Augusta Abogados > Barcelona, Spain > Firm Profile
Augusta Abogados Offices
Vía Augusta 252, 4ª - 08017 Barcelona
08034 BARCELONA
Spain
Augusta Abogados > The Legal 500 Rankings
Spain > Transport: Other transport Tier 1
‘Personalised attention, high availability and adjustment to the client’s real needs’ are the calling cards of the group at Augusta Abogados. Areas of expertise for the team include aircraft sale, lease and finance transactions, repossessions in insolvency scenarios and the handling of air passenger claims. Domestic and international airlines, helicopter operators and financial institutions routinely look to the practice group for support. Leadership is shared between ‘outstanding professional’ Sergi Giménez and Jaime Fernández Cortés. Giménez specialises in aviation and M&A transactions; Fernández Cortés, for his part, focuses on passenger claims. David Castaño left the firm in March 2024 for an in-house position.Practice head(s):
Sergi Giménez; Jaime Fernández Cortés
Testimonials
‘Personalised attention, high availability and adjustment to the client’s real needs.’
‘Excellent collaboration and punctuality. Availability, proximity and human quality.’
‘The firm provides legal services with the utmost professionalism and integrity, customer focus and attention to every detail and possible development of the cases handled are certainly their strengths.’
‘In working together, I was able to appreciate the great organisation of the work and the ability to manage numerous resources. Sergi Giménez has proved to be an outstanding professional, as well as being a great team player.’
Key clients
Ryanair
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Vueling
AerCap
Lauda Motion
Swiftair
Volotea
Brussels Airlines
Condor Flugdienst
Aergo Capital
Air Charter Service
Air Arabia
FPG Amentum
AerDragon Aviation Partners
Alaska Airlines
Binter Canarias
Eagle Copters
Heliswiss Ibérica
Etihad Airways
Gulf Air
Qatar Airways
Iris Helicopter Leasing
Marabu Airlines
Norse Atlantic
Rive Helicopter Leasing
Vallwings
Sirius Aviation Capital
Work highlights
- Advised an Irish aircraft lessor in connection with the Spanish law aspects of the acquisition and lease of three A320 aircraft by Iberia.
- Advised an Irish helicopter lessor in connection with the sale and leaseback of more than 15 helicopters to several Spanish operators.
- Advised Volotea in connection with its aircraft leasing and finance transactions.
Spain > Employment Tier 4
The employment law department at Augusta Abogados is instructed by notable airline companies on restructuring, remuneration audits, as well as policy implementation and litigation. The group is also experienced handling employment matters arising from the retail, healthcare, and gaming sectors, and is led by the ‘outstanding’ Juan José Hita Fernández who specialises in collective disputes, litigation, and restructuring. Erica Paratore concentrates on gender equality issues while Omar Molina Garcia has a focus on legal proceedings and collective agreements.Practice head(s):
Juan José Hita Fernández
Other key lawyers:
Erica Paratore; Omar Molina Garcia; Carlos Pareja; Gemma Blanch; Justine Dumont
Testimonials
‘A versatile team with extensive experience in the sector.’
‘Juan José Hita, Erica Paratore, and their teams are outstanding. They are always available and provide solutions for every problem as well as advice for making key decisions within the company.’
‘They are a really fantastic team who are incredibly responsive, technically brilliant, and very client focused. We are always very pleased to work with them. They have good strength in depth at a senior level.’
‘They stand out for their responsiveness, cohesive team, follow-up of issues, and experience.’
‘They are transparent, have a close relationship with clients, care about the client’s affairs, and do constant follow-up. It is the best office I have worked with by far. You feel that you are not just another client and that they are not there just for business, but because they are passionate about what they do and about the satisfaction of their clients.’
‘Without a doubt, the firm’s professionals are its asset. I would like to highlight the professionalism and good work of Omar Molina.’
‘An excellent combination of an extremely competent legal team with a very pragmatic approach. They are very experienced in handling inbound referrals.’
‘Juan José Hita Fernández is a very experienced labour and employment lawyer who combines excellent technical legal knowledge with people skills. Carlos Pareja and Justine Dumont are also very good. Additionally, English language competency is very strong in that firm generally.’
