Member Profiles

Ernesto Díaz-Bastien, senior counsel before the ICC ( International Criminal Court) has focused specially on financial criminal law,, having been professor and speaker in numerous courses in this area. Due to his dedication to financial criminal law, our founder has been named every year since 2005 among the world’s foremost lawyers in financial criminal law by the prestigious publication Who’s Who Legal. Over his long career, he has worked in different branches of national and international law. His specialization over the past decades in economic criminal law, both individuals and corporate, international aid and in White collar is noteworthy. He has defended and legally represented the interests of different States, organizations and companies as well as of individuals within various business and financial sectors. He works in the international legal sphere, coordinating and leading the defense of his clients’ interests before international courts and in numerous jurisdictions within transnational lawsuits and proceedings. He has further served as specialist or expert in Spanish law before foreign criminal, commercial and civil courts. He has also produced opinions presented before international courts such as Great Britain’s House of Lords or the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Ernesto Díaz-Bastien, senior counsel before the ICC ( International Criminal Court) has focused specially on financial criminal law,, having been professor and speaker in numerous courses in this area. Due to his dedication to financial criminal law, our founder has been named every year since 2005 among the world’s foremost lawyers in financial criminal law by the prestigious publication Who’s Who Legal

Raúl Pardo Geijo ha obtenido el quinto galardón al mejor abogado penalista de España. Ha vuelto a conseguir este año 2019 el galardón al mejor abogado penalista de España por quinto año consecutivo. El abogado penalista de Murcia firma por quinto año consecutivo otro premio nacional que le convierte oficialmente en el letrado penalista más relevante de su categoría, habiendo llegado a alcanzar un enorme nivel de popularidad gracias a la excelente labor realizada en todos los casos en los que ha participado. Este año ya alcanza la friolera de 6 galardones, la mayoría de ellos a nivel internacional (ej. Best Lawyers 2019, Criminal Defense) Su ejercicio y actividad como mejor abogado penalista de España se extiende por toda la Nación (también internacionalmente), pero su ejercicio como abogado penalista en Alicante, Madrid o Valencia es parte de su día a día. Su sede se halla en Murcia y desde allí coordina a todo su equipo jurídico que caso por caso siguen las directrices que este afamado penalista marca para resolver sus asuntos con el éxito que pretende. Para este abogado penalista de Murcia es algo habitual que sea premiado con distintos galardones y está acostumbrado conllevar este índice de popularidad. Sin ir más lejos, este mismo año 2019, forma parte del prestigioso ISDE y es reconocido por las instituciones internacionales The Lawyers Network o Advisory Excellence, algo que sólo los mejores abogados penalistas de España podrían lograr siendo el colofón el reciente galardón “Best Lawyers” (2019, Criminal Defense) otorgado por la editorial jurídica estadounidense más antigua y que, en exclusiva, lo ha recibido en materia de Derecho Penal en toda la Región de Murcia. Recognized as one of the most important criminal lawyers in the national field and immersed in the most complex legal cases in the country, Master in Criminal Law and member of this Section in the Bar Association of Murcia, is currently director of the law firm Murcia Pardo Geijo, with almost half a century of tradition. He has been awarded on numerous occasions by prestigious legal institutions of outstanding notoriety for the relevance of his actions in the field of Criminal Law, with many other recognitions and scientific publications in this and other matters.

Ernesto Díaz-Bastien, senior counsel before the ICC ( International Criminal Court) has focused especially on financial criminal law, having been a professor and speaker in numerous courses in this area. Due to his dedication to financial criminal law, our founder has been named every year since 2005 among the world’s foremost lawyers in financial criminal law by the prestigious publication Who’s Who Legal. Over his long career, he has worked in different branches of national and international law. His specialization over the past decades in economic criminal law, both individuals and corporate, international aid, and White collar is noteworthy. He has defended and legally represented the interests of different States, organizations and companies, and individuals within various business and financial sectors. He works in the international legal sphere, coordinating and leading the defense of his client's interests before international courts and in numerous jurisdictions within transnational lawsuits and proceedings. He has further served as a specialist or expert in Spanish law before foreign criminal, commercial and civil courts. He has also produced opinions presented before international courts such as Great Britain’s House of Lords or the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Gabriel Nadal is an attorney and ECIJA Barcelona’s Managing Partner. He is a partner of ECIJA Corporate, M&A, and Commercial Law areas. With more than 20 years of experience in Corporate and Business law, before joining ECIJA, he was Co-founder/Partner and Head of the Corporate and M&A practice at another leading Spanish law firm. He advises clients on issues related to: corporate finance; entrepreneurial & closely held businesses; mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; partnerships, joint-ventures and strategic alliances; and the acquisition & sale of financially distressed companies. Gabriel Nadal has obtained an LLM from the Universiteit van Amsterdam and an LLB from the Universidad de Barcelona (Spain). Gabriel speaks Spanish, Catalan, English, Italian and French.

VALVERDE GRADSAL ABOGADOS, is a legal firm specialized in tax advice for investment in Spain and corporate and tax planning for companies that want to establish themselves in Spain or Latin America. He specializes in business law and tax law and in family business law.