About Us
Strong Abogados was founded as a corporate and real estate law firm in Sevilla in 2000 by Pura Strong. In 2004, recognizing the language barriers that many of our corporate clients faced in other aspects of their business, Strong Abogados began offering accounting and payroll services. In 2005, Strong Abogados moved to Barcelona, the city most frequently chosen by our clients starting their business in Spain.
We are committed to taking advantage of the Spanish government's latest extranet initiatives -- online services, electronic signatures, and electronic file transfer -- thereby passing on faster turnaround and reduced costs to you.
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 Pura Strong
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Helena Maillo
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Susana Sola
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Lina LLorente
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Mireia Costa
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Pedro da Cruz
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Lourdes Martinez
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Marisa Fernandez
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Tom Strong
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Pura practices primarily in the areas of international commercial law and taxation. Her focus is on establishing small- and medium-size 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
- The International Bar Association of London (as of 2002), ID: 148878
Susana specializes in providing a comprehensive legal analysis of a company, including its corporate operations, and all types of contracts.
Prior to Strong Abogados, Susana began her career at Gómez Acebo & Pombo, where she worked in the areas of corporate and procedural law. She then moved to KPMG ABOGADOS, and was promoted to senior director in her final eight years there. At KPMG, she specialized in corporate law, property law, and arbitration.
Susana received her law degree in 1994 from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores Abad Oliba. She followed this with post-graduate degrees in Business Law from Abad Oliba, Corporate Law and the Mercantile Registry from ESADE, and Litigation in International Commerce also from ESADE.
Susana is a native speaker of Spanish and Catalan, and is fluent in English.
Susana is a member of the Bar Association of Barcelona, ID: 22136
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.
Marisa is our payroll expert, coming to Strong Abogados with 16 years of experience in employee payroll, contracts, training, and risk prevention.
Marisa graduated in 1991 from the Universidad de Barcelona. She also holds a Master's degree from 1999 in Workplace Risk Prevention from ITEC.
Helena works off-counsel in the Strong Abogados office 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.
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.