Pérez-Llorca is a law firm founded in Madrid in 1983. The firm has 53 partners and more than 360 professionals. It is headquartered in Madrid, and also has offices in Barcelona, London and New York. In 2017, the firm was recognised as ‘Spain Law Firm of the Year’ in the Chambers Europe Awards for the second time. The current senior partner of the firm is Pedro Pérez-Llorca.
History
The firm was founded in 1983 by José Pedro Pérez-Llorca, who held a number of ministerial positions during the Government of Adolfo Suárez and was one of the seven contributors to the Spanish Constitution. In 1995, the firm began its expansion with the opening of its office in Barcelona. In 2006, Chambers & Partners awarded Pérez-Llorca with the award ‘Iberian Law Firm of the Year’. In 2013, Pérez-Llorca moved its Madrid office to the Castelar building, located on the Paseo de la Castellana. The following year, the Barcelona office moved to the Alta Diagonal building located on Avenida Diagonal. In 2014, the firm continued its expansion and opened its first overseas office in London, where it practises Spanish law. One year later, in 2015, Pérez-Llorca established a presence in New York. That same year, the directory Chambers & Partners presented the firm with the award for ‘Spain Client Service’. In 2017, Chambers & Partners presented Pérez-Llorca with the award for ‘Spain Law Firm of the Year’ for the second time. In October 2018, the Firm opened its second office in Madrid in the so-called Foster Tower, in the Cuatro Torres Business Areafinancial district.
Pérez-Llorca/IE Chair
The Pérez-Llorca/IE Chair on Commercial Law is a top collaborative initiative launched by both a law firm and the IE University. The chair has been running since 2010, and was born of Pérez-Llorca and IE’s commitment to applied research and dissemination of information in the area of Commercial Law from the perspective of international legal practice. The aim of the chair is to combine the knowledge, experience and capabilities of a law firm and a university, and to share research with companies and law schools through work and by means of the joint activities organised by IE Law School and Pérez-Llorca.
The was launched in 2019 with the aim of promoting legal debate and contributing to the improvement of the application of legal standards and institutions. This publication, written and developed by Pérez-Llorca’s practitioners, includes legal studies, practical collaborations and a section named “Article 20”, in which renowned public figures with differing points of view are given a platform. The Journal seeks to promote the development of legal thinking, to contribute to the development of new criteria for the interpretation of the law and to promote the defence of legal security. It was first launched on 18 September 2019 at an event attended by various figures from the legal, political, business and cultural spheres.
Practice Areas
Pérez-Llorca advises its clients in the following practice areas:
