History

With almost a century of professional practice and an excellent reputation, Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira is a leading international benchmark for all legal issues in Spain and Portugal. The Firm is the result from the merger in 2003 of two of the largest and most traditional Iberian law firms, Cuatrecasas and Gonçalves Pereira, Castelo Branco.

Number of lawyers

980; 238 partners and 742 associates

Offices 

Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Brussels, Casablanca, Girona, Lisbon, Lleida, London, Madrid, Málaga, New York, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Porto, San Sebastián, Seville, Shanghai, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo, Vitoria and Zaragoza

Clients

The firm represents many of Spain’s largest listed companies (Ibex 35) and international companies. Its clients include banking and financial institutions, private equity funds, industries, hotel chains, retail companies, telecommunications companies, and gas, oil or electric companies.

Practice areas

All areas of business law: the firm has put in place an organizational structure which combines the traditional practice of law (commercial, tax, litigation, etc.) with the necessary practice specializations (tax litigation, M&A, town planning, finance, etc.), industry-specific knowledge groups (real estate, financial institutions, energy, telecommunications, etc.) and desks (French desk, German desk, and Latin American desk).

International network

Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira complements its solid local network through excellent relationships with leading firms abroad and collaboration agreements with some of the most important firms in Latin America. This global vision ensures that we have an ideal platform from which to advise and defend clients in all areas of business law.

Member of the WLG (World Law Group)

What Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira stands for

What others say about Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira

Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira continues to receive prestigious national and international awards every year in recognition of its excellence and constant efforts to improve. We highlight the firm’s recognition as one of the most innovative law firms in the world by the Financial Times (2009), the best Spanish law firm by International Legal Alliance Summit (2010 and 2008), and “Iberian Legal Advisor of the Year” by Financial Times-Mergermarket (2009 and 2008). The firm was also named one of the best Spanish firms of 2009 by The Lawyer, and received the “Europe, Middle East and Africa Law Firm of the Year" and “European Firm of the Year” awards from Legal Week and Legal Business respectively in 2008..