Ramón y Cajal Abogados

Litigation, arbitration and insolvency

Partner

Pedro is a partner in the Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Crime area of the Barcelona office. He joined Ramón y Cajal Abogados in 2012, after working for two years with JAUSÀS and for 10 with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo. Pedro has extensive experience in civil procedure and insolvency law. Within these areas he has worked on a wide range of projects, including construction law, competition law, agency and distribution agreements and the liability of directors in corporations.

Pedro also has a solid background in White-Collar Crime law, especially regarding criminal liability of corporations and the implementation of corporate compliance programmes, in addition to the fields of tax and corporate offences as well as crimes and offences against public property.

His work is largely international: he has participated in numerous proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of foreign court rulings and decisions in Spain, as well as in many arbitration proceedings.

Catalan, English, German, French, Italian

Barcelona Bar Association (Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona).

Master in Business Law and International Law, ESADE. Law Degree, ESADE.

Teaching:

Conference on “Corporate criminal liability” at the Corporación Radio y Televisión Española (CRTVE)- 21 June 2018. Workshop on “Criminal Liability and Compliance Programmes”. Course on Admission to the Bar, ISDE, 27 April 2016. Conference on “Corporate criminal liability and directors’ liability in the amendment of the Criminal Code. Preventive control measures of companies”. 19 June 2014 (in conjunction with Foment del Treball Nacional). Conference on “The reform of company liability provisions. Preventive control measures of companies”. 13 March 2014 (Hotel Hilton, Ramón y Cajal). Conferences on the “Criminal liability of companies. New crimes in the corporate sector”: 17 November 2010, 15 December 2010 (in conjunction with ESADE), 27 January 2011 (in conjunction with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Barcelona) and 3 February 2011 (in conjunction with the British Chamber of Commerce in Barcelona). “The Hague Abduction Convention and the wrongfully removed child”- Conference at the International Bar Association (IBA) - Madrid, 6 October 2009. Master’s Degree in Legal Practice of the Universidad de Barcelona: “Documentation Forgeries”- 28 April 2008. In-house workshops at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Barcelona: “Liability of Company Directors” (27 February 2008) and “Small Claims Proceedings” (5 February 2007).