SPAIN Law and Practice Contributed by: Verónica Meana, José Antonio Domínguez, Enrique Ortiz and Mikel Garteiz-goxeaskoa, Aiyon Abogados
Aiyon Abogados is a boutique law firm formed by a team of top-tier lawyers highly experienced in litigation, arbitration, negotiation and contract drafting. The firm offers assistance in any port and court in Spain, through its four offices in Bilbao, Madrid, Algeciras and Cadiz. The firm’s main areas of practice are wet and dry ship - ping, transport, international trade and insur - ance law. It is known for its excellent emergency response capabilities. Ship-owners, charterers,
large trading companies, freight-forwarders (NVOCC), P&I clubs, defence clubs, H&M insur - ers, cargo insurers, tug companies, port termi - nals and ship agents are main clients of the firm. It is a member of the Spanish MLA and other relevant professional associations. The firm regularly co-operates with the Spanish Maritime Institute, other maritime LLM and many univer - sities (including Deusto, Basque Country, La Laguna and Cadiz).
Authors
Verónica Meana joined the Bar Association in 1995. She specialised in shipping law at HFW in London before joining Fernando Meana Green y Asociados Law firm in Madrid in
José Antonio Domínguez has a law degree and a master’s degree in port companies management and in maritime law respectively. He also holds an STCW OOW Certificate for
1996. In 2015, she became a partner at Aiyon Abogados. She has broad experience in all areas of maritime law, such as contractual disputes and passenger claims, claims under charterparties and/or bills of lading, collisions, groundings and other maritime casualties, recreational yacht incidents, domestic road transport law and the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR). She is a regular contributor to specialised publications and gives lectures in universities and companies in the shipping industry.
working as a deck officer on passenger and ro-ro vessels. He joined the Bar Association in 2008 and has since provided contentious and non-contentious advice to clients in all kinds of maritime disputes, including high-profile cases. He became a partner at Aiyon Abogados in 2015 and is a regular lecturer in Spanish universities and provides training sessions for import/export companies and private entities.
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