Toda & Nel-lo, a multidisciplinary firm with offices in Barcelona and Madrid, has announced the incorporation of Manuela Serrano as a new partner in the firm. With over 20 years of experience as a lawyer in the areas of litigation and insolvency, fields in which she is widely recognised in the sector. She advises clients in all types of civil and commercial proceedings.
Serrano comes from PwC, where she was a Head partner the Litigation and Insolvency department, and prior to that she had developed her career in firms such as DLA Piper and RocaJunyent.
She has participated in some of the most important operations in the fields of bankruptcy, litigation and corporate restructuring, both nationally and internationally, including company sales and purchases, distress, production units and intra- and extra-corporate litigation.
She has extensive teaching experience at university level (ICADE and Carlos III University). She is a regular speaker at conferences in her area of specialisation, as well as the author of monographs, joint works and doctrinal and journalistic articles. She is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Revista de Derecho Concursal y Paraconcursal de La LEY. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of ASPAC, of the Advisory Committee of the Insolvency Section of the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM); of the Spanish and Latin American Arbitration Club, of INSOL Europe and of IWIRC (both international restructuring associations).
She is also widely recognised in the main legal directories in his areas of specialisation, including Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 –where she is also a leading partner– Leaders League and Best Lawyers.
At Toda & Nel-lo, the new partner, who joins a team made up of Juan Antonio Martínez (counsel) and Beatriz Arnaldes (lawyer), will lead the firm's Restructuring and Insolvency practice, as well as the Madrid Litigation team. The signing of Serrano represents a significant commitment by the firm to its goal of combining the expansion of its value proposition for clients with the provision of top-tier services.
Ignacio Toda, founding partner of Toda & Nel-lo, says: ‘We are very proud to add a professional such as Manuela to our team. She is a leader in her fields of specialisation and we share the same principles, vision and objectives. Her incorporation reinforces our growth plan and puts us in a privileged position to meet the needs of our clients with excellence’.
José María Buxeda, partner and member of the Board of Directors, explains: ‘The signing of Manuela is strategic for Toda & Nel-lo, as it allows us to expand capacities in two areas with interesting growth opportunities. All this represents an important qualitative leap for our project’.
For her part, Manuela Serrano says: ‘I am delighted to join Toda & Nel-lo. It is a privilege to be part of their Litigation department and a highly stimulating challenge to lead Restructuring and Insolvency, accompanying clients in their needs with the utmost dedication to service and quality’.
