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+34 91 310 2217Chambers Review
Avantia Asesoramiento is a boutique firm that advises both domestic and international private clients on succession planning, trusts and estates. The firm is particularly noted for its ability to handle cross-border work for wealthy individuals and families.
Strengths
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"Avantia's team is highly skilled in all different areas of expertise required to deal with an individual's wealth management. All members of Avantia are very senior, ask the right questions in order to correctly understand the client's real needs, and provide comprehensive solutions which touch base on all relevant matters."
"Avantia are extremely professional with expert knowledge; it's an excellent client relationship. They minimise stress and distil the issues succinctly and in a manner that is easy understood by the lay client. Each member of the team is extremely efficient and has the required depth of knowledge and each one of them goes above and beyond."
"The team is 100% specialised and has the broadest experience in the matter, which means they command an understanding of the current regulatory atmosphere based on the knowledge of the previous legislation. They are earnest, focused, and aware of the real problems that wealthy individuals face and the need for discretion. The firm's approach is realistic and the solutions delivered sound."
"Avantia's team is highly skilled in all different areas of expertise required to deal with an individual's wealth management. All members of Avantia are very senior, ask the right questions in order to correctly understand the client's real needs, and provide comprehensive solutions which touch base on all relevant matters."
"Avantia are extremely professional with expert knowledge; it's an excellent client relationship. They minimise stress and distil the issues succinctly and in a manner that is easy understood by the lay client. Each member of the team is extremely efficient and has the required depth of knowledge and each one of them goes above and beyond."
"The team is 100% specialised and has the broadest experience in the matter, which means they command an understanding of the current regulatory atmosphere based on the knowledge of the previous legislation. They are earnest, focused, and aware of the real problems that wealthy individuals face and the need for discretion. The firm's approach is realistic and the solutions delivered sound."
Notable Practitioners
Javier Estella Lana is a managing partner at Avantia and heads its private wealth law practice. Estella Lana is commended as a leading expert in Spanish private wealth law. He regularly advises foreign and domestic high net worth clients on trusts and estates planning as well as handling structuring for clients' closely held businesses.
"Javier is widely praised in the marketplace as the most experienced and knowledgeable professional in the field."
"For me, Javier Estella Lana, without a doubt, is the best professional in Spain in estate planning."
"Javier is the best individual wealth tax planner I've ever worked with. His ability to understand the big picture, his eagerness to find the best planning strategy, and the way he keeps the execution steps plan under control, are some of the reasons why I would strongly recommend him."
Patricia García Mediero is a private wealth law expert with experience in estate planning and administration, wealth structuring, tax residency and residential property transactions. Her work is very often cross-border in scope and she regularly advises on highly complex and high-value wealth structuring and estate planning matters.
"Patricia attended us at all times with professionalism, sympathy and speed."
"Patricia is a truly exceptional lawyer."
Gabriel Pérez de Cárdenas is a specialist in contentious tax. He advises on family business taxation and also assists with M&A, restructuring and voluntary disclosure procedures. He has expertise in cross-border matters.
"Gabriel provides a very high level of tax consultancy. He is very professional and up-to-date with the Spanish tax legislation. I was really satisfied with all the tax advice he provided. His vision is very pragmatic and he understands perfectly what the client expects."
"Gabriel delivers the maximum level of commitment and professionalism."