Ignacio Javier Coloma Garrido
Of Counsel
ignacio.coloma@actlegal-spain.com
34 91 577 98 19
Ignacio Coloma Garrido
Background
Ignacio has practised law since 1981. Throughout his career, he has been involved in more than 1,500 civil, commercial, contentious-administrative, criminal, and labour proceedings in Spain, Switzerland, and France, as well as in multiple commercial and corporate operations of all kinds.
He has specialised in civil and commercial law for more than 25 years, having extensive experience in agency, distribution, and franchise contracts as well as mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, insurance, and civil and commercial procurement in general.
For seven years, Ignacio combined legal practice with work in the business sector, holding representative positions (Administrator, Board Director, and CEO) in various companies related to advertising and real estate.
He has been the Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration of the Madrid Bar Association since May 1992. He is currently the Ombudsman and head of the ‘Whistleblowing Hotline’ at KPMG Spain, and since October 2018, he has been the Recording Secretary and legal adviser of Nueva Mutua Sanitaria del Servicio Médico.
Areas of practice
- Litigation
- Domestic and international arbitration
Education
- Bachelor of Laws – Complutense University of Madrid (1979).
Additional education
- Preparation of entrance exams for the State Lawyers Corps (1979–1980).
Teaching experience
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Director of four editions of the Introduction to Arbitration Course – Madrid Bar Association Learning Centre (2012-2014).
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Co-director of the 1st Special Course in Arbitration – Madrid Bar Association Learning Centre (2016).
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Coordinator of the Alternative Means of Conflict Resolution module for the Master of Access to the Legal Profession programme – Madrid Bar Association and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (2014–2022).
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Professor of the Alternative Means of Conflict Resolution module for the Master of Access to the Attorney General’s Office – Madrid Procedural Representatives’ (Procuradores) Association.
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Coordinator for the Madrid Bar Association of eight editions of the Online Arbitration Course – Bar Associations of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Málaga, and Vizcaya.
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Professor of the First Course of the Arbitrator Training School – Court of Arbitration of the Madrid Bar Association (2020).
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
- Member of the Madrid Bar Association (1981).
- Spanish Arbitration Club.
- Spanish Arbitration Society.
- Madrid Arbitration Court – Madrid Chamber of Commerce.
- Franchise Court.
- Sports Arbitration Board – Spanish Olympic Committee.
- European Arbitration Association.
- Valencia Arbitration Board.
TEL: +34 91 577 98 19
Madrid
Málaga
Valladolid
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