Silvia López Jiménez has
Silvia López Jiménez has 20 years of experience in the field of Real Estate law and Real Estate financing, as well as in general business advice, corporate governance, risk management and compliance in an international environment. She was selected by Best Lawyers, amongst the best in the field of Real Estate Law, in Spain.
Prior to joining RocaJunyent´s Madrid office, Silvia worked for other top-notch law firms, such as Garrigues and DLA Piper. She also had the opportunity to act as an in-house lawyer in companies such as Virgin Active, Sareb and Neinor Homes, where she still serves as Secretary of the Board of Directors.
She has extensive experience advising on all kinds of real estate transactions, including investments and divestments, leases, construction, hospitality, financing and Due Diligence of all asset classes.
Furthermore, she teaches Real Estate Law in several master’s programs at the Instituto de Empresa, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ISDE and the Centro Universitario Cardenal Cisneros.
Marlen Estévez Sanz
Marlen is a Partner and the Director of the Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration Department of RocaJunyent at the Madrid office, as well as the Co-Head of the Innovation Department and Co-Director of the Latam Desk. Outside the firm, she is Secretary of the Ibero-American Law Section of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Spanish Legislation and Vice-President of the International Legal Service Committee of the General Council of Lawyers of Europe, as well as a member of the CIAR Advisory Council, which is also responsible for relations with companies.
She is also President of the eSports, Recreational Activities and Public Shows Section of the Madrid Bar Association.
Finally, she is a mentor of Endeavor, one of the most important global movements in relation to the entrepreneurial culture and founder and President of Women in a Legal World, a non-profit association that aims to promote female talent within the legal sector.
She has extensive experience in resolving disputes. Throughout her professional career, which was spent in Madrid and London, Marlen has provided advice to companies in all sectors (banking, energy, construction, distribution, consumption, insurance, venture capital, etc.), both in national and private disputes, before international courts, judicial tribunals (in all instances) and arbitration courts among which are the following: International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), Swiss Chamber Arbitration Institution (SCAI), Ibero-American Arbitration Center (CIAR), Madrid Court of Arbitration (CAM), Spanish Court of Arbitration (CEA), Malaga Arbitration Court, Barcelona Arbitration Court, etc. Marlen has also advised and collaborated closely with several institutions, she is the Spanish representative in the Task Force of the ICC Arbitrationand ADR Commission, the Head of Companies in CEA Mujeres and drafted the Statutes and Regulations of the Ibero-American Arbitration Center (CIAR).
In the educational field, Marlen has been a professor in matters of arbitration and mediation at IE University, Comillas Pontifical University, Carlos III University, Complutense University, ICAM and in the Master’s Degree in Management of Construction and Real Estate Companies at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, among other universities. She is part of the Advisory Council of the Master’s Degree in Business Legal Advice at the Carlos III University and is the Director of the International Arbitration Program launched by the ICC and the General Council of Spanish Lawyers.
In the field of mediation, Marlen has participated in several national and international mediations (in the latter area mainly during her stay in London), in civil and commercial matters. In the national environment, she is a mediator of the Spanish Mediation Center (CEM).
Likewise, Marlen has proven experience in the field of contentious-administrative mediation, the mediation of the “Edificio Conde de Fenosa” having been the most prominent one in this field.
She has experience as both arbitrator and counsel in national and international arbitrations that deal with the following matters: financial sector, sale of companies, construction/infrastructure, retail, investments, agency and distribution, joint venture, venture capital and corporate agreements. She has held the position of arbitrator in prestigious arbitration centers and institutions such as the ICC, CAM, CEA and AEA, among others.
Marlen speaks English, French and Spanish.
Silvia speaks English and Spanish.
Natalia Martí Picó
She has an extensive experience in the stock market and insurance sector, as well as in the field of family business. She has advised financial institutions and listed companies in matters of good corporate governance and in aspects of financial regulatory scope, having intervened in the formalization process of several takeover bids and IPOs.
In the insurance sector, she has intervened in the sale and purchase of companies and insurance brokerages in mergers and portfolio transfer processes and has provided advice on the creation of insurance companies in Spain. She also has extensive experience in advising family businesses, in developing family protocols and in intermediation in corporate conflicts. She has great experience in the practice of commercial law in general both in its corporate contractual aspect, in mergers and acquisitions processes and in the formalization of business agreements.
Natalia speaks English, Spanish and Catalan.
RocaJunyent
Established in 1996, RocaJunyent is one of the most prominent Spanish law firms with offices in Madrid, Barcelona and Gerona, as well as associated offices in Palma de Mallorca, Lérida, Tarragona, Málaga, Sevilla, Bilbao, Badajoz, Burgos and Valladolid.
It offers advice in all areas of Law, especially those related to commercial, banking and financial, procedural and tax law. RocaJunyent is an exclusive member in Spain of the international network TerraLex.
The firm has an outstanding international reputation, which allows it to be recognized by the most prestigious legal publications, such as Chambers, Legal 500, Leader’s League and Best Lawyers International.
It is also among the top 10 national law firms in Spain according to the newspaper Expansión and has been chosen as a reference advisor for start-ups by Start-Up Real.
