Javier de Carvajal

Practice Areas

- Litigation and Dispute Resolution

- Bankruptcy and Restructuring

- Commercial Litigation

- International Arbitration

- Global Advocacy

Career

Javier is a partner based in our Madrid office. Jason works in litigation and arbitration practice and has significant experience in commercial dispute resolution and insolvency law. With more than 20 years of experience, he advises a wide range of clients in pre-contentious and contentious issues mainly in civil, commercial and company law matters, having acted before Spanish Tribunals of all instances and jurisdictions. He has broad experience in domestic and international arbitration proceedings, as well as with arbitration-related judicial proceedings, namely exequatur, injunctions and enforcement proceedings. He also specialises in pre/insolvency (bankruptcy) law and has acted in insolvency proceedings as counsel for the debtor and for the creditors, as well as for directors, shareholders and any other party related to the pre/insolvent company. He also participates in distressed-related transactions regarding productive units, distressed credits (NPLs portfolios and single names), special situations and real estate-backed debt investments. Additionally, he has experience in white-collar crime, compliance and re/insurance matters and his professional career is complemented by non-contentious work, including pre-litigation and pre-insolvency advice, negotiation of out-of-court settlements and rendering of opinions on a number of issues of civil, commercial, pre/insolvency, criminal and procedural law. He is a member of the Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid (ICAM – Madrid Bar Association), as well as of the Club Español de Arbitraje (Spanish Arbitration Association) and of the Spanish Insolvency Law Association (Club Español de Derecho de la Insolvencia - CEDI).

For additional information on Javier's professional background, please visit: https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/j/javier-de-carvajal