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Ernesto Díaz-Bastien, senior counsel before the ICC ( International Criminal Court) has focused specially on financial criminal law,, having been professor and speaker in numerous courses in this area. Due to his dedication to financial criminal law, our founder has been named every year since 2005 among the world’s foremost lawyers in financial criminal law by the prestigious publication Who’s Who Legal.

Over his long career, he has worked in different branches of national and international law. His specialization over the past decades in economic criminal law, both individuals and corporate, international aid and in White collar is noteworthy.

He has defended and legally represented the interests of different States, organizations and companies as well as of individuals within various business and financial sectors.

He works in the international legal sphere, coordinating and leading the defense of his clients’ interests before international courts and in numerous jurisdictions within transnational lawsuits and proceedings.

He has further served as specialist or expert in Spanish law before foreign criminal, commercial and civil courts. He has also produced opinions presented before international courts such as Great Britain’s House of Lords or the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Ernesto Díaz-Bastien, senior counsel before the ICC ( International Criminal Court) has focused specially on financial criminal law,, having been professor and speaker in numerous courses in this area. Due to his dedication to financial criminal law, our founder has been named every year since 2005 among the world’s foremost lawyers in financial criminal law by the prestigious publication Who’s Who Legal

Financial and Corporate Criminal Law: We have broad experience both in the defence and the prosecution in criminal proceedings of financial, corporate and general business nature. The percentage of these procedures that ended with a final resolution in favour of our clients’ interests is notable. It is important to highlight our dedication to white-collar crimes, or crimes related to corruption or international operations.

Extradition: The legal team at Ernesto Díaz-Bastien & Associates, and in particular its founding partner, Ernesto Díaz-Bastien, has long experience both in passive extraditions (those in which Spain is asked to extradite someone to a foreign country), and active ones (those in which Spanish courts request extradition from a foreign nation).

This experience includes extradition law generally as well as the specialized area of European Extradition Orders.

Criminal liability of corporations and legal entities: The criminal liability of legal entities is a new area, given that this figure was introduced into our criminal law system at the end of 2010. Despite this, it is a matter of vital importance for administrators and managers in any demanding company. Because of this, lawyers at Ernesto Díaz-Bastien & Associates have specialized in this field, becoming experts in drawing up programs to prevent criminal liability risk to companies and legal entities in general.

Our broad experience in financial criminal law allows us to construct specific, specialized and unique programs for each company or legal entity, to help putting them into practice, and finally, to defend the interests of the company or entity before courts of law, if it becomes necessary.

International criminal law: Our experience, particularly that of our founder Ernesto Díaz-Bastien, includes both the field of defence and coordination of transnational criminal proceedings –in which more than one jurisdiction is involved– and the defence of our clients’ interests in matters relating to the application of the universal jurisdiction.

Human Rights: We have attorneys with broad experience in human rights, representing the interests of the most demanding clients before international courts of human rights. These courts are principally the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the various United Nations bodies of human rights defence.In this field, we have also contributed to the drafting of numerous opinions and expert legal reports before different foreign courts, having represented the interests of several governments, entities and foreign bodies, both public and private, in various jurisdictions, including of course Spain.

International criminal law: Our experience, particularly that of our founder Ernesto Díaz-Bastien, includes both the field of defence and coordination of transnational criminal proceedings –in which more than one jurisdiction is involved– and the defence of our clients’ interests in matters relating to the application of the universal jurisdiction.

He works in the international legal sphere, coordinating and leading the defence of his clients’ interests before international courts and in numerous jurisdictions within transnational lawsuits and proceedings.

He has further served as specialist or expert in Spanish law before foreign criminal, commercial and civil courts. He has also produced opinions presented before international courts such as Great Britain’s House of Lords or the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Financial and Corporate Criminal Law both corporate and individuals: criminal proceedings of financial, corporate and general business nature. International Corruption, Money laundering, Fraud, cybercrime and white-collar crimes, or crimes related to corruption or international operations. Extradition. Human Rights.

• Co-author of the book “Comentarios a la Ley de Mediación” (Commentary on the Law of Mediation), Reus, 2012.

• Co-author of the “Diccionario Terminológico de Arbitraje Nacional o Internacional” (Dictionary of National and International Arbitration Terminology), Palestra, Lima, 2011.

• Media presentations for the Advanced Course on Financial Law at King Juan Carlos/KPMG University.

• Coordinator and co-author of the book “Comentarios a la Ley de Arbitraje” (Commentary on the Law of Arbitration), Reus, 2007.

• Co-author of the book “Derecho Nobiliario” (Nobility Law), Reus, 2005.

• Co-author of the book “En torno a la sucesión en los títulos nobiliarios” (With Regard to the Inheritance of Noble Titles), Reus, 2012.

Author of the chapter “Insolvency qualification” in the book “La administracion concursal de las empresas” (Insolvency Administration in Companies), Barcelona 2004

• He is lecturer speaker in various Mater’s and specialized courses on Criminal matters.

• He has been named Honorary Professor of Civil Law by the Complutense University of Madrid’s Law School.

• President of the International Bar Association’s ( IBA) Property Law Committee, 1996-1998.

• Vice President of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Property Law Committee, 1999-2005.

• Member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA).

• Memeber of the Senior Counsel list of the Interncaiocnal Criminal Court (ICC)

• Bar Assocation of the International Crimnal Court (ICCBA)

• Member of Victim’s of Crime Association of Lawyers (Vocal)

• Member of the European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers Association (EFCL)

• Member of the International Criminal Law Association’s Executive Committee (ICLA).

• Participant in the PenalNet project sponsored by the European Union.

• Member of the American Bar Association International Section (ABA-Section of International Law)

• Founding member of the Spanish Arbitration Club.

• Arbitrator for the Madrid Bar Association’s arbitration court.

Who is Who in Litigation, 2003 and 2004.

Who is Who in Business Crime Law, since 2005 every year.

Who is Who Criminal Investigation, since 2015, every year.