Our team

The human team that integrates the Firm, is characterized by having a high degree of specialization. 24 years of experience at your service.

1ÁLVARO OTERO SCHMITT
aotero@dopicoabogados.com / Tel. +34981934640

Experienced lawyer at all stages of criminal proceedings, acting as a defense lawyer or as a private prosecutor. Legal advisor to leading companies on compliance, advising them on the drafting, monitoring and updating of their compliance programmes. He is at the same time an expert in civil law, in particular in the law of obligations and contracts and in inheritance law, matters which he has dealt with in numerous opinions and cases. Speaker at leading universities and business schools.

- Degree in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela
- Member of the Santiago Bar Association.
2ARIADNA RIVADAS CARREIRA
arivadas@dopicoabogados.com / Tel. +34981934640

Lawyer responsible for the control and monitoring of mortgage and exchange proceedings, foreclosure of judicial and non-judicial titles, which is handled by the Firm. She is an expert in everything related to the problems of ground clauses, acceleration clauses, marketing of complex financial products and, in relation to all this, advises and represents the firm's clients. Its activity also refers to the monitoring and defense of competition cases, which are handled by both the CNMC and the regional competition agencies.

- Degree in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
- Specialization in Law, Public Prosecutor's Office and Legal Practice at the School of Legal Practice in Santiago de Compostela.
- Member of the Bar Association of Santiago de Compostela.
3BERNARDO DOPICO GIL
bernardo@dopicoabogados.com / Tel. +34986441258-59

Famous lawyer in the defense of the interests of different types of businesses against the Public Administrations. He is expert in administrative sanctioning law, public domain and in the recognition of benefits and compensation paid by the Administration, including those related to town planning and compulsory expropriation proceedings. During his extensive professional career he has handled matters of special complexity and relevance. At present he is focused on relations with General State Administration bodies, on the judiciary procedures to be resolved by the highest levels of the Judiciary in Madrid (National High Court, Supreme Court and Constitutional Court) and in the relationship with other firms. He has been Professor of Administrative Law in several Postgraduate Programs.

- He took a degree in Law at Santiago de Compostela University.
- Master's Degree in Taxation and Fiscal System from the Caixanova Business School
- Member of the Bar Association of Vigo.
4EVA QUIRÓS PARAPAR
eva@dopicoabogados.com / Tel. +34986441258-59

She regularly goes to the courts and tribunals in defense of its clients' interests, among which are outstanding Real Estate and Wealth Management Companies. She enjoys a high reputation among his colleagues in the fields of tenancy law, condominiums and building law. She is also an expert in inheritance and family law, matters on which she regularly advises and litigates, as well as in mediation. She was a professor at the Concepción Arenal School of Legal Practice.

- Degree in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
- Mediator entitled
- Professor of the Master's Degree in Access to Law at the University of Vigo.
- Member of the Bar Association of Vigo.
5IVÁN VILLAR ÁLVAREZ
ivanvillar@dopicoabogados.com / Tel. +34986441258-59

Lawyer who has joined our Corporate Law Department in 2002. He is an expert in Mercantile Law and Banking Law. He acts as an outside counsel of banking entities and has participated in many judicial proceedings, financial transactions and distribution of assets. As a Corporate Law specialist he has been involved in sales operations and purchase of companies and assets, restructurings, creditor agreements, etc. He is also an experienced maritime lawyer. He has been an advisor in business operations related to the national and international maritime sector: formation of Joint Ventures, ship trade and rental and financial guarantees. He has been a lecturer in Mercantil Law at the Novacaixagalicia Business School and speaker in Vigo University and Business Confederation Masters.

- He took a degree in Law at Santiago de Compostela University.
- Master's Degree in Tax Consultancy from the Center for Financial (Centro de Estudios Financieros, C.E.F.).
- Member of the Bar Association of Vigo.
6JOSÉ ÁNGEL DOPICO GIL
jose@dopicoabogados.com / Tel. +34986441258-59

He participated in the foundation of the Firm in 1993, joining the Corporate Law Department.
Mercantilist specialized in corporate, banking and competition law, Spanish and European. Secretary of the Boards of Directors of major companies and external counsel for financial institutions. He was a Legal Analyst in the Business and Organisations Area at Caja de Ahorros Municipal de Vigo. A renowned maritime lawyer who defends the interests of relevant companies in the sector. Lawyer requesting bankruptcy proceedings and insolvency administrator. He has been a lecturer at the Novacaixagalicia Business School and the “Concepción Arenal” School of Legal Practice, and has spoken at the Masters of the University of Vigo and at the Galician Congresses of Bankruptcy Law Professionals.

