Mr Jaime Fernández Cortés > Augusta Abogados > Barcelona, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Augusta Abogados
Vía Augusta 252, 4ª - 08017 Barcelona
08034 BARCELONA
Spain

Work Department


Practice Area: Procedural and arbitration
Sector: Aviation

Position

Partner of Augusta Abogados
  • He assumes the direction of disputes in any legal situation, both before the courts and any arbitration panel, and in any instance of the conflict, whether in court or out of court.
  • His activity covers the strategy and defense of domestic and foreign clients involved in disputes concerning corporate matters, private international law, transport, competition law and intellectual property law, bankruptcy proceedings, real estate law, agency and distribution and shareholders’ conflicts.

Career

Experience

  • He started his professional career at Cuatrecasas in June 1999. He collaborated with the firm until joining Rodés & Sala in May 2003, where he took responsibility for the litigation department, as a partner, until 2008.
  • He is a founding partner of AUGUSTA ABOGADOS.
  • “Recommended firm” and “leading practicioner” in the main legal international directories (“Legal 500“, “Chambers Europe “).
  • “40 under 40” award by “Iberian Lawyer” magazine (2011).
  • PADE – IESE Business School (2016).

Publications & Conferences

  • He has collaborated with newspapers and other publications concerning commercial disputes and bankruptcy proceedings.
  • He co-authored the Handbook of International Procedural law “International Civil Procedure” (2003).
  • He has participated as a speaker at numerous conferences in various institutions: Instituto de Empresa, Barcelona BAR Association, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ISDE, IFAES, Latin American Air Transport Association.

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Catalan

Memberships

  • Admitted to the Barcelona Bar Association (1999).
  • Admitted to the Madrid Bar Association (2017).

Education

  • Law Degree from University Pompeu Fabra (1998).
  • Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Barcelona (1999).

Lawyer Rankings

Spain > Transport: Other transport

(Leading partners)

Jaime Fernández CortésAugusta Abogados

‘Personalised attention, high availability and adjustment to the client’s real needs’ are the calling cards of the group at Augusta Abogados. Areas of expertise for the team include aircraft sale, lease and finance transactions, repossessions in insolvency scenarios and the handling of air passenger claims. Domestic and international airlines, helicopter operators and financial institutions routinely look to the practice group for support. Leadership is shared between ‘outstanding professional’ Sergi Giménez and Jaime Fernández Cortés. Giménez specialises in aviation and M&A transactions; Fernández Cortés, for his part, focuses on passenger claims. David Castaño left the firm in March 2024 for an in-house position.