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The Dispute Resolution Department of Andersen advises on all types of proceedings in civil and commercial matters, at all levels and before all courts.
Our litigation practice covers a broad range of issues, including commercial and contractual disputes, construction, real estate, financial disputes, commercial agency agreements, distribution and supply, and contractual and extra-contractual civil liability.
We seek efficient out-of-court solutions. However, we have extensive experience in litigation at all levels of the Spanish judicial system and in national and international arbitration proceedings defending our clients’ interests as and when necessary.
We also advise distressed companies, as well as banks and other creditors in relation to all insolvency issues, including pre-insolvency corporate restructuring.
Our professionals are also specialized in white collar crime, corporate criminal responsibility, money laundering, environmental crimes and intellectual property infringements, among other issues.
Areas of specialization
- Commercial litigation (banking, M&A, construction and real estate, and general commercial litigation).
- Competition and employment disputes.
- Corporate compliance.
- International arbitration.
- Insolvency and restructuring.
- Pre-insolvency restructuring of companies and bankruptcy proceedings.
- Proceedings related to financial and environmental crimes.
- White collar crimes.
Professionals
Publications
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Civil Procedure Manual | October 2025 | Publications | International Arbitration | LitigationAndersen's European Litigation and Arbitration practice presents the first edition of its Civil Procedure Manual. -
Newsletter Litigation and Arbitration Europe: Dispute in Construction Contract | Publications | International Arbitration | LitigationOur latest Litigation and Arbitration Newsletter is now available -
Andersen appoints five new Professional Partners and three new Partners | News | Tax | Employment Law and Social Security | Corporate Law and M&A | Litigation | Public and Regulatory LawFederico Belausteguigoitia, Pedro Rubio and Miguel Prado are the new Quota Partners -
Andersen strengthens its presence in Chambers with 12 departments and 23 recognized professionals | News | Corporate Compliance | Culture, Sports & Entertainment | Tax | Real Estate | Employment Law and Social Security | Corporate Law and M&A | Litigation | Public and Regulatory Law | Urban Planning and Environmental Law | Energy | Environment and SustainabilityThe Firm incorporates four areas to the ranking: Energy, Venture Capital, Real Estate and TMT: Media; and also adds three new professionals among those recognized: José Vicente Morote, César Morales and José Miguel López. -
Litigation and Arbitration Newsletter | October 2024 | Publications | International Arbitration | LitigationThis edition highlights the benefits of mediation as a collaborative alternative to traditional litigation -
Litigation and Arbitration Newsletter March | Publications | LitigationAndersen's Litigation and Arbitration Service Line presents their most recent newsletter: Digitization of proceedings conducted before EU Courts -
Litigation & Arbitration | Andersen Europe Newsletter | Publications | International Arbitration | LitigationA guide to enforcing foreign court judgments across various Jurisdictions -
Chambers Global 2023 recommends Andersen in the areas of Dispute Resolution, Corporate and M&A and International Law Firm in Cuba | News | International Arbitration | Cuban Desk | Corporate Law and M&A | LitigationThe guide highlights Andersen in the areas of Dispute Resolution, Corporate and M&A and in General Business Law as an International Firm in Cuba -
Litigation & Arbitration Service Line Newsletter: Rebus sic stantibus and force majeure clause | Publications | International Arbitration | LitigationAndersen´s European Litigation & Arbitration Newsletter is dedicated to an extraordinary change in economic relations -
Andersen incorporates Óscar Arredondo as Partner to strengthen the Litigation practice in Barcelona | News | LitigationThis new addition is a further step in Andersen's commitment to the development, at the highest level, of its law firm in Catalonia -
Andersen strengthens its position in Chambers with eight departments and 15 leading professionals in the Chambers Europe 2022 ranking | News | Corporate Compliance | Culture, Sports & Entertainment | Banking and Finance | Tax | Employment Law and Social Security | Corporate Law and M&A | Litigation | Public and Regulatory Law | Urban Planning and Environmental Law | Environment and Sustainability | Restructuring and InsolvencyThe 2021 edition of Chambers & Partners highlights the firm in the areas of Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment and Tax and, for the first time, Public Law, Planning, Corporate Compliance and Environment -
Andersen climbs the rankings of Chambers Global 2022 | News | Cuban Desk | Corporate Law and M&A | LitigationThe international guide highlights the areas of Dispute Resolution and Corporate / M&A and includes for the first time in the ranking Ignacio Aparicio in Corporate/M&A, who also repeats as Foreign Expert in Cuba, Miguel Prado in Financial Regulation and Luis Cortezo in Dispute Resolution, an area in which Íñigo Rodríguez-Sastre and Elena Sevila are again recognised -
Andersen Incorporates Pablo Doñate to Strengthen its Litigation and Arbitration practice in Madrid | News | International Arbitration | LitigationDoñate joins the litigation department, which has more than 50 professionals in the Madrid office -
Chambers and Partners 2022 Litigation Guide: Spain | News | LitigationChambers and Partners publishes its new Litigation Guide for the year 2022, which includes a section on litigation practice in Spain, developed by the firm's team -
Cybersecurity: new paradigm in the world of arbitration | News | Cybersecurity | LitigationThe COVID-19 pandemic has increased the digitalization and remote processing of arbitration proceedings, Vicente Moret, Íñigo Rodríguez-Sastre and Elena Sevila analyze in Wolters Kluwer the new regulations and protocols in this new context -
Digital transformation and IT challenges: a cybersecurity roadmap for companies | News | Cybersecurity | LitigationJosé Vicente Morote, Vicente Moret and Benjamín Prieto, together with José Miguel Roseell (S2 Grupo), Paco Gavilán (CICV) and Joaquín Membrado (CICV) participated in an innovative breakfast in which they debated on the legal obligations for organisations and companies in the new digital era. -
Andersen in Spain Promotes Four New Partners, the Firm's Highest Number to Date | News | International Arbitration | Corporate Compliance | Anti-Trust Law and European Union Law | Corporate Law and M&A | Litigation | Privacy, IT & Digital BusinessThe firm has approved the appointment of Rocío Gil, Isabel Martínez Moriel, Elena Sevila and Jaime Aguilar as Partners, reinforcing the firm’s commitment to talent and the projection of its professionals in positions of responsibility -
Andersen improves its ranking in The Legal 500 with nine top areas and new individual recognitions | News | Agrifood | International Arbitration | Banking and Finance | Tax | Real Estate | Employment Law and Social Security | Corporate Law and M&A | Litigation | Public and Regulatory Law | Restructuring and InsolvencyThe firm is ranked in the "Industry focus: Food" area and Ignacio Aparicio is included as Leading Individual in the "Corporate, Commercial and M&A" area. -
Chambers Europe 2021: Andersen strengthens its position with new top professionals in international directory ranking | News | Tax | Employment Law and Social Security | Corporate Law and M&A | LitigationThe 2021 edition of Chambers & Partners recognises the firm in Dispute Resolution, Corporate/M&A, Employment and Tax and highlights for the first time Carlos Peña in Planning, Javier Bustillo in Venture Capital and Elena Sevila in Dispute Resolution -
Companies that manage essential services will be obliged to have an Information Security Officer | News | LitigationVicente Moret analyses the new features of the new regulation, which among others, imposes the directive figure of the Information Security Manager, during a webinar of ISACA Madrid Chapter and the Spanish Alliance for Security and Crisis (aesYc) -
86% of Spanish companies lack a cybersecurity culture | News | Cybersecurity | LitigationVicente Moret explains that the new Royal Decree that implements RD-Law 12/2018, "may be the missing piece that obliged companies to adopt a large number of internal organisational measures" in Confilegal. -
Key points of the new cybersecurity regulatory framework | Publications | Cybersecurity | LitigationWith reference to Royal Decree 43/2021, of 26th January, implementing Royal Decree-Law 12/2018, of 7th September, on the security of information networks and systems -
On the suspension of eviction procedures | Publications | LitigationAnalysis of the most relevant issues in the field of housing and their impact on eviction procedures due to non-payment or expiry of the contractual period and due to precariousness -
Cybersecurity is gaining ground in the economy: One in two companies considers it strategic for their business | News | Cybersecurity | LitigationVicente Moret analyzes the importance of the digital initiatives that companies are adopting -
'Connected car' and cybersecurity: present and future | News | Cybersecurity | LitigationVicente Moret and Carlos Rodríguez explain that the automotive industry has to prepare and adopt strategies that comply with the numerous legal rules that make up the regulatory framework for cyber security at European and national level in order to avoid economic, legal and commercial consequences that can be triggered by a cyber attack -
The new EU security strategy | News | LitigationIn Expansión, Vicente Moret analyses the European Union's new security strategy, which aims to ensure the rights and lives of European citizens -
In two months the Law on Passenger Control for the Fight against Terrorism and Organised Crime will be in force | News | LitigationVicente Moret explains that this regulation will help national security since the information will be very controlled and will have a lot of traceability, in Confilegal -
