Santana LorenzoAbogados
Santana Lorenzo Abogados

Courtroom lawyers, not boardroom lawyers.

Since 2007 we have defended our clients before the courts. We see ourselves in the lawyer who litigates: the one who spends long hours waiting in the corridors of courthouses across Spain before stepping into the courtroom, at the side of the person they represent. That is where a case is decided, and that is where we are.

We stand by our clients from the first sign of conflict to the final judgment. It is often years of working together, a long crossing of the desert under all the pressure a lawsuit brings. That is why your lawyer is the person you trust: the one who walks that road with you, from beginning to end.

Margarita Santana Lorenzo
Margarita Santana LorenzoFounding and Managing Partner · Over twenty-five years in practice
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One of the hardest rocks in existence, basalt represents what Santana Lorenzo Abogados offers its clients: solidity.

Litigation boutique · International network Criminal · Tax · Civil & Commercial · Family & Inheritance · Administrative · International Spain · Portugal · United Arab Emirates · Mexico · Uruguay · United States

Practice Areas

“The surest way to secure peace is to let your adversary know you are prepared for war.”

Vegetius, Epitoma rei militaris, 4th century. Si vis pacem, para bellum.

Margarita Santana has practised criminal law for over twenty-five years and has shaped a way of working that defines a boutique firm: personal attention and direct contact. She leads the team of lawyers, experts, auditors and advisers who work on every matter. We coordinate the team; the client is at the centre.

The Firm

“A litigation boutique with an international network, advising across every area of law.”

Santana Lorenzo Abogados is a litigation boutique based in Madrid with an international network of law firms in six countries: Spain, Portugal, Uruguay, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. We advise across every area of law — criminal, tax, civil, commercial, family and inheritance, and administrative — with specialists in each and long experience before the courts. In Spain we advise from Madrid; in each of the other countries, the advice is provided by an independent local firm within our network, to Spanish expatriates and to foreign nationals wishing to live in Spain alike.

As a litigation boutique, in Spain we have acted in some of the country’s most significant proceedings, defending financial institutions, telecommunications operators, airlines, companies in the energy and hotel sectors, sports clubs, media groups and public bodies, as well as senior executives, family businesses and private individuals.

We work to a method of our own, the Santana Lorenzo method: our professionals analyse the client’s needs, define the strategy together with the client, and the firm executes it from start to finish, with a team accountable for the handling of the matter. We believe the best lawyer is the one who works hardest. Winning a case is not only a matter of talent: it takes tenacity, sharpness and hours of study, and that is what we bring to every matter.

6Countries with network firms
3Continents
6Practice Areas
Madrid
Madrid
Lisbon
Lisbon
Montevideo
Montevideo
Mexico City
Mexico City
Dubai
Dubai
Miami
Miami
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Madrid · Lisbon · Montevideo · Mexico City · Dubai · Miami

International Practice

“International presence, because borders no longer exist.”

We live in a global world where borders matter less and less and business demands a presence at any latitude. We have a network of local firms in Portugal, Uruguay, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and the United States (Miami), which work to our quality system and provide legal, tax and commercial advice in each country, to Spanish expatriates and to foreign nationals wishing to live in Spain alike.

  • Establishing businesses abroad: subsidiaries, holding companies and operating entities.
  • Change of tax residence for executives and families, into or out of Spain; advance planning and evidence of residence.
  • Funds and investment vehicles: choice of jurisdiction and governance.
  • Family protocols, succession and family office with an international dimension.
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Team

“One lead lawyer per matter. Behind them, the whole team.”

A litigation boutique led by Margarita Santana Lorenzo, with a team of lawyers and accredited professionals in every area — criminal and tax lawyers, university professors, auditors, expert witnesses and advisers — accountable for the handling of each matter from start to finish.

Margarita Santana Lorenzo

Margarita Santana Lorenzo

Founding and Managing Partner · Madrid Bar (ICAM) no. 71,719

She founded Santana Lorenzo Abogados in 2007 as one of Madrid’s first criminal litigation boutiques and has acted in some of the country’s most significant criminal cases. University lecturer in Criminal Law and contributor to the training programmes of the Madrid Bar Association, ISDE and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, author and editor of leading works on compliance published by Thomson Reuters Aranzadi and winner of the ISDE International Legal Award 2020, she leads the firm and the team of lawyers and professionals who work on every matter.

Forbes WomenSpain’s Most Influential Women 2024 and 2025 · Interview, December 2024
ISDE International Legal Award2020
UNE 19602Founder of the standardisation committee on tax compliance
Press and publicationsForbes · Vogue · Cosmopolitan · Legal Today · view all

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Contact

“Tell us about your matter.”

We are at Velázquez 10, in the heart of Madrid’s Salamanca district. From our Madrid office we act throughout Spain. First meeting at our offices or by video call: we will tell you clearly whether we can help you, and how.

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Velázquez 10 · Salamanca district
Address
C/ Velázquez, 10, entreplanta izquierda
28001 Madrid
Telephone
+34 916 266 393
Email
info@santanalorenzo.com
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