Covering a wide array of sectors, including industrial manufacturing, automotive, aviation, defence, chemicals, steel, electronics, construction, agribusiness and logistics, Baker McKenzie advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters. The team is jointly led by labour and employment specialist José Prieto and Javier Menor, who advises on corporate law, M&A, private equity and competition matters.

DLA Piper advises manufacturers on regulatory, transactional, and contentious matters, supported by a multidisciplinary team covering real estate, planning, corporate, IP, banking, and public law. A central member of the practice, Joaquín Hervada focuses on EU and competition law, guiding manufacturing clients through merger control, restructurings, strategic alliances, and infringement proceedings before Spanish and EU authorities.

The manufacturing team at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advises clients across the chemicals and plastics, industrial equipment, shipbuilding, automotive and mobility, life sciences, and biotechnology sectors. The group assists with corporate, commercial, contractual, financing, IP, data protection, administrative, and regulatory matters. Ainara Rentería oversees the practice, advising on strategic developments in the automotive and mobility sectors, including connected-vehicle contracting, digitalisation of manufacturing processes, and direct-to-consumer online sales models.

 

Pérez-Llorca advises manufacturers, including clients operating in the industrial, transport and energy segments, on corporate, regulatory, dispute resolution, employment, banking and finance, and public law matters. Beatriz García leads the firm’s antitrust damages practice and represents several clients in major multijurisdictional disputes across the automotive, energy, engineering, agri-food, financial, and construction sectors, regularly appearing before civil, commercial, administrative and EU courts.

Domestic and international manufacturers from the heavy industry and automotive segments regularly turn to Cuatrecasas for assistance with a wide range of legal matters, including M&A, financing, litigation, labour, and public law matters. Bilbao-based José Ramón Berecibar advises several manufacturing clients on commercial, corporate and M&A mandates.

Bringing together expertise in corporate, regulatory, environmental, IP, and dispute resolution matters, Uría Menéndez acts for a diverse range of manufacturing clients, including players in the food and beverage, automotive and pharmaceutical segments. The practice is under the joint leadership of Borja Sainz de Aja, who specialises in IP matters, and dispute resolution specialist Cristian Gual Grau. Jaime Calvo advises industrial clients on environmental licensing and compliance, while Cristina Ayo specialises in litigation.