Our Team

A multidisciplinary team with extensive experience in legal services

Aiyon Abogados is a multidisciplinary team of lawyers, where one of the partners holds a BA in Seamanship and Maritime Transportation, and all of them have extensive experience in legal services and in direct handling of cases with clients. Several years of intensive work together enable us to offer our customers 360°Comprehensive Legal Services.

Due to our reputable experience in the area of practice, legal services at national and international level in all areas of law, customized attention we provide to our clients and our immediate response, since we are reachable 24/7, we have gained the trust of our clients as well as recognition of other professionals of the sector, becoming thus a reliable and a very solid law firm.

Madrid | Cádiz | Bilbao | Algeciras

Madrid

Verónica Meana

Verónica holds a Law Degree and a Masters Degree (LLM) from the University of Texas.

She specializes in all matters relating to maritime law, insurance law and recovery actions with special attention to issues subject to arbitration/mediation, cruise ship compensation claims, recreational marine industry and yacht incidents, along with all the rest of maritime accidents.

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Cádiz

Enrique Ortiz

Enrique holds a Law Degree and a Masters Degree in Maritime Law and Shipping Business (ICADE).

He specializes in diverse aspects of insurance law, as well as in land and multimodal transport, and international trade. Enrique holds reputable experience in analysis of maritime insurance policies, land transport claims, international sales contract and distribution, apart from being an excellent negotiator.

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Encarnación Quevedo

Encarnación holds a Law Degree and a Master’s Degree in New Technology Law (LLM) and attended an advanced program in Economics, Territorial Planning and Development, by University of Cadiz and Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV.

She specializes in diverse aspects of Administrative Law with reputable experience in the Public Administration in various fields such as administrative and contractual proceedings, civil and criminal law.

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Bilbao

Mikel Garteiz-goxeaskoa

Mikel holds a Law Degree and a Masters Degree in Maritime Law (LLM) from the University of Southampton.

He specializes in different aspects of maritime, insurance and international trade law. We must stress his outstanding experience in matters related to marine pollution, ship and cargo arrest, sanctioning proceedings, ship purchasing, piracy, advising on insurance policies and handling all kind of claims.

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Zuberoa Elorriaga

Zuberoa holds a Law Degree and a Masters Degree from the “Escuela de Práctica Jurídica” (ICAV).

She specializes in different aspects of land and multimodal transport as well as in maritime and aviation law with particular attention to transport under CMR-CIM contracts, cargo and passenger claims in land and air transport. She also handles sanctioning proceeding cases, incidents with stowaways and insurance and P&I recovery claims.

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Algeciras

José Antonio Domínguez

José holds a Law Degree, Masters Degree in Maritime Law from the University of Deusto, Masters Degree in Maritime Law from the University of Oslo and Master Mariner.

He is a lawyer and a mariner specialized in all areas of maritime, insurance and international trade law, especially those related to advising on any kind of charter party, navigation accidents, and registration of vessels, incidents with stowaways, sanctioning proceedings and claims management for P&Is.

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We are members of:

Asociación Española de Derecho Marítimo (AEDM) / Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) / Propeller Club del País Vasco Puerto Bilbao / Comport Bahía de Algeciras / Cuerpo Consular de Bilbao / Cádiz-Port

Lates News:

Claims Made Clauses4 February, 2020 - 7:43 am
The “claims made” clauses in civil liability insurance contracts are regulated in article 73, paragraph 2, of the Spanish Insurance Contract Law (Law 50/1980 of October 8th). This paragraph contains two subsections that describe two types of temporary delimitation clauses, i.e., claims occurring clauses and claims made clauses. The first of these clauses circumscribes the […]
INCOTERMS® 20203 January, 2020 - 12:21 pm
What are Incoterms®? The increase in the volume and complexity of the sales of national and international merchandise has generated a growth in the misunderstandings and litigation that can always arise between the parts of a contract; with greater reason when the two main parts of a contract, seller and buyer, are located in different […]
The new team structure of AIYON Madrid3 January, 2020 - 11:57 am
We must announce that our partner, Julia García, has left Aiyon Abogados S.L.P. We wish her all the best in this new stage, and we thank her for the work and effort she made together with our team throughout these almost 5 years of common trajectory. Good luck, Julia! AIYON Madrid‘s office remains fully operational […]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year19 December, 2019 - 12:54 pm
Click here BY LAND, SEA AND AIR, AIYON ABOGADOS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIES YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
Royal Decree 596/2019 of 18th October on security and safety regulations applicable to the passenger vessels operating between Spanish ports.4 December, 2019 - 5:41 am
On 21st December 2019, the Royal Decree 596/2019 of 18th October on security and safety regulations applicable to the passenger vessels operating between Spanish ports, which amends the Royal Decree 1247/1999 of 16th July, comes into force. This new Royal Decree seeks to take into consideration the combination of security measures that are required and […]