Andersen starts in Bilbao with Antonio Matute and Fernando Beltrán as tax and labor partners | Legal

2024-12-16 23:00:00

In the photo, from left. From left to right: Antonio Matute, José Vicente Morote and Fernando Beltrán.Photo provided.

Andersen hires three lawyers to launch its newly opened Bilbao office, which will provide advice in three key practices: employment, tax and public. The company directed by José Vicente Morote incorporates Antonio Matute and Fernando Beltrán as new partners respectively from the tax and labor departments of the capital of Biscay. Beltrán, until now director of the Beltran Law Firm, an employment law firm in La Rioja, arrives at Andersen Bilbao with a team of four people. Added to the project is the inclusion of Jon Sebastián, a lawyer who will open the public and regulatory space in the new square.

Andersen, which this year reached 50 million euros in turnover in Spain and Portugal, thus kicks off the start of operations in Bilbao after the inauguration of its headquarters, a space of 661 square meters located on the third floor of number 35 of the central Gran Vía Don Diego López de Haro, a few meters from the iconic Plaza de Federico Moyúa, and with the capacity to accommodate half a hundred of professionals.

In September the firm also strengthened its Lisbon office in the public, procedural and real estate sectors with three new partners: Pedro Drago, Filipa Barata and Gonçalo Rodhes.

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Antonio Matutenew tax partner of Andersen Bilbao, has a law degree from the University of Deusto and has more than 33 years of experience in the field of corporate taxation, both national and international, as well as in relation to the specificities of the legislation of the Basque Country. Throughout his career he has assisted numerous Spanish companies in their internationalization processes, as well as in the investments of multinational groups in Spain. Likewise, he has worked taking on the fiscal side of the processes of acquisition and sale of companies, reorganizations and corporate restructuring, among others, in sectors such as energy, automotive and food, mainly.

For his part, Fernando Beltran He has a law degree from the University of Deusto and has more than 15 years of experience. As a lawyer, he provides advice to companies in all areas of labor law, social security and professional risk prevention; in particular, in processes of corporate restructuring, collective bargaining or modification of working conditions, among others. Its addition to Andersen’s Bilbao office is accompanied by a team of four professionals: Pablo Matheu and Carmen Gómez as senior associates, and Sara Lamaza and Eduardo López as associates.

Finally, he also enters Andersen’s office in Bilbao Jon Sebastianolawyer from the public and regulatory department, who will open his office in the square. Sebastián specializes in advising on public procurement, environment, urban planning, infrastructure, asset liability, public employment and infrastructure, among other issues.

Jose Vicente Morotemanaging partner of Andersen Iberia, underlines that “the firm begins its activity in Bilbao with three important areas such as work, public and tax; a subject, the latter, which in the Basque Country presents particularities that require profound knowledge and experience.” In this sense he adds: “The addition of Antonio and Fernando is perfectly in line with our quality and specialization strategy and with our commitment to having high-level teams in all our offices in the main areas of commercial law. In this sense, it is also a great satisfaction to have Jon Sebastián, a lawyer of enormous technical solvency and extraordinary projection, in our firm in the capital of Biscay.”