TEAM
Our firm is made up of professionals of different nationalities, with the common characteristic that all of them are fluent in at least three languages and they all have international academic or professional experience. Likewise, this multiculturalism allows us to approach our international clients from a naturally open and flexible mindset.
Working as a team and due to our size, we are able to be agile and efficient in the performance of our work and fulfilment of the indicated objectives, guaranteeing that the client has the possibility to communicate at any time with a member of the legal team working on their case with an immediate response to their communications.
Managing Director
Eduardo Vilá
Managing Director
Born in Vic (Barcelona). He studies Law at the Abat Oliba Foundation and the faculty of Law, graduating from the University of Barcelona in 1989. In September 1990, with a scholarship from the Foundation of La Caixa and the British Council, he is admitted to the Queen Mary and Westfield College, at the University of London, where in 1991 he obtains a master’s degree in International Business Law (LLM). He also gained a master’s degree in Urban Planning Law at the Abat Oliba Foundation and graduated from the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona in Arbitration Law (1993).
In 1991 he joins the Madrid office of the law firm Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, later practising in Barcelona. Between 1993 and 1995 he resides in Japan where he collaborates as a foreign associate lawyer in the Tokyo law firm, Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu. In 1995 he returns to Barcelona, where he resumes his position with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo until 1997, when he founded the law firm VILÁ ABOGADOS.
Languages
Contact✉ vila@vila.es
Lawyers
Joan Lluís Rubio
Lawyer
Specialised in commercial law, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), international investment and commercial contracts. He advises Spanish and international clients on corporate transactions and on the negotiation and drafting of contracts.
Born in Barcelona. Law degree from Pompeu Fabra University, including an academic stay at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). He holds the Master’s Degree in Legal Practice (Máster de Acceso a la Abogacía) from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). He has passed the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), the qualifying exam for the solicitor profession in England and Wales. He is a member of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB).
Languages
Contact✉ jlr@vila.es
Julio González
Lawyer
Specialised in litigation, intellectual property and mergers and acquisitions. He represents companies in court proceedings and advises them on their corporate transactions.
Born in Granada. Degree in Law and Economics from Pompeu Fabra University and Master’s Degree in Legal Practice from the UPF Barcelona School of Management. He is a member of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB).
Languages
Contact✉ juliogv@vila.es
Oscar Vilá Tsuchiya
Lawyer
Specialised in foreign investment, real estate law and corporate law. From the firm’s Japan Desk, he advises Japanese companies and investors on setting up and doing business in Spain.
Born in Barcelona. Law degree from Pompeu Fabra University, including an academic stay at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), and Master’s Degree in Legal Practice from the UPF Barcelona School of Management. He completed a one-year secondment at Hibiya Park Law Offices in Tokyo. He is a member of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB).
Languages
Contact✉ ov@vila.es
Kengo Matsuoka
Lawyer
Specialised in commercial law, foreign investment and sports law. He is part of the firm’s Japan Desk, where he advises Japanese companies and investors on their operations in Spain.
Born in Nagoya (Japan). Law degree from the University of Barcelona and Master’s Degree in Legal Practice from the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE).
Languages
Contact✉ kengo@vila.es
Graduates & Paralegal
Shameem Hanif
Graduate
Born in Ivrea (Italy). Specialised in commercial law, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, international investment and commercial contracts.
Law degree from King’s College London, including an academic stay at Bocconi University in Milan. Before joining the firm, she gained experience at law firms in Milan and Dubai.
Languages
Contact✉ hanif@vila.es
Arturo Cabellos
Graduate
Born in Mataró (Barcelona). Law degree from Pompeu Fabra University, including an academic stay at the University of Antwerp (Belgium), where he specialised in Commercial Transactions and Disputes.
Languages
Contact✉ acm@vila.es
Yumi Mikata
Paralegal
Born in Tottori (Japan). A paralegal specialised in immigration law, she assists foreign clients, particularly Japanese, with residence and work permit procedures in Spain. Degree in Private International Law from Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.
Languages
Contact✉ mikata@vila.es
Administration
Clàudia Gallart del Valle
Administrative Staff
Born in Barcelona. Degree in East Asian Studies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, including a six-month academic stay at the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (Japan).
Languages
Contact✉ cgallart@vila.es
Kikuko Arai
Administrative Staff
Born in Osaka (Japan). Degree in Hispanic Studies from the Faculty of Foreign Studies at Kansai Gaidai University, where she studied international culture and linguistics.
Languages
Contact✉ arai@vila.es
Junko Tsuchiya
Administrative Staff
Born in Tokyo (Japan). Degree in English Studies from Tamagawa University.
Languages
Contact✉ jt@vila.es