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Bruno Domínguez

Bruno Dominguez is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Barcelona office and head of the Tax practice in Barcelona. He is also a member and has chaired our Wealth Management Practice Steering Committee in the EMEA region. Bruno has been coordinator of the Master of Laws in Taxation at the University of Barcelona, and associate professor at ESADE Business School. He has written several articles and regularly speaks at conferences and seminars on business restructuring, transfer pricing, wealth management and taxation of family businesses. Bruno has extensive experience in tax planning and consultancy. He represents clients faced with tax inspections and court procedures in Spain, and advises family-owned businesses and multinationals with regard to business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, transfer pricing, and cross-border transactions. He has extensive experience in tax planning for high net worth individuals and families, including the structure and ownership of assets, wealth transfer, succession and gift planning, expatriation issues, voluntary disclosure procedures and general estate planning matters, as well as restructuring companies with family capital.

Cristina Duch is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in Barcelona and leader of the EMEA Brand Enforcement & Disputes Practice Group of the Firm. She has significant experience in a wide range of intellectual property matters, with particular emphasis on trademarks, designs, unfair competition and advertisement. She is a member of the Spanish Institute of Chartered Industrial Property Agents. Cristina provides general and contractual advice and handles litigious work before civil, commercial and community courts. In the last several years, she has handled significant contentious cases involving pressing issues for clients in the textile, luxury and consumer goods, food and beverages, internet, technology and electronics sectors, among others.

Fermín Guardiola

Fernando Torrente

Guillermo Rodrigo

Javier Menor leads the Corporate/M&A Practice Group and a partner in Baker McKenzie's Barcelona office. He is also a member of the Firm’s Corporate/M&A, Private Equity and Competition Practices Groups and has 20 years' experience in advising clients in these areas. He is recognized as one of the best lawyers in his field in Spain by the most prestigious directories, including Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers. Javier joined Baker McKenzie in 2015 from an international law firm where he was the co-managing partner of the Barcelona office and a member of the global executive committee, in charge of Corporate/M&A at a global level. Javier has broad experience in advising international and domestic clients in the areas of corporate law, M&A, strategic alliances, private equity and competition. He advises companies operating in different industries including pharma, food and beverage, IT, retail and tourism. He also serves as secretary to the board and legal adviser in several Spanish companies controlled by multinational and domestic groups. He is a professor of Competition Law at ESADE Law School and teaches the international contracts program at the Barcelona Bar Association.

Jorge Adell is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Barcelona office. He obtained his law degree from The University of Barcelona and a Master in Laws from The University of Chicago. He has practiced law in the UK, USA and Spain and has more than 25 years of experience in corporate, M&A, private equity and real estate transactional work. Jorge is professor at ESADE Law School in Barcelona, and serves as secretary to the board and legal advisor in several Spanish and foreign multinational companies. He also acted as in-house lawyer of the Barcelona'92 Olympic Organizing Committee from 1990 to 1992. Jorge has broad experience in advising international and domestic clients in the areas of corporate law, M&A, strategic alliances, private equity and corporate real estate. He advises companies from industries including real estate, food, IT, energy, textiles, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, vehicle components and tourism.

José María Méndez

Juan Pedro Cortés

Juan Pedro is a partner in the area of Criminal Litigation, Compliance & Investigations. His work mainly focuses on providing individuals and companies with advice regarding corporate crime, tax crimes, workers' rights, environmental law, fraud, as well as pre-litigation and preventive advice on criminal law, compliance and internal investigations. In addition, Juan Pedro has extensive experience in international legal cooperation, extraditions and European arrest warrants. Juan Pedro leads Baker McKenzie's Working Group on European Public Prosecution Office and he is a member of its multidisciplinary Cybersecurity and Compliance Team. Juan Pedro is Professor in the Master's program for Access to the Legal Profession at Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICAI-ICADE), and also Professor in the Master's program on Cybercrime at Universidad de la Rioja (UNIR). Juan Pedro joined Baker McKenzie in April 2016. He began his professional career in 2010, as an associate in a law firm specialized in criminal matters. After two years at that firm, he joined the area of Criminal Litigation, Compliance & Investigations at another renowned firm, where he continued in the field of economic crimes for four years, until he joined Baker McKenzie in 2017. Over his professional career, Juan Pedro has participated in numerous highly mediatized cases, both as defender and prosecutor, they include: the Gürtel Case, the "Trama Púnica" case, the case involving collective redundancies in Andalusia, the CaixaNova case, the ZED Case, Bankia's IPO case, the "Operación Libero" case, and the Bandenia case. He has also defended several soccer players in criminal proceedings, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Radamel Falcao, Fabio Coentrao or Ricardo Carvalho. He is a member of the advisory teams for several large multinational firms, such as Amazon, Google, Twitter and Siemens, providing them with counsel on compliance and crime prevention.

Maria Antonia Azpeitia

María Dolores Garayalde

María Dolores Garayalde has extensive experience as a trademark attorney. She is also seasoned in portfolio management, and has represented plaintiffs and defendants in infringement suits and counterfeiting cases before all major courts in Spain. In addition, Ms. Garayalde has authored numerous articles on the legal protection of trademarks, industrial designs and patents. Ms. Garayalde advises clients on trademark matters, unfair competition, copyright, design, patents and advertisement. She also has extensive experience advising on the IP aspects of corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, license agreements, technology transfer and software.

