Ignacio Díez-Picazo joins Garrigues

Ignacio Díez-Picazo will join Garrigues this coming January as of counsel in the Dispute Resolution: Litigation & Arbitration Department, bringing his extensive experience as an attorney in complex civil and commercial litigation, as well as in domestic and international arbitration proceedings.

Following stints at several international firms, in recent years Ignacio has practiced as managing partner of his own family firm, Díez-Picazo Abogados, founded by his father Luis Díez-Picazo and specialized in civil and commercial dispute resolution.

In his professional practice, Ignacio has acted as counsel for some of the leading Spanish and foreign companies in the financial, energy, construction, information and communications, and service sectors.

He is professor of Procedural Law at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a member on leave from the Legal Service of the Constitutional Court, permanent member of Procedural Law Panel Five of the General Codification Committee of the Ministry of Justice, corresponding member of the Procedural Law Panel of the Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, member of the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club, member of the FIDE Academic Council; as well as Chairman of the Spanish Business Litigation Club. He has also authored numerous publications on procedural law and sits on the editorial boards of several prestigious periodicals.

Garrigues has a team of over 200 experts in litigation (civil, commercial and criminal) and arbitration, mainly based in Spain, Portugal and Latin America, with expertise in resolving all types of business disputes.