Alfonso Carrillo Cano

Alfonso Carrillo is a Partner in Bird & Bird’s Dispute Resolution department in the Madrid office. He has extensive experience in all types of commercial disputes, especially in matters related to banking, real estate, construction and bankruptcy litigation. He advises especially banks, funds and servicers, in disputes related to all types of banking products such as mortgages, multi-currency mortgages, litigious credits, floor clauses, general conditions, consumers and others.

Specialized in real estate and construction litigation (construction defects) advising real estate companies, banks, funds, servicers and construction companies in any type of litigation in which a real estate asset may be involved.

His practice includes extensive experience in insolvency cases advising debtors through the filing of bankruptcy and pre-insolvency applications, liquidation, purchase and sale of production units, but also advising creditors in the defense for the recognition of their claims. I also represent investors interested in the acquisition of production units and assets belonging to companies in insolvency proceedings. Occasionally he is appointed insolvency administrator by the commercial courts.

He has extensive bankruptcy experience that allows him to better address any problems or disputes when an insolvency situation is nearby.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Partner, Litigation and Insolvency Area at BIRD&BIRD INTERNATIONAL LLP, Madrid, 2020 – Present

• Partner at BROSETA ABOGADOS, S.L.P., in the Litigation and Insolvency Law Department, Madrid, 2010 – 2020

• Lawyer in the Litigation and Insolvency Department of J. OLLEROS Y ASOCIADOS S.L.P., ANDERSEN TAX & LEGAL, in Madrid, 2009 – 2010

• Lawyer in charge of the legal department of ACM ESPAÑA, 2005 – 2008

• Lawyer in the Legal Department of MCI Brussels-Luxembourg (currently Verizon Business), Representation Office to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium, February 2005 to July 2005

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Professor of Insolvency Law in the Master’s Degree in Access to the Legal Profession offered by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

• Professor of International Bankruptcy Proceedings in the Master’s Degree in International Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

• Professor of Banking Litigation, Master of Access to the Legal Profession, IE Law School, Madrid

• Professor of Arbitration, Master of Access to the Legal Profession, Universidad Juan Carlos, Madrid

• Speaker at the conference on Arbitration and Insurance at the UIA Congress International Arbitration, Current Perspectives – 2nd Edition, Bilbao, April 2018

• Speaker at the 59th UIA Congress, International Union of Lawyers in Valencia, October 2015