Manuel Álvarez > Uría Menéndez > Barcelona, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Manuel Álvarez

+34934165128 manuel.alvarez@uria.com

Work Department

Corporate Crime and Internal Investigations

Career

Manuel joined the criminal litigation team of Uría Menéndez’s Madrid office in 2002. Since January 2005 he has been based in the Barcelona office.

Manuel specialises in criminal law and criminal litigation, particularly corporate crime, advising clients on:

• Corporate and directors’ liabilities.
• Criminal liability for workplace accidents.
• Criminal offences against the Public Treasury (tax fraud).
• Environmental issues.
• Intellectual property infringements.
• E-crime: privacy, data protection, computer sabotage, etc.
• Insider trading and market manipulation.

Manuel has also a wide experience advising clients on corporate compliance matters, crime-prevention procedures and internal investigations.

Languages

English Catalan

Memberships

• Barcelona Bar Association
• International Bar Association

Education

• Law Degree, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, 2002
• Ph.D. Courses in Criminal Law, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, biennium 2006-2007