Experienced Independant Law Firm specialising in Spanish Property Matters.
Specialising in Spanish real estate, inheritance matters and planning law.
With over 30 years of experience, our team deals with Spanish real estate, inheritance matters and planning law. Apart from standard matters, we are well-known for assisting with complex real estate problems. Our office is situated on the Mediterranean coast in the beautiful town of Mojácar, in the province of Almeria, where we have been serving clients since 2003.

Gerardo M. Vázquez
Gerardo M Vazquez serves as the head of the firm, offering bilingual legal services in both Spanish and English. Gerardo is a well-known Lawyer with dual British and Spanish nationality, registered to practice in Spain as a Spanish Lawyer in the Colegio de Abogados de Almería. He has extensive experience and a solid reputation.
Gerardo has invaluable experience in matters of the Spanish legal system regarding Property Law and Social Legal Advocacy, having garnered substantial recognition and media presence.
He has a solid academic background and much international experience involving Great Britain and Spain.
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Marta Val
Marta is Gerardo’s Legal Assistant. She is bilingual and has worked as an assistant in the legal field for over 25 years, dealing predominantly with non-Spanish EU clients.
Marta started studying Mathematics at the University of Santiago de Compostela, before taking up residence in Madrid to work in the Prosecución Service and then in the Law Courts.
Marta assists with case management and is good at solving the day to day problems arising in a practical, decisive but also friendly way.

Maura Hillen
Real Estate advice, management and mediation. Real estate consultant, Member No: 3847 AEGAI (Asociación Europea de Gestores Y Administradores Inmobiliarios). Consultant of Vazquez Lawyers, based in Albox. Maura is a consultant to the firm.
Was President of the association, No to Planning Abuses in Andalusia (AUAN) 2009-2020. Awarded an MBE by HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to the British Community in Spain. BSc Computer Science and former project manager for a Swiss bank
Maura is a practical hands-on person, is patient and is good at dealing with elderly clients. Apart from assisting with a lot of the outside work for the firm, Maura also offers a property-finding service, a bit like a personal shopper to the client.

Pedro Rivera Barrachina
Pedro is a consultant to our firm for the Murcia province and other matters.Aethicus is the Law firm of Pedro Rivera Barrachina, a Spanish Lawyer (Abogado), who is registered at the Murcia College of Lawyers.
Pedro has a Master’s Degree in Urban and Real Estate Law at ENAE Business School, he used to teach at the Master’s Degrees in Legal Practíce at the University of Murcia and the Catholic University San Antonio. He has held different representative positions in the governing board of the Murcia Legal Profession and in the Government of the Murcia Region.

Andres Gutierrez Mansilla
Lawyer registered in the Malaga College of Lawyers. Associated in Malaga with Vazquez Lawyers. Andrés is an external consuiltant to our firm for the province of Málaga.
Andres has been associate in national law firms in Marbella and Malaga. Areas of practice: Civil Law, Litigation, Real Estate, Public Sector Contracts and Contentious- Administrative Law. Languages: English and French.

Fernando Cambronero Cánovas
Fernando Cambronero Cánovas is a Spanish Lawyer (Abogado) who is registered at the Elche College of Lawyers. He is an external consultant to our firm for the Alicante province and for civil law matters.
Fernando is the person we rely on for Civil litigation, in which matter he is a renowned specialist, given that his experience includes that of having been a judge in the first instance law courts and then in the appeal court for the Alicante province. He also has a doctorate from the Miguel Hernandez University in Elche.

Pedro Maldonado Ruiz
Pedro Maldonado Ruiz is a Spanish lawyer (Abogado) with over 30 years experience. He is an external consultant for matters involving litigation in the Spanish Courts, especialising in criminal litigation, on behalf of claimants or defendants. Pedro, has considerable experience in contentious matters involving Spanish real estate property and has acted in hundreds of such cases.
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Expertise and Experience
Drawing from a distinguished career, Gerardo M Vazquez has accumulated over thirty years of invaluable experience in matters of Spanish Law, dedicated to assisting British and other EU individuals with legal matters in Spain. His main areas of expertise include
Property Law
Specialising in the purchase of property in Spain, dealing with conveyancing, complex property-related issues, catastro work, planning problems, and inheritance matters.
Social Legal Advocacy
Gerardo M Vazquez has been instrumental in effecting changes to Spanish laws, particularly those benefiting property purchasers and addressing the issue of illegal houses in Spain. He has provided crucial advice to organizations such as AUAN and has been actively involved in legislative improvements.

Academic Background
Gerardo M Vazquez’s legal acumen is backed by an extensive educational foundation. He studied at London University, including a significant period at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, and holds a Masters Degree in European and Comparative Law.
He has been called as an expert in the British Law Courts in matters of private international law, ie the conflict of legal systems, as well as in Planning Comissions in the Andalucian Parlament.
Media Presence and Recognition
Gerardo M Vazquez’s expertise and contributions have garnered widespread recognition. He has been featured on television, radio, and in numerous publications, further solidifying his status as a well-known and respected Lawyer based in Mojacar, Almería, Spain.
International Experience
With a career spanning across London, Madrid, Malaga, and his current base in Almería, Gerardo M Vazquez brings a wealth of international exposure and a deep understanding of cross-border legal intricacies.
He used to practice as a Solicitor in the City of London and now practices as Spanish Lawyer or Abogado, in Southern Spain.
Our associates
We work with associates and consultants in various parts of Spain, including Almería, Málaga, Alicante and Murcia.
An integral property Law Service
We also collaborate with external architects, topographers, litigators and other specialists to try to give the client a integral property law services.