- He took a degree in Law at Santiago de Compostela University,
- Degree in Business Tax Consultancy from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Icade), with a stay at Banco Popular Español (Legal Consultancy).
- He took a degree in European Law at the Free University of Brussels (Institute of European Studies), a scholarship from the Galicia-Europe Foundation and a stage at the European Commission (general division of Competence, Banking and Insurance Division).
- Member of the Bar Association of Vigo.
7PATRICIA CASARES VALLE
patriciacasares@dopicoabogados.com / Tel. +34986441258-59

As an expert in corporate operations and company sales and acquisitions, she deals with the same, adequately combining commercial law with tax implications. She has a deep knowledge of the regulation of the taxes assigned to the region of Galicia and of the taxation of inheritance agreements. On all these matters he has defended taxpayers, both in the administrative and contentious phases. Her professional experience has also transferred her to the scope of the insolvency proceedings, acting as a lawyer requesting the insolvency proceedings and as insolvency administrator.

- Degree in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
- Master's Degree in Tax Consultancy from the Caixanova Business School.
- Member of the Bar Association of Vigo.
8ROBERTO SALGUEIRO GARCÍA
roberto@dopicoabogados.com / Tel. +34981934640

Specialist in town planning and real estate regulation; in the elaboration of town planning instruments, and in the processing of appeals (administrative and contentious) relating to licenses and administrative concessions; in the processing of contentious-administrative appeals against the approval of General Plans and other town planning documents. Experienced in the defense of litigation arising from the processing of compulsory expropriation proceedings, and in monetary claims in general.

- He took a degree in Law at Santiago de Compostela University.
- Master's Degree in Legal Consultancy from the Caixanova Business School.
- Member of the Bar Association of Santiago de Compostela.
9SILVIA DE FRANCISCO PÉREZ
sdef@dopicoabogados.com / Tel. +34986441258-59

Recognized expert in tax and commercial law. Throughout his long career she has faced complex M&A and Private Equity transactions, with significant commercial, accounting and tax implications. Her professional career began in Arthur Andersen in 1990. She then became Director of the Corporate Commercial Practice in Garrigues and Manager of the Tax Law Practice for Galicia. In 2007 she joined Caixanova and she was appointed Deputy Director in 2009. There she held various positions such as Director of Legal and Tax Advice or Director of the Office of the President and Chief Executive Officer. Secretary of the Boards of Directors of various companies. Lecturer in Masters at the University of Vigo and at the Novacaixagalicia Business School. Recurrent or occasional tax advice to companies and their partners. Implementation and maintenance of tax planning policies. Recurrent or occasional tax advice to individuals and their assets. Tax audits (retrospective diagnostic review, purchase or sale tax audits). Mergers, splits, exchange of securities, segregations, insolvency proceedings or dissolution and liquidation....Acquisitions of companies or activities.

- Law Degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
- Member of the Bar Association of Vigo.
10SUSANA TIZÓN CABALEIRO
stizon@dopicoabogados.com / Tel. +34986441258-59

He participated in the foundation of the Firm in 1993, joining the Corporate Law Department.

Specialist in Labour Law and Commercial Law. She assists and advises important companies in the hiring of workers and managers, termination of employment or commercial relations, remuneration systems, collective bargaining, transfer and restructuring of companies, productive decentralization, etc.
With experience in representing companies both in extrajudicial negotiations and before Courts and Tribunals. She serves as a legal advisor and secretary on the boards of directors of leading companies. She taught Labour Law at the Postgraduate Programmes of the Novacaixagalicia Business School and she was a speaker at the Confederation of Businessmen of Pontevedra.

- Degree in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Member of the Bar Association of Vigo.

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