Key clients
Ryanair
Air Europa
Groundforce
Booking, Ltd
Get A Room
Volotea
Sepsa
Welocalize
Lauda
Bandai Namco
Majorica
Majolaperla
Serhs Food Area, S.A.
Mangopay
Azul Handling
Netease
Yamaha
Repetida
Etro
Hyva International
Augusta Abogados > Firm Profile
Augusta Abogados is a professional law firm specialised in commercial law, tax, restructuring of companies, labour law, air and space law, intellectual property and procedural law, amongst others, with the aim to create an innovative project, able to attract high-standard professionals. It currently brings together a set of partners, namely: Jaime Fernández, Juan José Hita, Miquel Àngel Alonso, Alicia Herrador, Sergi Giménez, Juan José Terraza, Rodolfo Fernández-Cuellas and Borja de Abadal, all of whom are renowned for their remarkable reputation and broad experience. The partners at Augusta Abogados are joined by a high performance, close-knit team of professionals who cover the main areas of corporate law.
Augusta Abogados proactively tackles the constant changes the practice faces with new technologies, new trends in economic activity, consumer habits, corporate practice, business models and, above all, the regulatory framework. Our work is agile and effective, directed at providing the appropriate legal solutions in a globalised, digital, hyper-dynamic and greatly changing world.
Augusta Abogados is geared towards providing added value services within the practical quality and technical rigours of our services. We engage with our clients for the planning and development of their corporate activity, thus contributing to their goals with effectiveness and legal certainty. Our services are provided by multidisciplinary teams made up of professionals whose broad experience is complemented with ongoing, top level training.
We advise a wide range of clients: large corporate groups, listed companies, multinational companies, private equity companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, high net worth individuals, family offices, start-ups, management and NGOs.
We have strong commitment to service and by the practical orientation of the advice we provide with the aim to build a long-term relationship based on trust.
We seek clients who honour us with their trust and enable us to feel proud of their achievements and who offer stimulating challenges, who encourage us to innovate, to seek creative solutions, and who demand practical results.
Our clients offer the opportunity to exercise our abilities, to widen our knowledge, to learn from them about their businesses and their management capacity, while building our experience.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Corporate & Commercial, Aviation | Sergi Giménez | [email protected] | +34.933.621.620 |
| Aviation | Jaime Fernández | [email protected] | +34.933.621.620 |
| Litigation & Arbitration | Alicia Herrador | [email protected] | +34.933.621.620 |
| Tax | Juan José Terraza | [email protected] | +34.933.621.620 |
| Labour | Juan José Hita | [email protected] | +34.933.621.620 |
| Public Law | Miquel Àngel Alonso | [email protected] | +34.933.621.620 |
| Corporate & Commercial, Litigation & Arbitration | Rodolfo Fernández-Cuellas | [email protected] | +34.933.621.620 |
| Tax | Borja de Abadal | [email protected] | +34.933.621.620 |
Lawyer Profiles
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Mr Miquel Àngel Alonso | Partner of Augusta Abogados. Our partner in the Public Law Department, has… | View Profile |
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Mr Borja De Abadal | Partner of Augusta Abogados. Tax advisor specialized in cross-border investments, tax planning… | View Profile |
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Mr Jaime Fernández Cortés | Partner of Augusta Abogados He assumes the direction of disputes in any… | View Profile |
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Dr Rodolfo Fernández-Cuellas | Partner of Augusta Abogados. Lawyer specialized in corporate law, technology and arbitration.… | View Profile |
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Mr Sergi Giménez Binder | Partner of Augusta Abogados Sergi Giménez boasts a long career in the… | View Profile |
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Ms Alicia Herrador Muñoz | Partner of Augusta Abogados Alicia’s professional activity is centred on civil and… | View Profile |
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Mr Juan José Hita Fernández | Partner of Augusta Abogados Advises in all employment law topics, industrial relations… | View Profile |
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Mr Juan José Terraza Torra | Partner of Augusta Abogados Lawyer specialized in personal and Corporate Taxation and… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Staffing figures : 55Languages
English French German Italian Spanish CatalanMemberships
IAWA (International Aviation Womens Association) IBA (International Bar Association) International Trade Mark Association (INTA) L2B Aviation Innangard IUROPE International Practice GroupOther
:- Transport: Other transport
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