2001.

Expert in commercial law, advising on acquisition processes and corporate restructuring operations from their initial analysis to their execution. Extensive experience in the contractual area, from drafting, negotiation and resolution of all types of commercial contracts with national and international imolicatons. Out-of-court negotiation of corporate conflicts. She holds the position of Secretary in several corporate companies and acts as legal advisor for the companies daily management and for the challenges that arise in sectors such as industrial, transport, logistics, real estate, health and e-commerce.

Founder of BPV, with more than 20 years of experience in commercial and procedural law, he offers advice to companies and groups of companies both nationally and internationally.

He specialises in advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial law, corporate restructuring, shareholder agreements, capital increases, liquidation and winding-up procedures, sales of companies, contract law and ongoing commercial advice to multinational groups and family offices.

He holds the position of Secretary of the Board of Directors at a number of companies, as well as different entities in various sectors of activity.

Javier has developed his professional career for more than 30 years, both as in-house counsel (in a family office and a company in the real estate sector) and in various law firms.

In his professional practice, he advises on real estate asset acquisition transactions and their subsequent profitability optimization, as well as in divestment processes. He also provides ongoing advisory services in the client’s business development, primarily in the real estate development sector.

He is involved in corporate transactions and serves as secretary to the board of directors in companies from various sectors, where he also offers advice on diverse matters related to their respective businesses.

Esteban has over 25 years of experience in civil and commercial litigation, with a particular focus on disputes involving corporate conflicts (challenging corporate resolutions, shareholder disputes, and liability actions), commercial contracts (such as distribution and agency agreements), and, notably, disputes arising in the fields of construction, engineering, and real estate development.

He also advises companies on their day-to-day commercial contracting matters, including collaboration agreements (agency and distribution), service provision, and, especially, issues related to construction, engineering, and real estate development, as well as negotiation and conflict resolution.

Additionally, he provides counsel in real estate asset purchase transactions, particularly in acquiring land for the development of logistics projects.

His practice encompasses both strategic and preventive advice, as well as legal representation for national and international clients in resolving civil and commercial disputes.

He has been appointed as an arbitrator by the Madrid Arbitration Courts and the distinguished Madrid Bar Association.

With more than 20 years of professional practice, Manuel is the Partner in charge of the Digital Area at BPV and collaborates with the M&A and Innovation Areas.

His expertise includes Intellectual Property, Outsourcing, Technology Contracting and M&A Tech, as well as advising international and local start-ups. He also has a long track record in Data Protection as Data Protection Officer (DPO) and in advising on digital business for different sectors, where he is a renowned expert.

Prior to heading the Digital Practice Area at BPV, Manuel worked for multinational service companies such as Ernst & Young, international law firms such as Fieldfisher, consulting firms such as Crowe as well as IP/IT and M&A Corporate boutiques, both on the legal and transactional side. Prior to practicing law, he was an entrepreneur in the ICT sector.

Lawyer and Social Graduate with more than 20 years experience.

He carries out his professional activity in BPV's Employment Law Department, covering all areas, primarily in employment and social security law consultancy and advice, including negotiation and employment of all types of workers under any areas of the Law including the Civil Service. He specialises in all type of legal
proceedings in employment cases, individual and collective bargaining, working conditions, restructuring and company organisation procedures.

He is an expert in Labour Force Adjustment Plan and Furlough in all its areas, whether suspension of employment contracts, reduction on working hours, and/or termination of employment contracts (procedure of collective dismissal), sanctioning proceedings of Labour and Social Security Inspections, the General Treasury of the Social Security or National Institute of Social Security, both in administrative, as well as in judicial proceedings. He also acts as advisor to bankruptcy proceedings or legal adviser to the insolvent party in this type of bankruptcy proceedings.

Lawyer specialized in Labor Law and Social Security with extensive experience in corporate counseling in the framework of large companies of national scope. Actively participating both in the gearing of the various departments of Human Resources (HR) in all its contingent and interpretative scenario, as well as especially in the execution of all types of disciplinary and termination procedures within the framework of the employment relationship. He also provides contractual advice within the scope and special regime of Senior Management.

Likewise, he has a special relationship with the scope of collective bargaining in all its breadth, and this before Employment Regulation Files, temporary and termination, as well as in the aspect of management and negotiation with the legal representation of the workers, including in substantial modification of working conditions files.

Due to his experience, he develops specific advice on Social Security matters, in all matters related to remuneration structures, as well as the interpretation of the applicable sectorial regulations, together with the analysis of corporate frameworks of mercantile relations and assimilated to the general regime of workers. Being recurrent his incorporation to the labor legal analysis teams of the Due Diligence procedures of the specialized practice developed.

She has more than 20 years of experience in providing legal advice to national and multinational companies. She specializes in commercial law, corporate law (shareholder agreements, statutory amendments), M&A (structural modifications and corporate restructuring), and commercial contracting (sale and purchase agreements, distribution, and service contracts).

Javier has over 18 years of experience providing legal advice to national and multinational companies.
He specializes in Civil and Commercial Procedural Law and in the resolution of both judicial and extrajudicial disputes.
He has participated in numerous proceedings in front of Spanish Courts and Tribunals in the civil and commercial fields, involving claims for payment, construction defects, interpretation, compliance, non-compliance, and termination of all types of contracts, including purchase, supply, distribution, and agency agreements. He has also handled claims for client indemnities, lease disputes, non-contractual liability, damage claims arising from competition law infringements, shareholder rights (such as the right to information and the right to withdrawal), evictions, and the enforcement of judicial and non-judicial titles.