About Us

Pura Strong

Pura practices primarily in the areas of international commercial law and taxation. Her focus is on establishing multinational companies in Spain, as well as tax and estate planning.

Pura was born in Spain in 1966. Pura graduated with honors in 1988 at the Law School of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Pura holds a Master's in corporate taxation at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and four years of post-graduate studies in civil and commercial law. In 1996, Pura completed her studies at Harvard University with courses in business law and taxation.

Pura's professional experience began in Madrid as an attorney specializing in securities, financial institutions, banking law, and taxation. In New York, Pura joined a financial services institution to provide financial planning to individuals and corporations. Pura then worked at a law firm focusing on corporate law and estate planning. Pura holds Series 6 and Series 63 NASDAQ licenses.

Pura is a member of:

• The Bar Association of Barcelona (as of 2005), ID: 30855
• The Bar Association of Sevilla (as of 2002), ID: 10710
• The Bar Association of Madrid (as of 1994), ID: 50488

Teresa Vera

Teresa heads our Tenerife office. She is a native of the Canary Islands with extensive overseas experience, practicing in the field of immigration in the USA and running a corporate law firm in Venezuela. Most recently, she has worked in Tenerife in financial mediation and assessment.

Teresa received her law degree in 1993 from the Universidad Santa Maria in Caracas, Venezuela, and a Master's degree in International Commerce and Maritime Law in 1997 from the Escuela de Estudios Superiores de al Marina Mercante.

Lourdes Martinez

Lourdes joined Strong Abogados in 2006 as accountant. In 2007 she was made head accountant, and in 2010, she became manager of our Barcelona office. She has more than 15 years' professional experience in accounting, taxes, and international trade.

Lourdes graduated from Maria Auxiliadora Salesianas in 1993 with a degree in Business Administration.

Mireia Costa

Mireia is our immigration lawyer. She can facilitate the processing and reception of all types of documentation required by the Spanish authorities for foreign business persons and their families: residence permits, work permits, and family-based visas.

Besides her native Spanish and Catalan, Mireia speaks English, French, German, and Arabic.

Mireia received her law degree in 1993 from the Universidad de Barcelona. During 1994 - 1995, she worked for the multinational firm, Robert Bosch GmbH, in Stuttgart and Berlin. Since the year 2002, she has dedicated herself exclusively to issues of immigration.

Pedro da Cruz

Pedro is associate attorney in our Barcelona office. Besides native English, Pedro also speaks Portuguese and Spanish. Pedro lived in the UK and Angola before his move to Spain.

Pedro graduated from the University of Southampton, England in 2007 with a degree in Law.

Toni Corral

Toni has experience in entertainment law and trademarks. More recently he has been working in bankrupcy proceedings and company liquidations.

Toni graduated with from University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona with a degree in Law. He also holds a diploma at the University of Western Sydney in Australia in Music Copyrights and Business. Toni is a member of the Bar Association of Barcelona, ID: 35108.

Mats Sohlström

Mats is the most recent addition to our team of lawyers. He moved from his home country of Sweden to Barcelona 13 years ago. Mats received a Spanish law degree from the University of Barcelona, specializing in International and European Union Law. During these studies, he worked in international banking where he carried out duties of auditing as well as providing customer support simultaneously in three languages. Besides Swedish, Mats also speaks English, Spanish and Catalan, and is conversant in Norwegian and Danish. Mats is a member of the Bar Association of Barcelona, ID: 35585.

Elena Gamallo

Elena joined our Tenerife office in the role of client support and marketing. She received a degree in 2001 in Business Administration from the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, England. In 2003, she received a Master's degree in Marketing and Commercial Direction from ESADE Business School in Madrid. Her professional experience has been primarily in marketing departments and communication agencies.

Sergio Fraile

Sergio is associate accountant. After three years of previous experience, he joined Strong Abogados in 2008. He has worked since his incorporation only with international clients. His areas of expertise are in European VAT tax compliance and nonresident entities, and in putting the latest technologies at the clients' service.

Sergio has a degree in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Barcelona.

Tom Strong

Tom performs the roles of marketing and finance for Strong Abogados. He worked as a software engineer for twenty years before assuming this role in Strong Abogados. Companies he has worked for include John Hancock Insurance (Boston), Lumen Systems (Silicon Valley), Boston Treasury Systems (Boston), Ecteon (New York), and Banco Santander (Madrid).

Tom graduated from Haverford College (USA) in 1985 with a degree in mathematics.

Of Counsel:

Helena Maillo

Helena works of-counsel with Strong Abogados as a labour lawyer. Helena received her law degree from the University of Salamanca in 1992. She worked in the firm Garrigues Andersen before starting her own firm, Consilience.

Cesar Vera

Cesar works with Strong Abogados as a corporate mediation and arbitration lawyer. Cesar received a law degree from the University of Santa Maria in 1991. He did post-graduate studies at the University of La Laguna in 1996. He is a member of the Santa Cruz Bar since 1998. He has been active resolving corporate issues, helping investors and dealing with auctions, leading his own firm in Tenerife, Cesar Vera y Asociados.

Lina LLorente

Lina is our land classification and real estate appraisal expert. Lina has ten years of experience in real estate developments and urban planning. Her career spans work in Chile, Madrid, Sevilla, and Barcelona.

Lina graduated from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 1996 with a degree in Architecture. She is a member of El Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Sevilla since 2000, and La Sociedad de Tasaciones Arquitasa since 2005.