Litigation 2026

SPAIN Trends and Developments

Trends and Developments Contributed by: Alfonso López-Ibor, Pablo Henriquez de Luna, Virginia Jover and Carmen Serrano López-Ibor DPM

López-Ibor DPM is a law firm with specialist expe- rience in providing advice for businesses. With a markedly international approach, it covers all areas of business law in its mission to provide clients with personalised, practical and effective legal solutions. Over its long history as a leading firm, López-Ibor DPM has positioned itself as a reliable partner for leading Spanish and foreign companies, which trust the firm to provide high-quality, swift and comprehen- sive legal services with broad international coverage.

As part of a wide-ranging collaborative network, the firm is recognised in some of the most prestigious in- ternational legal directories. Its practice areas include air transport, banking and capital markets, charities and NPOS- NGOS, commercial and corporate, insol- vency, corporate compliance, industrial property and copyright, labour, life science and healthcare, litiga- tion and arbitration, M&A, NPL and REO investment and management, new technologies, planning, pub- lic law, real estate, tax and transfer pricing.

Authors

Alfonso López-Ibor is the name partner and founder of López-Ibor DPM, where he currently oversees the banking, finance, aviation and litigation law departments. Before founding the firm, he was the

national arbitration, representing and defending clients before different Courts of Arbitration (CIMA, ICAM, etc). Pablo also represents clients in insolvency proceedings, acting as legal counsel for the insolvent party or creditors.

managing partner of the Madrid office of Allen & Overy for ten years, and of the Madrid office of Ventura Garces & López-Ibor Abogados for 18 years, a firm he founded together with the late Ventura Garces, a leading commercial lawyer in Barcelona. His practice covers virtually all aspects of corporate law, finance and banking, aviation law, litigation and arbitration, and mediation. He has been involved in a wide range of subjects throughout his career, including complex litigation and arbitration.

Virginia Jover is a lawyer at López- Ibor DPM where she specialises in litigation. She is an expert lawyer in litigation in the civil, commercial, administrative litigation and criminal law fields, representing and advising

Spanish and foreign clients in both the pre-litigation and litigation phases. She also has experience in the field of national arbitration, representing and defending clients before different Courts of Arbitration (CEA, CIMA, ICAM, etc).

Pablo Henriquez de Luna is a partner at López-Ibor DPM, managing in the litigation, arbitration and insolvency practices. Pablo began his

Carmen Serrano is a lawyer at López- Ibor DPM where she specialises in civil litigation and arbitration. She also has experience in the field of economic criminal law, advising and representing both individuals and

professional career as a lawyer at Echecopar Abogados, before joining López-Ibor Abogados in 2009. Pablo has more than 25 years’ experience in litigation, having been involved in complex litigations before different jurisdictions, representing and advising Spanish and foreign clients in both the pre-litigation and litigation phases. He also has experience in the field of

companies. Carmen combines her legal and economic expertise to provide clients with a comprehensive approach to complex disputes. Her professional practice is supported by prior experience at leading firms such as Baker McKenzie or Oliva-Ayala.

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