Member Profiles

Specialties Corporate, commercial and insolvency advice from all aspects, although with a special incidence in: - mercantile, corporate operations, mergers and acquisitions, contracting, - insolvency, in defense of the companies, of the creditors and acting as Insolvency Administrator, - second opportunity procedures, - real estate, Mediator and Bankruptcy Administrator appointed by Courts in a plurality of bankruptcy proceedings. Professional career Antonio has previously worked as a senior lawyer in law firms: BUFETE RIBALTA (today GARRIGUES) and ERNST & YOUNG Legal. He has also worked as head of the corporate and commercial law areas of the companies DANONE and ALMIRALL PRODESFARMA. Antonio is actually a member-vocal of the Bankruptcy Law Commission of the Bar Association of Barcelona. Education Law degree from the University of Barcelona, ​​1991. Master for corporate executives and tax experts from the CEU Abad Oliba University, 1994. Languages Spanish, Catalan, English and French. Recognitions and teaching He has been a professor of corporate and commercial law at the University of Barcelona and a business diploma school.

I joined Grupo Gispert in 2000. From 2012 to 2018 I lead the Litigation and Arbitration Department and I worked with the Corporate Law Department too, particularly regarding shareholders conflicts and other corporate matters. I am currently more focused in corporate transactions and cross border M&A, shareholder agreements and director’s liability. Before joining Grupo Gispert, I did an internship in various Firms in the UK. I have more than 20 years of experience as a lawyer and have been selected 5 consecutive years by Chambers and Partners and 3 years by Best Lawyers. I speak, apart from Spanish and Catalan, English and Italian and I am currently improving my French.

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

Raúl Pardo Geijo ha obtenido el quinto galardón al mejor abogado penalista de España. Ha vuelto a conseguir este año 2019 el galardón al mejor abogado penalista de España por quinto año consecutivo. El abogado penalista de Murcia firma por quinto año consecutivo otro premio nacional que le convierte oficialmente en el letrado penalista más relevante de su categoría, habiendo llegado a alcanzar un enorme nivel de popularidad gracias a la excelente labor realizada en todos los casos en los que ha participado. Este año ya alcanza la friolera de 6 galardones, la mayoría de ellos a nivel internacional (ej. Best Lawyers 2019, Criminal Defense) Su ejercicio y actividad como mejor abogado penalista de España se extiende por toda la Nación (también internacionalmente), pero su ejercicio como abogado penalista en Alicante, Madrid o Valencia es parte de su día a día. Su sede se halla en Murcia y desde allí coordina a todo su equipo jurídico que caso por caso siguen las directrices que este afamado penalista marca para resolver sus asuntos con el éxito que pretende. Para este abogado penalista de Murcia es algo habitual que sea premiado con distintos galardones y está acostumbrado conllevar este índice de popularidad. Sin ir más lejos, este mismo año 2019, forma parte del prestigioso ISDE y es reconocido por las instituciones internacionales The Lawyers Network o Advisory Excellence, algo que sólo los mejores abogados penalistas de España podrían lograr siendo el colofón el reciente galardón “Best Lawyers” (2019, Criminal Defense) otorgado por la editorial jurídica estadounidense más antigua y que, en exclusiva, lo ha recibido en materia de Derecho Penal en toda la Región de Murcia. Recognized as one of the most important criminal lawyers in the national field and immersed in the most complex legal cases in the country, Master in Criminal Law and member of this Section in the Bar Association of Murcia, is currently director of the law firm Murcia Pardo Geijo, with almost half a century of tradition. He has been awarded on numerous occasions by prestigious legal institutions of outstanding notoriety for the relevance of his actions in the field of Criminal Law, with many other recognitions and scientific publications in this and other matters.

Ernesto Díaz-Bastien, senior counsel before the ICC ( International Criminal Court) has focused especially on financial criminal law, having been a 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 White collar is noteworthy. He has defended and legally represented the interests of different States, organizations and companies, and individuals within various business and financial sectors. He works in the international legal sphere, coordinating and leading the defense of his client's interests before international courts and in numerous jurisdictions within transnational lawsuits and proceedings. He has further served as a 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.