Mireia Sabaté is the managing partner of Baker McKenzie's Barcelona office, a partner in the Employment and Compensation practice in Barcelona and a member of the EMEA Employment Steering Committee of the Firm. She practices mainly in the areas of labor and employment law. Mireia also regularly teaches at universities, having lectured on labor institutions and litigation at ESADE Law School in Barcelona and conducted training on employment termination at ISDE (Higher Education Law and Economic Institute). She teaches courses on social security law at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. She has also provided training in equity law at the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and in the free transfer of employees at the Barcelona Bar Association. Mireia regularly counsels clients on employment relationships (ordinary or special), employment contracts, individual and collective terminations (including top executives), implementing restructuring plans, and designing and negotiating collective bargaining agreements, noncompetition and other typical agreements, labor law issues in connection with due diligence matters, variable compensation plans, stock option plans and codes of conduct. She also focuses on labor litigation, social security matters, risk prevention, diversity law and human resources. She has participated in the design and implementation of a number of internal human resources policies for different clients.

Montserrat Llopart

Montserrat has extensive experience in pharmaceutical and health law, as well as in compliance, contract law, licensing, competition law and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical sector. She is the coordinator of the healthcare practice in the Barcelona office. She assists healthcare companies throughout the life cycle of healthcare products (drugs, IVD and medical devices, combination products, cosmetics and food supplements), from R&D to commercialization and more specifically in the areas of clinical trials (agreements, regulatory procedures, processing of personal data), market access (pricing and reimbursement), products and companies regulations (MA/CE-marking, vigilances, required licenses, product classification, labelling), commercial relations between healthcare industries (distribution, (co)promotion, manufacturing, supply, licensing, partnership agreements), relations with healthcare professionals and/or patients including compliance (anti-gift and transparency laws); communication and advertising, e-health (connected devices, telemedicine, hosting of health data) and product liability. Her practice encompasses both advisory and litigation matters. She also has considerable experience in the drafting of codes of professional ethics and conducting compliance audits, and advising on advertising and promotion of medicines and medical devices, including via the internet, online advertising and social media. Montserrat advises on a wide range of agreements related to the pharmaceutical industry, such as license and distribution agreements, clinical trial agreements, and supply and manufacturing agreements.

Pablo is a technology Senior Associate in Baker McKenzie's IPTech team, based in Madrid. He joined the Firm in 2018 and has over nine years of experience in providing legal advice to national and international clients on a multidisciplinary basis. Pablo's practice covers a broad range of aspects on regulatory, legal policy, product counselling, litigation and technology contracting. Pablo is ranked as an "Associate to watch" by Chambers Europe for TMT: Information Technology - Spain (2023). Pablo's main areas of expertise include tech law, e-commerce, intermediary liability, consumer protection, content moderation, adtech, data protection, cybersecurity, telecom and intellectual property. He practices law with autonomous management capacity and multidisciplinary approach, and strives to tailor advice to the client needs. Pablo regularly acts for clients in the digital space based on solid legal and industry knowledge. For example, Pablo has led complex content moderation litigation, including a precedent settling case in the Spanish Supreme Court. He also provides ongoing assistance on data protection and cybersecurity to clients in various industries, such as TMT, retail, healthcare and finance. His cybersecurity incident response experience includes advising clients in +20 incidents.

Paloma Martínez-Lage

Paloma Alcón is a Team Leader in the Real Estate Law Department of Baker McKenzie Madrid. She has more than 14 years of experience advising national and international funds in complex transactions involving the acquisition, sale, lease and construction of real estate assets, including logistics, commercial, residential, healthcare, student housing, and offices. Prior to joining the Firm, Paloma developed her career in multilateral organizations and international firms, including the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C., Unibail-Rodamco and Deloitte. She combines her practice with a solid academic background. Paloma has completed graduate studies at Georgetown University (LL.M.) and IE Business School. Paloma is recognized for her strategic vision, her ability to manage in demanding environments and her results-oriented approach. Clients and colleagues highlight her closeness, commitment and deep knowledge of the real estate market. She has also been recognized in the Legal 500 directory as a Leading Associate in the Real Estate department (2025). Paloma Alcón focuses her practice area on real estate law, advising national and international funds and investors in transactions involving the acquisition and transfer of real estate assets and companies, financing, sale and lease back, legal due diligence processes and regularization of the legal and registry status of real estate and assets, as well as real estate leasing and construction contracts.

Patricia Pérez

Patricia Perez joined the Information Technology & Communications Department of Baker & McKenzie in Madrid in 2013. Her prior experience includes working at national law firms in the Corporate and Intellectual Property and Information Technology departments. Patricia provides legal advice on a wide range of issues to international and national clients, including advising on data protection, privacy, consumer protection and telecommunications' issues, drafting and negotiating license and outsourcing agreements and assisting in proceedings before the regulatory authorities. Patricia has experience, among others, in data protection and privacy in: alignment projects, including to the GDPR; data protection audits and provision of training to employees on data protection compliance; day-to-day assistance with special focus on international data protection matters and assistance to the DPO; assistance in the management of personal data breaches involving multiple jurisdictions and notification filings before the Spanish Data Protection Authority; and assistance in the enforcement actions and management of the sanctioning proceedings.

Rossanna D'Onza