Telefónica acquires Govertis and strengthens its position in the cybersecurity sector | News | Cybersecurity | LitigationVicente Moret analyses the adaptation of companies to the new European regulatory framework that will soon be approved in the field of cybersecurity -
Reconsidering the benefits of the bankruptcy law | News | LitigationJavier Mata says that any sanctioning component must be removed from the universal process -
Artificial intelligence and legal certainty: an unavoidable necessity | News | LitigationVicente Moret analyses how IA-based systems are massively affecting our lives and generating many uncertainties that must be clarified in an adequate regulatory and ethical framework to regulate it -
Mediation in COVID-19 times: A lost opportunity? | News | LitigationIñigo Rodríguez-Sastre analyzes Law 5/2012, of July 6, on Mediation in Civil and Commercial Matters -
Recovery Plan: an opportunity for Europe's digital transformation | COVID-19 | News | LitigationVicente Moret analyses the plan which aims to strengthen Europe's competitiveness, resilience and position as a global player -
Intrusiveness in the implementation of Compliance Programs | News | LitigationBenjamín Prieto and Elena Aupí analyse what skills a professional who prepares a Compliance Program must possess and explain that lack of such skills can turn the person who prepares it into a real intruder in the field in Diario la ley -
The COVID-19 health crisis: Impact on and implications for the Spanish Insurance Sector | COVID-19 | Litigation -
Analysis and first assessments of the 28th April Royal Decree-Law 16/2020, on procedural and organisational measures to deal with Covid-19 in the scope of the Administration of Justice | COVID-19 | LitigationRegarding 28th April Royal Decree Law 16/2020 on procedural and organisational measures to deal with COVID-19 in the area of the administration of justice -
Evolution of the regulation of the amounts paid on payments during the construction of houses | News | LitigationActions that assist those who deliver amounts on account from October 7th 2005 to October 7th 2015 expire on October 7th 2020 -
Analysis of the normative proposal of the General Council of the Judiciary to the Ministry of Justice in order to raise the state of alert and reactivate legal operators in the civil sector | News | LitigationAnalysis of the content and purpose of the proposals made by the Permanent Commission of the GPCJ regarding the measure of a general nature and those affecting the civil judicial order -
Digital tools and pandemics | News | LitigationVicente Moret analyses the Ministerial Order published on March 28th in the BOE, which promotes the development of various actions in digital matters for the management of the health crisis -
Europe's vision of the digital society: “Shaping Europe’s Digital Future” announcement | News | LitigationVicente Moret analyses the documents published by the European Commission that set out the European Union's (EU) strategic priorities in the digital domain -
Cybersecurity and health; a reflection in times of crisis | COVID-19 | News | Cybersecurity | LitigationVicente Moret and José Miguel Soriano analyse cybersecurity in institutions and companies that are responsible for health management -
Identity checking threatens digital economy | News | LitigationVicente Moret and José Miguel Soriano analyse the reasons why digital disruption has become one of the biggest changes -
The lifting of limitations on the presentation of documents by telematic means | COVID-19 | Litigation13th April 2020 Decision by the Minister of Justice and the Permanent Commission of the General Council of the Judiciary of adapting the provision of public justice services to Royal Decree 487/2020
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Suspension of contracts due to COVID-19: not everything is valid | COVID-19 | News | LitigationContractual obligations should be examined on a case-by-case basis to determine whether compliance could be suspended because of COVID-19. The special situation of tour operators -
New measures on leases, mortgage debts and consumer protection measures in relation to COVID-19 adopted by Royal Decree Law 11/2020 | COVID-19 | LitigationRoyal Decree-Law 11/2020, of 31 March, adopting additional urgent measures in the social and economic field to deal with COVID-19 -
Coronavirus and cybersecurity | News | Cybersecurity | LitigationVicente Moret analyses cybersecurity in the light of the COVID-19 declaration of alarm -
Practical questions on leases and eviction procedures during the COVID-19 health crisis | COVID-19 | LitigationRegarding the Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 on urgent extraordinary measures to deal with the economic and social impact of COVID-19 -
The suspension of all judicial machinery and activity: A headache for courts | News | LitigationIn Confilegal Luis Cortezo analyses the procedural deadlines for all jurisdictional orders due to the health crisis situation -
