Vicente Sebastián Ruiz

Founding Partner, Abogado (Spanish lawyer), LL.M., Insolvency trustee

Office:

Barcelona

Languages:

Work areas:

Corporate, Litigation, Transport & Maritime law

Profile:

Vicente Sebastián is Managing Partner of ZAFO LAW. He has extensive experience in litigation and corporate matters assisting Scandinavian entities in Spain. He also regularly advises banks, financial entities, corporations, insurance companies, etc.

He specializes in restructurings, distressed investments and insolvency, and advises all the parties involved when companies are in financial difficulty (i.e. debtors, company directors, creditors, receivers, etc.).

Vicente Sebastián has been a lecturer on Maritime Law at Barcelona Bar Association.

He is tax representative and secretary to the board of various Scandinavian subsidiary companies.

An interview with Vicente Sebastián can be read in this interview: http://lawyerpress.com/2019/05/14/vicente-sebastian-zafo-law-de-barcelona-escandinavia-tiene-un-gran-respeto-por-la-reputacion-de-las-empresas-espanolas-en-muchos-sectores/

Education:

  • LLM, Universidad de Navarra.
  • Abogado (Spanish Attorney-at-law) bar member number 24655 Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona.
  • Spanish law degree, Universidad Central de Barcelona.

Experience:

  • Founding partner in Zafo Law
  • Abogado, law firm in Barcelona.
  • Abogado, Dutch / German law firm in Barcelona.

Memberships:

  • The Danish Business Circle in Barcelona
  • The Swedish Spanish Trade Chamber in Barcelona

Publications and lecturing

  • Autor of the article “Schizophrenic jurisprudence” published in The Maritime Advocate.
  • Lecture in Maritime Law at the Colegio de Abogado in Barcelona.