Roca Junyent and the law firms of BMyV Abogados come together to expand their services in Spain

Madrid, 28th october 2019 – Roca Junyent and the BMyV Abogados association of law firms today signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of expanding their presence and services in Spain. This strategic alliance will enable Roca Junyent, which has until now had its two main offices in Madrid and Barcelona, to expand its presence to other cities in Spain. This is an agreement for collaboration and planning the future integration of these firms.

Roca Junyent is thus pursuing its strategy for growth in new markets and driving forward its expansion so it has a presence in Andalusia (Malaga and Seville), Madrid, Barcelona, Basque Country (Bilbao) and Castille and Leon (Burgos and Valladolid), as well as Girona, Lleida, Tarragona and Palma de Mallorca.

BMyV Abogados is currently made up of Gaona Abogados, which recently took over the A.Rozados & Asociados firm of Seville, changing its name to Gaona and Rozados Abogados, IparBilbao Abogados, Sanz-Lomana Puras y Asociados, Hernando Lara Abogados, and Silvia Giménez-Salinas Abogados, all of which are well established and highly respected in their respective territories; through this alliance with Roca Junyent, the firms of the network are strengthening their teams and services in the two main Spanish locations, Madrid and Barcelona.

In this context, the main partners of these firms are or have been Deans of their respective provincial bar associations, as well as highly respected lawyers in their own respective legal specialities. In the case of Hernando Lara Abogados, Pablo Luis Hernando Lara was president of the Bar Association of Burgos; Carlos Fuentenebro Zabala, partner at IparBilbao Abogados, is currently the president of the Vizcaya Bar Association, while his partner, Nazario Oleaga, was also president of this same association between 2003 and 2013; Silvia Giménez-Salinas, founder of SGS Abogados, is president emeritus of the Barcelona Bar Association; Manuel Camas Jimena, president of Gaona Abogados, is also president emeritus of the Malaga Bar Association; Enrique Sanz Lomana, partner at Sanz-Lomana Puras y Asociados, was president of the Bar Association of Valladolid and is currently the president of the General Mutual Benefit Association of Spanish Lawyers; and Noemí Juaní Ramón, Executive Director of Gaona Abogados, has been Director General of the Barcelona Bar Association.

The firms of BMyV Abogados currently have 27 partners and a total of 54 professionals, adding to the Roca Junyent team, which is made up of over 200 professionals working in all branches of business law.