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Private Wealth Law - Spain
What the Team is Known For
Garrigues is a large, full-service Iberian firm. It has a strong practice for private individuals, especially tax and trust structuring for cross-border mandates. Its lawyers regularly advise family offices and business-owning families.
Strengths
"Being a national firm, it can bring together and transfer the experience it has in the different Autonomous Communities in terms of wealth and inheritance taxes. The lawyers are always available. They adapt to the way our company likes to receive the service, and they know what our tax policy is so they do not propose solutions that will not fit with it."
"They have a lot of knowledge on tax, and we were very well advised. They are also very diligent, quick, and precise."
"They have a truly amazing technique in the interpretation and application of tax laws, which makes them provide effective and novel solutions in especially complex issues. The availability and closeness to clients is absolute, and the response is immediate."
Notable practitioners
Pablo Torrano is an experienced private wealth law practitioner, and advises wealthy clients on domestic and international wealth planning. His clients include the owners of well-known Spanish businesses, and he has strong relationships with private banks.
"Pablo is a professional with a lot of knowledge. We immediately felt trust on him and the assessment was very good."
Juan Luis Zayas has a strong reputation as a tax lawyer. Zayas has particular strength in providing M&A transactions, wealth planning, reorganisation of family groups and succession planning advice to high net worth individuals.