International & Cross-Border Disputes | Global

Internationally active law firm A&O Shearman's Madrid office is highly experienced in handling cross-border matters. The Spanish team is integrated into an international network that allows it to coordinate with colleagues when clients require advice in a specific area outside Spain.

The Spanish office houses a strong banking and finance department, as well as assisting an impressive roster of banks and other international financial institutions. It is also highly regarded in the market for its strong private equity practice. Moreover, the firm consists of a qualified and respected team of finance lawyers able to advise on a range of multi-jurisdictional issues including debt, equity and structured finance.

Additionally, it offers extensive expertise in disputes work for international and domestic clients. Its arbitration team is international, comprising US, UK, Irish, French, Argentinian, Swedish, Cuban and Spanish lawyers. They are also knowledgeable in advising clients before Spanish courts and arbitral institutions in Spain and Europe.

Adept at handling multi-jurisdictional and high-stakes litigation, the firm offers its clients extensive international resources and highly regarded contentious teams in its Spanish offices. Its teams are highly capable when defending clients in various types of cross-border litigation, including insolvency proceedings and antitrust enforcement matters.

Transactional in its identity, Freshfields is highly focused on providing specialist advice on substantial M&A deals into Spain, and for Spanish clients acquiring or selling foreign assets. The firm also provides strong litigation resources in Spain to handle cross-border disputes, with the support of its network of offices, which spans Europe and Asia.

The law firm is often engaged in cross-border commercial litigation and international arbitration, and it demonstrates a strong track record of representing Spanish energy companies in international disputes. It is also sought after to advise on the Spanish aspects of multi-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings and competition litigation.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is internationally structured to offer specialist teams dedicated to global industries such as infrastructure, energy, technology and financial services. The team performs well in representing large Spanish companies from these industries as they expand globally. The firm also regularly acts on inbound mandates to Spain, providing well-regarded transactional and contentious teams.

The law firm's established global platform and presence in key markets enables it to efficiently run transactions across borders. Offering deep industry knowledge, its teams provide advice to Spanish utility and oil and gas companies on their investments into Latin America, EMEA and Asia. The firm regularly collaborates between its European offices for inbound public and private investment into Spain. It maintains strong relationships with firms in Latin America and also collaborates with the firm’s New York office on work in the Americas.

Pérez-Llorca is a high-performing independent Spanish law firm well versed in navigating clients through multi-jurisdictional work in both an inbound and outbound context. It maintains close relationships with top international firms globally to serve clients on cross-border work, aided by its more recently established strategic representative offices in London and New York. The firm displays solid capabilities in core transactional and disputes areas, focusing its resources on providing efficient, specialist advice.

The law firm places great emphasis on cross-border transactions and provides an attractive platform for international investors to enter the Spanish market, being particularly adept in inbound M&A. The firm's new UK and US presence provides an easy gateway for investing clients including financial services and private equity firms. On the outbound side, the firm adeptly project-manages for Spanish and other European clients on investments into the USA and Latin America. The firm frequently coordinates with local counsel across Europe and Latin America to facilitate transactions.

The firm is strongly positioned to work on international transactions, and collaborates with the extensive network of the firm's offices to help service inbound and outbound deals. It displays great proficiency in leading transactions in the infrastructure and energy spaces into Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. Its expertise spans insurance, life sciences and TMT, and the firm often advises on pan-European banking and finance, M&A and restructuring.

The firm provides an impressive array of contentious teams to support its clients' domestic and global claims, providing Spanish law advice as well as taking on a coordinating role. A trusted adviser to its financial services client base, the firm displays expertise acting for Spanish and global banks in their international disputes, predominantly across Latin American jurisdictions. The firm is called upon to advise on significant financial disputes, including major insolvency and distressed debt.

White & Case’s Madrid office is recognised for its strong capabilities in handling complex cross-border disputes, particularly in international arbitration and multi-jurisdictional litigation. The team regularly acts for global corporates and sovereign entities in high-value proceedings, including investment treaty arbitrations and commercial disputes under ICC, ICSID, and UNCITRAL rules.

The firm benefits from its global network and multilingual, multijurisdictional team, offering clients seamless representation across Europe, Latin America, and beyond. The Spanish practice is especially active in sectors such as energy, infrastructure, telecoms, and IP, and is noted for its strategic litigation planning and technical excellence.