For innovative or traditional companies
With act legal Spain, you’ll be supported by team of lawyers who combine more than 30 years of experience and tech mastery. We offer the best of both worlds: youth and experience, traditional and digital law, leadership and horizontal collaboration.
We are an established law firm focused on our clients’ sectors and business models. We maintain close relationships with our clients, becoming your partner and collaborator. We draw from our experience derived from assisting many companies starting from their initial stages, when they were just an idea, and projects that have gone through similar situations.
act legal Spain is much greater than the sum of its parts. We aim to multiply our strengths. We encourage internal collaboration, because we believe that our strength lies in our team and their happiness, which is the key to our great project, act legal Spain.
Business is global. So is our scope.
Europe and the United States: For nearly 20 years, we have been part of the ELN, the European Lawyers Network, a network of independent law firms in Europe and the United States that share our vision of the legal profession. We collaborate in many fields, and especially in international M&A operations.
China: Since 2013, when we opened our first China Desk, we have specialised in commercial operations with China as their origin or destination. Several of our lawyers are fluent in Mandarin, and we have a strategic partnership with one of the top law firms in China, Tiantai.
From our China Desk, we offer advising on Spain-China relations, and we protect the interests of Spanish clients in China as well as Chinese clients in Spain.
LATAM: We have an extensive network of partner law firms in the main cities of Central and South America.
By means of our ‘secure investment broker’, we facilitate investments of Latin American capital in Spain.
Where we started, and where we’re going
act legal Spain has its roots in Colón de Carvajal Abogados, a firm founded in 1985 with a largely corporate clientele, focused on contentious, commercial, and tax matters.
Right before the pandemic, and after attempting two mergers with other firms that ultimately did not work out, we discovered something that we knew deep down, but had forgotten: who we are, and how we want to practice law. At a time of great uncertainty, we discovered who we didn’t want to be. We reinforced our strengths and learned to value the treasure we already had: our extraordinary team and our special way of working with clients.
After the pandemic and subsequent return to normal life, we had the opportunity to create a new project, shaped by our unique vision of practising law and of the importance of new technologies in law and business.
And thus, act legal Spain was born at the end of 2020. A modern, user-friendly, transparent, and socially and emotionally committed firm. Shortly afterwards, we joined forces with Cysae, a young, dynamic team closely linked to the tech and entrepreneurial worlds. This merger gave rise to Aledra, an ever-evolving firm of more than 35 professionals.
We focus on what matters: Ensuring our clients get their aims. We understand what is important for them and offer responses to their needs, priorities, and concerns.
We speak clearly: We master plain language. We strive to understand you and make sure you understand us. We do not waste your time (nor money) with lengthy documents, convoluted reports, or archaic legal jargon that do not contribute.
Our partners work (a lot): High-value legal practice requires experience and the sensitivity to anticipate your needs. Therefore, we offer an efficient model that blends maturity, youth, processes, and technology. Our focus is to continually provide more value to the client in a supportive environment for our team.
Forget the stereotypes of traditional law firms: our clients say that “we are lawyers who are a pleasure to deal with”. And we believe it.
We have over 30 lawyers specialized in all relevant areas of business law, offering you a team with innovative talent and broad experience.
We are backed by over three decades of providing traditional legal services combined with expertise in tools to optimize organizations and transactions in the digital age.
We mainly serve large companies, SMEs, startups, investment funds, and high-net worth individuals.
We have extensive experience in sectors such as associations and foundations, blockchain, defense, sports, culture and entertainment, digital economy, family businesses, energy, and natural resources, fintech, infrastructure and industry, construction, real estate and urban planning, telecommunications, and venture capital.
We offer all the legal services a business needs. Done well and in clear language. We can also work in python or solidity, if you prefer. We do not speak in “legalese,” we speak your language.
We have experts in the most complex areas of practice, being our primary contribution to act as strategic advisors. We not only provide technical guidance but also become strategic allies and a reliable source of comprehensive support for our clients.
