##  [Jesus Urraza Abad](/en_GB/team/jesus-urraza-abad) 

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 Jesus Urraza Abad Partner 

 <jesus.urraza@garrigues.com> - [Bilbao](/en_GB/office/bilbao)+34 94 470 06 99





- Registered lawyer nº 4385
    
    I. Colegio de Abogados de Vizcaya



 

 

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Jesús Urraza is a partner of the Criminal Law practice.

He has extensive experience in criminal law matters relating to the world of business and the economy, which has enabled him to take part in a significant number of high profile cases attracting the attention of the legal community and the general public throughout his career, the majority of which he has spent at the firm he founded, Urraza, Mendieta &amp; Asociados.

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A lawyer with far-reaching experience in criminal law matters relating to the world of business and the economy, such as offenses against property and the social and economic order (fraud, misappropriation, criminal breach of duty by directors, frustration of enforcement and criminal insolvency, offenses relating to industrial or intellectual property, offenses against the market and consumer), tax and social security offenses, offenses against the environment and planning offenses, corporate offenses, forgery and misrepresentation, offenses against the public authorities and offenses relating to occupational risk prevention, which has enabled him to take part in a significant number of high profile cases attracting the attention of the legal community and the general public.  




 

 

 

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Doctor of Criminal Law, Associate’s Degree in Economics and Master’s Degree in Cooperative Law, all from Universidad de Deusto.

He is an associate lecturer in Criminal Procedural Law on the master’s degree for access to the legal profession organized by Universidad de Deusto in conjunction with the Vizcaya Bar Association, and he has taught classes on master’s degree courses and participated in courses on a range of criminal law matters.

Jesús Urraza is a member of the Vizcaya and Madrid Bar Associations and is a member of the Spanish Union of Criminal Lawyers.

 

 

 

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Doctor of Criminal Law, Associate's Degree in Economics and Master's Degree in Cooperative Law, all from Universidad de Deusto.

He is an associate lecturer in Criminal Procedural Law on the master's degree for access to the legal profession organized by Universidad de Deusto in conjunction with the Vizcaya Bar Association, and he has taught classes on master's degree courses and participated in courses on a range of criminal law matters.

Jesús Urraza is a member of the Vizcaya and Madrid Bar Associations and is a member of the Spanish Union of Criminal Lawyers.

 

 

 

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- I.Colegio de Abogados de Vizcaya - Joined in:31/01/1995 - Number: 4385
- I.Colegio de Abogados de Madrid - Joined in:01/01/2015 - Number: 105762
- Vocal de la Junta Directiva de la Unión Española de Abogados Penalistas.

 

 

 

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BEST LAWYERS from 2015 to 2022- Criminal Defense

 

 

 

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- La adopción de acuerdos abusivos como conducta constitutiva del Delito Societario recogido en el artículo 291 del C.Pen. de 1.995: Acuerdos criminalizados y acuerdos de trascendencia meramente mercantil.
- La Ley -Revista Jurídica LA LEY-ACTUALIDAD, AÑO XVII, Número 4.130, 25/Septiembre/1.996, Págs. 1 y ss. 25/09/1996
- La Responsabilidad penal por los actos médicos y soluciones extrajudiciales», en Cuaderno Monográfico sobre «La Responsabilidad por los actos médicos y soluciones extrajudiciales
- Colegio Abogados de Vizcaya -Revista del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados del Señorío de Vizcaya, Noviembre/1.996, Págs. 7 y ss. 01/11/1996
- Relaciones Derecho Penal-Derecho Administrativo en materia de protección penal del medio ambiente: constitucionalidad y contenido material de las remisiones normativas, los conceptos normativos y los conceptos valorativos empleados en el C.Pen. 1.995 LA LEY -LA LEY. REVISTA JURÍDICA ESPAÑOLA DE DOCTRINA, JURISPRUDENCIA Y BIBLIOGRAFÍA, Números 4.832 y 4.833, Año XX (1.999). 01/01/1999
- Delitos relativos a la ordenación del territorio- actualidad penal -­ Revista Actualidad Penal, nº 27, Semana 2 al 8 de julio de 2.001, Págs. 595 y ss. 02/07/2001
- Delitos contra los Recursos Naturales y el Medio Ambiente, Análisis legal, doctrinal y jurisprudencial LA LEY -Monografía. Madrid, LA LEY, 2.001. 01/01/2001
- Circunstancias atenuantes, agravantes y eximentes en el delito fiscal: jurisprudencia Harvard Deusto -Harvard Deusto Finanzas y Contabilidad, nº. 48, 2002. 01/01/2002
- La defensa de los intereses generales en el delito urbanístico, Cátedra de Investigación Financiera y Forense KPMG-Universidad Rey Juan Carlos -Artículo publicado en la monografía CURSO SUPERIOR UNIVERSITARIO EN DERECHO PENAL ECONÓMICO. Un diálogo entre Jueces, Fiscales, Abogados y Profesores, (págs.. 169 y ss.), Cátedra de Investigación Financiera y Forense KPMG-Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Junio, 2.008. 01/06/2008
- La responsabilidad penal de las personas jurídicas tras la reciente promulgación de la Ley Orgánica 5/2010, de 22 de Junio, de reforma del Código Penal: una propuesta de interpretación del nuevo artículo 31 bis, Revista Jurídica de la Comunidad Valenciana.
- Revista Jurídica de la Comunidad Valenciana, Enero de 2.011. 01/01/2011.
- La intervención del notario en las empresas en crisis (insolvencia, concurso de acreedores y alzamiento de bienes), Aranzadi, 2022.

 

 

 







 

 



 

 

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