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Tag: Antonio Guillen

  • Santa Ana del Monte. A story of successful recovery of deposits paid to an insolvent developer in Spain

          Litigation is never an easy thing. When I was a trainee lawyer in Spain, my boss, who was a walking enciclopedia and knew every single law in Spain, used to tell me: “Antonio, it is always better to reach a bad settlement than entering into a long but good case in Court…

  • Honorary Consulate of Spain in Manchester

    CONSULADO HONORARIO DE ESPAÑA EN MANCHESTER Antonio Guillen Hederich is the Honorary Consul for Spain in Manchester since June 2013. An Honorary Consul is a person who voluntarily provides help assuming the functions that the General Consulate delegates on him. In the case of Antonio, his functions depend on the General Consulate of Spain in…

  • Networking of Spanish businesses in Leeds

                  From left to right: Igor Urra, Alejandro Benavente, Antonio Guillen and Enrique Sanchez Great event on the 5th March at La Tasca in Leeds organised by a group of businessmen in Leeds, particularly Alejandro Benavente and Blanca Gonzalez who did an excellent job organising this fabuluos event in…

  • Official inaguration of the Honorary Consulate office in Manchester

                    On Wednesday 26th February, the Consul General of Spain in Edinburgh, Mr. Miguel Utray Delgado visited the offices of DWF in Manchester in order to officially inagurate the Honorary Consulate and hand the Spanish flag, shield and seal to Antonio, who has been recently appointed as the…

  • Buying property in Barcelona

                      Barcelona is probably one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Woody Allen tried to show it in his famous film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” although he excesively focused on the usual landmarks and buildings, forgetting that there is beauty in many other places apart from the…

  • Interview from the Law Gazzette

    My legal life: Antonio Guillen 28 October 2013 Topics: Personal and professional development   Head of foreign property, DWF, Manchester. Watching LA Law in the late 1980s captured my attention and pushed me towards pursuing a career in law. I loved the talk, the looks and the suits. Life and a legal career then came…

  • The future of the Spanish property market

    A year ago I was asked to write an article for The Manchester Law Society Messenger on the situation of the Spanish property market. In that article, I explained that the situation was pretty grim with property prices due to fall and more building companies and developers to bite the dust.  On 17th November, RR de…