LIA REDONDI
Lia, originally from Italy, is the legal secretary based in De Cotta Law’s Tenerife Office. She graduated in Tourism at the University of La Laguna and speaks fluently Spanish, Italian and English, and some French too; her experience includes five years of customer service dealing with national and international clients. In addition to being the […]
Javier Florido
Javier Florido is the senior Spanish partner at the firm. Javier has very strong litigation skills and he is able to advise on a broad range of matters including Personal Injury and Insolvency. Javier appears regularly in the UK courts as an Expert Witness and provides expert reports on Personal Injury matters. Javier brings a […]
Reyes Gómez Llorente
Reyes Gomez is an experienced Family lawyer advising on all aspects of divorce, financial matters and custody and maintenance applications. Reyes has acted in a number of Hague Convention cases where parents are seeking the return of children, both to and from Spain, if they have been removed without consent. Reyes completed her law studies […]
Lauren Sykes
Lauren Sykes is an Associate Legal Executive with experience of the law and procedures of the English courts working closely with her Spanish lawyer colleagues to provide advice in English on all aspects of Family Law. Lauren is bi-lingual having completed her education in Spain and studying for her Legal Executive exams which gives her […]
Francisco Javier Martín Martín
Francisco studied law at the Universities of Malaga and Granada before gaining valuable expertise in one of the region’s well known law firms. Registered with the College of Lawyers of Málaga number 5716. He also spent a year with a law firm in Exeter, in the UK, to gain a genuine insight and understanding of […]
Vera Liprandi
Our multi-lingual team is headed by Vera Liprandi, a dual qualified Spanish (Abogada) & Italian (Avvocato) lawyer. Born in Turin, Italy, Vera studied at the city’s prestigious University Faculty of Law and then went on to take her Spanish Law Degree. This was followed by a Masters in European Union & European Communities. This impressive […]
Naomi Diestro
Naomi has been with the firm since 2002. She is your first point of contact at reception and can assist in the preparation of Spanish Wills and Powers of Attorney. One of her favourite things about the job is seeing former clients walk back through the doors, of which there are many. When not working, […]
Beatriz Rodríguez Trapote
An experienced Conveyancer Beatriz Rodriguez is originally from Asturias, in the north west of Spain. Beatriz has lived, studied and worked for some years in the UK, where she was a Spanish teacher. Beatriz has also taken the ILEX certificates to improve her skills as a conveyancer working mainly with British clients. Beatriz has now […]
Maria Carmagnole
Maria, originally from the UK, is De Cotta Law’s longest serving Paralegal, offering a wealth of expertise to clients. Based at our Mijas-Costa/Calahonda office, Maria provides friendly and efficient bi-lingual, English/Spanish client service, including greeting clients visiting the office and liaising with clients over the phone and via email. Maria also assists in the drafting […]
Birgit Zierlinger
Birgit, originally from Austria, is the legal secretary based in De Cotta Law’s Coin office. In addition to being the first point of contact for clients, Birgit is also a experienced member of the team working in a paralegal capacity who prepares the relevant paperwork for Power of Attorneys, Wills etc. and arranges for these […]
Francisco Montes
Francisco Montes is an established member of the Spanish legal team at De Cotta Law. Since qualifying as an Abogado in 2004, from the Granada’s University Faculty of Law, Francisco has gone onto specialise in Inheritance & Tax law, as well as Pr Commercial and Private Property Sales and Purchases. In his spare time Francisco, […]
Giovanni Naranjo Segura
Giovanni is in the administrative department, helping part time to keep things running smoothly in the Tenerife office. He speaks English, Spanish and Italian. He graduated in Advertising and Communications Sciences from the University of Costa Rica and then went on to live and work in New York, gaining expertise in the travel and tourism […]