Ignacio Sánchez Pérez
Associate
Ignacio Sánchez is a member of our Government Investigations & White Collar Practice, based in the Madrid office, providing pre-litigious and litigious advice in all types of complex criminal proceedings, particularly to directors of national and international enterprises. Ignacio also advises Spanish and foreign multinationals on crimes against property (fraud, mismanagement, misappropriation, fraudulent insolvency, private corruption, corporate crime and money laundering), public finances, workers’ rights, the environment and the public administration (corruption, bribery, influence peddling, embezzlement, etc.).
Ignacio has also advised foreign individuals and public entities on extradition procedures, European arrest warrants and other criminal international mutual legal assistance proceedings.
He has also participated in internal investigations concerning white collar crime in Spanish and foreign multinational corporations to detect irregularities, as well as implementing compliance programmes.
Prior to joining the firm, Ignacio worked as a lawyer in the Madrid office of a well-known Spanish law firm as part of its white collar crime and internal investigations practice. Previously, Ignacio interned at well-known Spanish and international law firms.
Ignacio holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Universad Complutense de Madrid, as well as a double master's degree in international advocacy and access to the legal profession from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Ignacio also spent four years preparing for the competitive examinations for the Judiciary and for the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Ignacio contributes to different legal journals and has co-authored several publications on white collar crime.
- Advising a major American investment fund specialised in real estate in connection with criminal proceedings for fraud, unfair administration, misappropriation, corruption in the private sector and forgery.
- Advising and representing a Spanish infrastructure, construction and maintenance group in criminal proceedings for corporate offences and unfair administration.
- Advising a leading international insurance sector company on the acquisition of another insurance company in relation to the latter’s unresolved criminal contingencies.
- Drafting internal compliance protocols for a leading Spanish bank in its different areas of activity.
- Conducting an internal investigation and representation of a leading Spanish security company in criminal proceedings for disclosure of business secrets.
- Representation and defence of the interests of one of the main insurance companies in Spain in criminal proceedings for fraud and forgery.
- Internal investigation and subsequent review of the criminal compliance programmes of a leading international company specialised in technology and electronics.
- Advising and representing a leading Spanish company in the electricity and gas sector in relation to criminal proceedings for offences against workers’ rights.
- Representing one of the main companies in the Spanish retail industry in criminal proceedings for offences against the public administration.
- Conducting an internal investigation in one of the leading retail companies in Spain to investigate potential irregularities in the allocation of public contracts in Spain.
- Representing a leading US company in the manufacture and retail of sports equipment in criminal proceedings for coercion, discovery and disclosure of company secrets and offences against the market and consumers.
- Conducting an internal investigation of one of Spain’s leading transport infrastructure companies in relation to the procedure for hiring external advisors in investment and divestment transactions.
- Advising a former Spanish national manager of one of the world’s leading private companies involved in the purchase, sale and production of commodities in the context of a potential extradition request by the UK for corruption offences.
Education
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Double Master's Degree, International Advocacy and Legal Practice and Representation, 2021
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Law Degree, 2014
Admissions
- Madrid, 2021
Memberships & Affiliations
- Member, Madrid Bar Association, 2021
Languages
- Spanish
- English
- Co-author, “Preliminary Draft of the Organic Law on the Right to Defence”, Pérez-Llorca, 12 September 2022.
- Co-author, “Draft Royal Decree Creating the Register of Beneficial Ownership and Approving Its Regulations”, Pérez-Llorca, 24 March 2022.
- Co-author, “The Spanish Supreme Court Rules on Legal Standing to Sue in Legal Actions Arising From Securitised Mortgage Loans or Credits”, ElDerecho.com, 15 November 2021.