LAWYER PROFILE

Óscar Franco

Europe 2026

Latham & Watkins

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Litigation: Elite

Spain

2 years ranked

Restructuring/Insolvency: Insolvency

Spain

8 years ranked

About

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Europe

Practice Areas

Óscar Franco is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Madrid office and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. He has extensive experience advising clients on complex, high-profile disputes, including commercial litigation and international arbitration proceedings, as well as restructuring and insolvency matters.

Oscar represents companies, financial institutions, and private equity funds on complex judicial and arbitration proceedings in a variety of industries, including real estate, investment funds, energy, and life sciences. Highly regarded in his field, he has also developed a strong track record counselling clients on insolvency litigation.

He is an Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce of Madrid.

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Litigation: Elite - Spain

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Óscar Franco retains his position in the rankings this year after receiving strong praise from market commentators. He continues to boast extensive expertise handling insolvency-related litigation proceedings.

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Restructuring/Insolvency: Insolvency - Spain

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Óscar Franco acts for international banks and private equity companies on cross-border debt restructuring mandates. He also assists with acquisitions of companies undergoing insolvency and insolvency-related litigation.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Óscar is one of the best litigators I know. He prepares the issues conscientiously, looks for solutions and always works in favour of his client.
Litigation: EliteChambers European Guide
Óscar is an outstanding lawyer. He can deal with complex matters and perfectly understands the commercial considerations of each case.
Litigation: EliteChambers European Guide
Óscar takes into account our need to speed up the resolution of the matter. He designs the strategy, interposes the legal actions and leverages them to obtain the expected results.
Litigation: EliteChambers European Guide
Óscar Franco is very able and creative.
Restructuring/Insolvency: InsolvencyChambers European Guide