Cuatrecasas

Cuatrecasas is a well-established international law firm operating in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. With highly specialized lawyers, the firm advises on all areas of business law, offering a sectoral approach and focusing on all types of businesses. It assists clients with the most demanding matters, regardless of their location.

The Financial Times has recognized Cuatrecasas year after year in various categories for its innovative role in the legal sector, naming it the Most Innovative Firm in Continental Europe in 2023, 2019, and 2018. Recently, the firm was also honored as the Most Innovative Firm in Continental Europe over the last two decades (2005-2025).

Main areas of practice

• • Arbitration
  • Automotive
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Corporate Governance & Compliance
  • Competition & Foreign Investment (FDI)
  • Energy and Infrastructure
  • ESG and Sustainability
  • Finance
  • Funds
  • Hotels and tourism
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property and Data Protection
  • Labor and employment
  • Life Sciences and Healthcare
  • Litigation
  • Private Client & Wealth Management
  • Private Equity
  • Public law
  • Real Estate
  • Restructuring, Insolvency and Special Situations
  • Retail
  • Sports and Entertainment
  • Tax
  • TMT
  • Town Planning
  • Venture Capital
  • White Collar Crime & Investigations

Clients and experience:

Cuatrecasas has a solid track record of working with leading companies, advising them on their day-to-day activities as well as on major transactions and notable litigation proceedings. Recent highlights include advising Zegona on an agreement with MasOrange and Telefónica to create two different FibreCo entities in Spain; INOCSA (Catalana Occidente Group) on a takeover bid for 37.97% of the company’s capital (€2.278 billion); and Jesús Núñez, founder of Alfonso X el Sabio University (UAX), on an agreement to sell together with CVC Capital Partners a majority stake in UAX (€2 billion). The firm also advised a group of creditors in the Celsa Group restructuring (€2.2 billion); Sociedad Concesionaria Metro de Lima on its victory against the Republic of Peru in an ICSID international arbitration; and Daimler on claims for damages in Spain and Portugal arising from the EC’s decision to fine truck manufacturers for their participation in a competition law infringement.

Responsible business:

The firm incorporates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria in its service provision and internal management, with integrity and transparency being core values. EcoVadis awarded Cuatrecasas the Gold Medal rating for 2025, and Merco Spain placed the firm in the Top 100 Most Responsible Companies in terms of ESG in 2024.

Cuatrecasas promotes flexible working, efficiency, and a work-family balance. Through training, pilot programs, and policies, the firm has implemented measures aimed at removing obstacles to the promotion of female talent and leadership. Its Pro Bono Program contributes to the rule of law and access to justice.

Knowledge and innovation:

Cuatrecasas promotes an innovation culture applied to legal activity, which combines training, procedures, and technological resources to enhance efficiency. Together with the founders of Harvey AI—the software based on OpenAI and GPT-4—the firm has launched Cuatrecasas Legal Expert AI (CELIA), a tool that will help them with the drafting of legal documents and legal information searches.

Also, the firm has created Cuatrecasas Innova, a new brand that brings together all our open innovation initiatives: Cuatrecasas Acelera, Cuatrecasas Fast Track, Cuatrecasas Ventures, the podcast series Innovating with startups, our legal seminars and Food4Brains, aimed at bringing innovation closer, and facilitating access to knowledge, tools, resources and opportunities to create an environment where players and communities can contribute and find synergies.

Global capabilities

• • Spain and Portugal: Cuatrecasas is a leading law firm in the Iberian market. A 900-strong team of lawyers in 13 cities in Spain and over 220 in the two major cities in Portugal advise large multinationals, financial institutions and international funds present on the Iberian Peninsula on an ongoing basis and have extensive experience in all types of investment transactions.
  • Latin America and New York: The firm’s presence in the region is coordinated from the Bogotá, Lima, Mexico City, and Santiago offices, where it has over 300 professionals. Thanks to over 20 years of experience in Latin America, it can also provide the coverage needed for all interregional or crossborder transactions, as well as for matters that require efficient coordination across various jurisdictions. The New York office acts as a bridge to Latin America and maintains a close relationship with local teams. This ensures global coverage in North America and Latin America, enabling Cuatrecasas to play a key role in advising international investors in the region.
  • Europe: Cuatrecasas has teams in Brussels and London and maintains a close relationship with law firms Gleiss Lutz and Gide, in Germany and France, respectively. The organization operates under a flexible cooperation model, without exclusivity or obligations, with leading law firms in other countries.
  • Asia: The firm advises on investments in China and other countries in the region through its office in Shanghai and its Asian Desk, which comprises a multidisciplinary team of lawyers with extensive knowledge of the culture and business environment in China and other major Asian markets.
  • Africa: Cuatrecasas, in collaboration with the French law firm Gide, has a local team in Morocco that works hand in hand with Portuguese and Spanish experts with extensive experience in Africa. The firm has accumulated experience over the many years of being active in Africa, particularly in the Portuguese-speaking countries and the countries of North Africa.