Signature Criminal Law Firm
We protect your freedom, your assets and your reputation against any criminal exposure. You deal directly and exclusively with the principal lawyer.
Specialised criminal defence. Legal strategy. Direct attention.
The principal
A criminal lawyer combining active courtroom litigation, prior corporate management experience and doctoral research rigour.
The firm was founded on the conviction that complex criminal matters demand craftsmanship, strategy and direct involvement. The client is never passed down an impersonal chain: they deal at all times with the lawyer responsible for their defence.
International practice
Criminal proceedings in Spain are conducted in Spanish and under a procedural code with no direct equivalent in common-law systems. For someone who does not live here — or who does, but has never dealt with a Spanish court — the hard part is rarely the accusation on its own. It is not knowing what stage the case has reached, what has already been decided, and what can still be argued.
This practice acts for non-Spanish clients in proceedings before Spanish courts and before the European Public Prosecutor's Office in Spain. The instruction usually arrives by one of two routes.
Two routes into Spanish jurisdiction
Residents, expatriates, posted workers, students and second-home owners. A complaint, a road traffic offence, a domestic incident or a company matter is heard by the Spanish court with territorial jurisdiction over the facts, whatever your nationality and however long you have been in the country. Being investigated abroad, in a language you do not speak, changes what defence work is needed — not whether you are entitled to it.
Where a case concerns the financial interests of the European Union, Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 allows the investigation to be led by a European Delegated Prosecutor sitting in Spain, even though the company, the funds or the facts may sit in another Member State. The file then runs under Spanish procedural law with the Regulation layered over it — which is precisely where these cases are won or lost.
Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 applies directly, but it does not replace national criminal procedure — it sits on top of it. Spain gave it effect through Organic Law 9/2021, and the seams between the two instruments have left grey areas that are still being settled case by case.
Defending one of these files means working four bodies of law at the same time: the Spanish Criminal Procedure Act, Organic Law 9/2021, the Regulation itself, and the law of each Member State where investigative measures are actually carried out. Getting the applicable rule wrong at the outset is not a detail that can be corrected later — it decides which remedy exists and how long you have to use it.
Rights that are often not explained on day one
You are entitled to interpretation at every hearing and to written translation of the essential documents in the proceedings, free of charge and regardless of your means. This is not a courtesy that depends on the court's goodwill; a failure to provide it is a defect that can be raised.
Directive 2010/64/EU, transposed into articles 123 to 127 of the Spanish Criminal Procedure Act
If you are detained in Spain, you may ask that the consular post of your State be informed without delay, and consular officers are entitled to visit and correspond with you.
Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
Duty counsel is appointed so that nobody is left unrepresented, and it is a real safeguard. It is not, however, the only option: you may appoint counsel of your choice at any point, including before your first statement — which is usually the moment that matters most.
Article 520 of the Spanish Criminal Procedure Act
First contact is with the lead lawyer, in English, and is covered by professional secrecy from the outset.
Request a confidential consultationLegal practice
Technical defence and private prosecution at every stage of criminal proceedings before courts throughout Spain.
Criminal protection for directors, officers and legal entities facing contingencies arising from commercial activity.
Technical defence and procedural advice in investigations conducted by European Delegated Prosecutors under Regulation (EU) 2017/1939.
Interprofessional alliances
Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 has established a procedural paradigm of its own. I offer law firms and criminal defence practices specialised technical support, joint defence and legal opinions to handle EPPO cases with full guarantees.
Strict non-competition guarantee
A formal written commitment: absolute respect for the instructing firm's ownership of the client relationship. Involvement is strictly limited to the criminal or EU strand entrusted, and the client returns to the instructing firm for any other corporate matter.
Publications
Legal articles on procedural developments, Supreme Court case law and commentary on the practice of the European Public Prosecutor's Office.
Madrid · Spain
«Technical depth is proven in the courtroom; trust is built through direct attention.»
A first confidential consultation with the principal lawyer, under strict legal professional privilege.