Suspension of scheduled criminal proceedings, procedural deadlines and alterations to the prison system due to the COVID-19 health crisis | COVID-19 | LitigationRegarding Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 on urgent exceptional measures to deal with the economic and social impact of COVID-19
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Companies against Covid-19 II | Publications | Employment Law and Social Security | Litigation | Public and Regulatory LawOn March 6th, we were preparing to analyse the legal contingencies that companies should consider in relation to Covid-19. Now, a few days later and amid a health emergency, we are preparing to analyse the measures adopted by the Government this past weekend -
Companies against Covid-19 | COVID-19 | Publications | Employment Law and Social Security | Corporate Law and M&A | LitigationGiven the crisis of Covid-19, also known as Coronavirus, companies must be aware of the legal contingencies that this crisis may cause. We refer to employment relations, possible litigation or commercial considerations, among others
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Strengthening the family business: possibilities, strategies and solutions | Publications | Family Business | Litigation -
October 2020: deadline for claiming debts from 2015 | News | LitigationBy means of Law 42/2015 of 5 October on the reform of Law 1/2000 of 7 January on Civil Procedure, the legislator significantly reduced the limitation period provided for in Article 1964 of the Civil Code -
Compliance: the way to mitigate criminal liability and improve the company's reputation | News | LitigationBenjamín Prieto participates in the conference "New challenges in compliance" organized by Andersen Tax & Legal and IVC Outsourcing -
Chambers & Partners highlights Andersen Tax & Legal's Dispute Resolution and Corporate M&A areas in the Chambers Global 2020 ranking | News | International Arbitration | Corporate Law and M&A | LitigationThe publishing house highlights the areas of Dispute Resolution and Corporate / M&A and includes Jaime Olleros as a Foreign Expert in Cuba and Íñigo Rodríguez-Sastre as a leading lawyer in Dispute Resolution -
Tariffs planned on over 70 million exports to the UK from 2021 | News | Tax | LitigationBelén Palao and José Miguel Soriano analyse the future of Spanish exports in the face of UK tariffs -
October 7, 2020: key date for a massive and widespread prescription of debts and obligations | LitigationBenjamín Prieto and Manuel García- Pozuelo analyse the prescription of debts and obligations between individuals and companies -
Animal protection: animal rights or human rights? | LitigationLuis Morón analyses the principle of animal protection in an article published in Actualidad Jurídica Aranzadi -
The financial inability to cope with an arbitration process could lead to the suspension of the application of the arbitration clause | News | International Arbitration | LitigationConference on the David Guetta Case: the suspension of the arbitration agreement in times of insolvency -
Practice Guide Chambers & Partners: Litigation 2019 | News | LitigationÍñigo Rodríguez-Sastre, Elena Sevila and Olga Andrés Ros analyse Spanish procedural law in a guide published by Chambers & Partners -
How to get the designation of the compliance officer right from a procedural perspective | News | Corporate Compliance | LitigationBenjamín Prieto analyses the figure and the role of the Compliance Officer from a procedural point of view, when the legal person is being investigated for possible criminal liability -
The new Business Secrets Act: a step forward in the protection of company assets | News | LitigationJosé Martínez Enguínados analyzes Law 1/2019 passed by the Cortes Generales on February 20, 2019 on Business Secrets -
The Schweppes case: expiration of trademark rights and devilish evidence | News | LitigationJosé Martínez analyses the application of trademark law in the Schweppes case in an article published by Cinco Días -
The Singapore Mediation Convention: clear momentum of international obligation agreements | News | LitigationIñigo Rodríguez-Sastre and María Antonia Pérez analyse the Convention that facilitates international trade and promotes mediation for the settlement of cross-border commercial disputes. -
The judged and secrecy: a necessary reform | News | LitigationAbril Gascón analyzes the situation of the investigatees when the case has been declared secret, for the newspaper Expansión -
Electronic notifications: everything you need to know to avoid a reduction in your legal rights and guarantees | News | LitigationOlga Andrés and Íñigo Rodríguez-Sastre comment on the recent ruling of the Constitutional Court which has established that the first summons to companies in the authorized electronic address violates their right to effective judicial protection. -
New Business Secrets Act: What Now? | News | LitigationJosé Martínez discusses, for El Economista CV, the measures that must be taken after the approval of the new Business Secrets Act -
The configuration of the "acts of denigration" of article 9 of Law 3/1991 10 January, on unfair competition | News | International Arbitration | LitigationÍñigo Rodríguez-Sastre analyzes in the Informativo Jurídico site, article 9 of Law 3/1991 of 10 January, on unfair competition -
