The practice
We negotiate like we litigate: prepared to win
Contracts breached, debts unpaid, works badly done, partners at war: this desk resolves civil and commercial disputes wherever they resolve best — negotiation, mediation, arbitration or the courts — and then does the half of the job most people forget: turning the ruling into money.
Every case starts with an audit you get in writing: the merits, the evidence, the realistic timeline, the cost — and the debtor's solvency, because a victory against an empty pocket is a diploma, not a result. Then we choose the route. A settlement negotiated from strength usually beats a good trial; when the other side reads courtesy as weakness, we file.
The routes
Choose the battlefield
Six ways a dispute can travel. Part of our job is picking the right one — and being visibly ready for the others.
The route
How we run a dispute
The audit
Odds, cost, timeline and the debtor's solvency — in writing, before you spend a euro on fighting.
The letter
A formal demand with a deadline and consequences. Many disputes end within its thirty days.
The proceedings
Court or arbitration, fully built: evidence, experts, witnesses — no surprises on our side of the room.
The collection
Enforced to money, not to paper: embargoes, tracing, registries — until what was won is actually yours.
Litigation & Arbitration questions
Before you ask
Court or arbitration — which is better?
Often the contract already decided: an arbitration clause closes the court route. Where the choice is open, arbitration buys speed and confidentiality at a price; court is slower, public and sometimes strategically stronger. We read your papers and tell you which game you are in.
How long does a civil claim take?
From a few months for a clean debt claim to well over a year for a fought trial — the honest variable being the court's backlog, not the law. You get a realistic timeline for our courts in the written audit, before you commit.
If I win, who pays my lawyer?
When a claim is upheld in full, costs are generally imposed on the loser — and we pursue them. But costs are never guaranteed, which is why they are a factor in the audit, not a promise in the sales pitch.
The debtor has no money. Is it worth suing?
Sometimes — future assets, guarantors, connected companies can change the answer — and sometimes plainly no. That is exactly what the solvency check in the audit is for: we would rather lose a fee than run you through a claim that cannot collect.
I have a foreign judgment or award. Can you enforce it here?
Yes — foreign rulings can be recognised and enforced in Spain, and arbitral awards travel particularly well. If your debtor's assets are on this island, this is the desk that goes and gets them.
Owed money? Wronged on a deal? Start with the audit.
Tell us the story and the amount — a lawyer tells you honestly whether it is worth fighting, and how, within one business day.
Prefer to call?
Tell us about the dispute
What happened, with whom, and roughly how much is at stake — a lawyer replies within one business day.
Appointment request
Pick the office, day and time that suit you — bring the contract and whatever has been exchanged.