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 … Continued

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 … Continued

Jon Sutton

Jon Sutton qualified as an English solicitor in 2003 with a back-ground in accident investigation and the negotiation of personal injury claims in the UK. On joining De Cotta Law in 2005 he established the Personal Injury Department of the … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

Gisele van Meer

Conveyancing partner of the firm for more than 15 years Gisele van Meer is acknowledged as one of the leading specialists in this field with a highly respected reputation in Spain. Gisele has experience and knowledge of property matters such … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued