Cuatrecasas

Cuatrecasas is a large international law firm that provides legal advice to businesses, institutions, and investors. The firm handles complex matters across many areas of business law and serves clients from offices located in multiple countries.

The firm offers a broad range of legal services. These include corporate law and commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and venture capital. It also advises on finance, restructuring, and insolvency.

Its litigation practice covers commercial disputes, financial and insurance litigation, construction cases, and large-scale collective actions. The tax team handles corporate taxation, transfer pricing, indirect tax, and private wealth. Other practice areas include labor and employment, public law, environmental and climate change, town planning, public procurement, competition, foreign investment, and international arbitration.

Cuatrecasas organizes its work by industry sector. It advises clients in aerospace and defense, energy and infrastructure, financial services and insurance, life sciences and healthcare, real estate, technology and telecommunications, hotels and tourism, retail, sports, and media. This sector focus helps the firm understand the specific rules and commercial needs of each industry.

The firm employs more than two thousand professionals across twenty-four offices in eleven countries. It has offices in Spain and Portugal and operates across Latin America. The firm uses four country desks to manage cross-border work and regional matters. The team includes twenty-nine nationalities and works in sixteen languages.

Beyond client work, Cuatrecasas maintains academic and knowledge programs. Over three hundred of its lawyers lecture at universities, including nine professors. The firm publishes practical guides and legal alerts on topics such as foreign investment, venture capital, cryptoassets, and financing trends. It also runs Cuatrecasas Acelera, a program that selects startups for mentorship and support.

The firm provides resources through specialized units including Cuatrecasas Innova, Cuatrecasas Industrial Property, and Cuatrecasas Academy. These platforms support innovation, intellectual property protection, and legal training. Clients receive multidisciplinary advice that combines local knowledge with international reach.

Services

• Corporate
• Finance
• Litigation
• Tax
• Labor and Employment
• Public Law
• Arbitration
• Competition and Foreign Investment
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Intellectual and Industrial Property