The Legal 500 reinforces Andersen's position in its 2019 ranking with seven outstanding areas | News | Banking and Finance | Tax | Real Estate | Employment Law and Social Security | Corporate Law and M&A | Litigation | Public and Regulatory LawThe international guide includes the firm in the classification of Commercial, Tax, Procedural, Labor, Public Law, Banking and Financial and Real Estate -
The Business Secrets Act: at last an effective and safe remedy... | News | LitigationJosé Martínez Enguídanos explains in Valencia Plaza the need for this law in such a complicated and sensitive matter and warns that judges and courts must act with caution, but with forcefulness to prevent that this falls on deaf ears -
Andersen Tax & Legal climbs positions in the Chambers Europe 2019 ranking | News | International Arbitration | Tax | Employment Law and Social Security | Corporate Law and M&A | Litigation | Restructuring and InsolvencyThe publisher highlights the areas of Dispute Resolution, Corporate/M&A, Employment and Tax -
Íñigo Rodríguez-Sastre receives the Client Choice award for the best Arbitration lawyer for the second consecutive year | News | International Arbitration | LitigationThe recognition is the result of research carried out by ILO, after the evaluation of operations presented by firms and the valuation of clients and professionals in the sector. -
Andersen Tax & Legal improves its position in the Chambers Global 2019 ranking | News | International Arbitration | Corporate Law and M&A | LitigationThe editorial highlights the areas of Dispute Resolution and Corporate/M&A and includes Jaime Olleros as Foreign Expert in Cuba and Íñigo Rodríguez-Sastre as an outstanding lawyer in Dispute Resolution and Gonzalo Cerón in Corporate/M&A -
Practical Law: Country Q&A on Mediation, Settlement and Governing law & Jurisdiction | News | International Arbitration | Litigation | Restructuring and InsolvencyLuis Morón, Natalia Andrés y Carla Carrasco contribute to the Practical Law guide published by Thomson Reuters -
Andersen Tax & Legal incorporates Luis Cortezo as a partner in the Litigation and Arbitration area | News | International Arbitration | LitigationHe joins the firm in the Litigation, Insolvency and Arbitration department of the Madrid office -
Andersen Tax & Legal strengthens its position in the ranking of The Legal 500 with six highlighted areas | News | Banking and Finance | Real Estate | Employment Law and Social Security | Corporate Law and M&A | Litigation | Public and Regulatory LawThe editorial includes the firm in the Corporate, Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Public Law and Real Estate areas of the ranking -
Chambers & Partners: EDiscovery & Disclosure 2018 | News | LitigationThe team of Andersen Tax & Legal analyse the Spanish legislation in the field of Litigation in a guide that publishes Chambers & Partners -
Chambers Highlights Andersen Tax & Legal in the Dispute Resolution and Corporate/M&A Areas of the 2018 Europe Guide | News | International Arbitration | Tax | Employment Law and Social Security | Corporate Law and M&A | Litigation | Restructuring and InsolvencyThe editorial includes Íñigo Rodríguez-Sastre as an outstanding lawyer in Dispute Resolution, Javier Mata in Insolvency, Alfredo Aspra in Labour and Javier Vinuesa in Tax
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Chambers & Partners Highlights Andersen Tax & Legal in the Dispute Resolution and Corporate/M&A Areas of the 2018 Global Guide | News | International Arbitration | Corporate Law and M&A | LitigationThe editorial includes Jaime Olleros as Foreign Expert in Cuba and Íñigo Rodríguez-Sastre as an outstanding lawyer in Dispute Resolution
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A bond to be taken into account | News | LitigationJosé María Rebollo analizes the lawsuite filed by the State Prosecutor-General against the members of the former government accusing the latter of the crime of rebellion
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Multi-currency mortgages: The CJEU again points the way for the Supreme Court | News | LitigationBenjamín J. Prieto Clar analyses Multi-currency mortgage and how the CJEU points again the way for the Supreme Court
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Practice Guide Chambers & Partners: Litigation 2017 | News | LitigationIñígo Rodriguez Sastre and Elena Sivila analyse Spanish legislation in the field of Litigation in a guide that publishes Chambers & Partners -
What to expect now in the civil courts | News | LitigationThe five-year investigation stage of the Bankia case has concluded, and we will now see how the Order delivered might affect the cases being processed through the civil courts
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Conference by Íñigo Rodriguez-Sastre in the Club Español del Arbitraje | Publications | LitigationPresentation on the admission of evidence obtained in an allegedly unlawful manner in the framework of a conference organised by the Club Español del Arbitraje.
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