Private Wealth Law

Cuatrecasas is one of the largest Spanish firms and offers a wide range of private client services, including tax planning and consultancy and business, financial and real estate advice. The firm also handles M&A matters on behalf of family office clients.

"The people we usually work with have many years of experience, and the firm has a wide network that allows us to have up-to-date and extensive knowledge."

"The practitioners at Cuatrecasas are extremely sophisticated in the private client field. Cuatrecasas has an excellent private client team, with standout breadth and depth. The team of Cuatrecasas is highly responsive and provides great service."

"The partners that deal with us enjoy solid experience in the field and a proven ability to leverage it to analyse the most complex and sophisticated matters, providing innovative and creative solutions. It is impressive the quality of its bench and also its ability to involve partners from other areas when needed, while always displaying top-quality advice and service."

Carlos Ferrer is a highly regarded tax expert who specialises in corporate acquisitions and restructuring, private banking and structured financing. "Among other virtues, I would highlight his magnificent communication skills, experience, attitude, up-to-date knowledge and teamwork." "He is an outstanding professional who couples his solid and sophisticated knowledge and experience with excellent interpersonal skills." "He provides strong support and focus on customer needs."

Ignacio Costa is a tax expert specialising in tax planning and M&A matters, and advises wealthy families on tax and M&A matters pertaining to their closely held businesses.

Sonia Velasco is a longstanding tax expert in private wealth law, and advises wealthy families on wealth management, estate planning and tax residence matters. "She possesses exceptional technical strength and extensive experience, displaying a keen awareness of concealed risks in any situation. Furthermore, she demonstrates the ability to adopt a holistic perspective and think innovatively, all while maintaining a calm and reassuring demeanour that instils confidence." "Sonia manages her team exceptionally. She is great at seeing the bigger picture and is collaborative." "Sonia is great on international matters."

Alberto Moya is a trusted adviser to entrepreneurs, business owners and wealthy individuals. He assists with tax and family business succession planning matters, particularly in restructuring transactions.

Iñigo Aguirrezabala has great knowledge of cross-border tax matters and advises families and high net worth individuals on tax planning, corporate transactions and real estate matters. "He is super technical, super nice, very responsive, and has a very good commercial attitude." "He is wonderfully creative and intellectually curious. He's always finding new ways to do things and is an incredibly powerful lawyer to partner with on cross-border issues." "Within Cuatrecasas, Iñigo is a rising star that you want to have as your right hand."

Roberto Álvarez is a tax specialist and advises high net worth individuals on residency and tax structure matters. Álvarez is particularly well known for representing high-profile sportspeople. "Roberto is not only one of the best private wealth lawyers I have been working with, he is a solutions-driven lawyer, able to understand client needs, find the solution and easily explain it." "He is excellent, very accurate in the concepts, pragmatic and client-oriented."