Gemma Atares is a Barcelona-based lawyer and member of the Barcelona Bar Association, specializing in insolvency law, corporate law, and NewTech & data protection. She advises private companies, family businesses, high-net-worth individuals, and luxury brands on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance, dispute resolution, and restructuring. Gemma is a key partner at Figueras Legal SLP, contributing across multiple practice areas including insolvency, intellectual property, tax, labor, and arbitration.
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Gemma Atares holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2000) and completed a Postgraduate Course in Legal Practice at the Barcelona Bar Association (2001–2003). She is a member of the Barcelona Bar Association since 2002 and pursued a Postgraduate Course in Restructuring and Insolvency Judicial Proceedings at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in 2007.
Gemma specializes in legal advice in insolvency law, corporate law, and emerging technologies, including data protection. She provides strategic counsel to private companies, founders, family businesses, charities, high-net-worth individuals, luxury and fashion brands, and professional service providers. Her expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance and risk, dispute resolution, arbitration and mediation, tax advisory, labor and employment law, immigration, and injury and terrorism law.
At Figueras Legal SLP, Gemma works across multiple practice groups including the Transactional Practice Group, Intellectual Property Group, Insolvency and Restructuring Group, Global Dispute Group, Tax Group, Labor and Employment Law Group, Immigration Law Group, and Global Arbitration and Mediation Group.
Her multidisciplinary experience enables her to guide clients through complex corporate, regulatory, and technological challenges while protecting their interests and supporting growth and restructuring initiatives.
