I have extensive experience in advising and defending national and international clients in civil and commercial litigation before the courts of justice and arbitration tribunals.

My practice also focuses on insolvency advice, both for clients in situation of insolvency and as creditors, and I also act as insolvency administrator.

I began my professional career at Uría Menéndez, where I worked for eleven years. After working as Counsel at Toda & Nel-lo and being appointed Head of the Insolvency Law Department, I joined the Litigation and Insolvency Department at Garrigues. Before founding PARS, I worked as a Director at Andersen.

Main areas of practice and expertise

‍‍I am specialised in Litigation, Arbitration, Restructuring and Insolvency. In particular, I have experience in the following areas:

• Advising on general private law issues, especially in Contract Law.
• Civil and commercial litigation on contractual matters and directors' liability.
• Advising financial institutions on enforcement proceedings of security interests and personal guarantees for the recovery of credits, credit portfolios sale and purchase, and proceedings on the validity and fulfilment of banking contracts.
• General advice in insolvency proceedings, including restructuring, defending the interests of creditors, the insolvent company or individual and its directors in the context of incidents, clawback or liability actions and sales of production units. I also act as insolvency administrator.
• General advice in arbitration proceedings.
• Strategic, global and comprehensive advice on the client's interests in in and out-of-court scenarios.

Academic background

• Degree in Law, Ramon Llull University - ESADE, 2003-2008.
• Master in Business Law (MD), Ramon Llull University - ESADE, 2007-2008.
• PhD courses, University of Lleida, 2008-2010.
• Diploma of Advanced Studies, research proficiency in Procedural Law, University of Lleida, 2009-2010.

Publications

• Doing Business 2014 to 2020. World Bank, et al. Washington, DC: World Bank.
• The death of the party's expert during the course of ordinary proceedings. La Ley, no. 9236, 2018.
• Clawback action brought against certain agreements reached prior to insolvency proceedings. La Ley-Wolters Kluwer, 2018.
• The enforcement of security interests in the context of insolvency proceedings. VIII Spanish Congress on Insolvency Law. Aranzadi, 2016.
• Procedural aspects of consumer arbitration with regard to small amount oral proceedings and debt claims. Studies on consumer arbitration. Aranzadi, 2011.

Teaching activity

• Associate lecturer at Pompeu Fabra University teaching Insolvency Law.
• Regular participation as a visiting scholar teaching Civil Procedural Law and Arbitration at: (i) University of Barcelona (UB); (ii) University of Lleida (UdL); and (iii) Public University of Navarra (UPNA).

Fellowships

• Member of the Barcelona Bar Association (no. 33,428).
• Registered in the Register of Insolvency Administrators of the Barcelona Bar Association (no. 1,049).

Acknowledgements

• First Prize in the 1st Edition of Research Works of the Catalan Association of Judicial and Forensic Experts within the framework of the European Congress of Judicial Expertise.
• First Prize in the IX Edition of Research Works of the Catalan Association of Judicial and Forensic Experts.
• The Best Lawyers in Spain 2021 – 2024 lists.