## [Jon Ezquerra Oteo](/en_GB/team/jon-ezquerra-oteo) ![](/sites/default/files/team/photo/10005566.jpg) Jon Ezquerra Oteo Partner - [Bilbao](/en_GB/office/bilbao)+34 94 470 06 99 - Registered lawyer nº 6203 I. Colegio de Abogados de Vizcaya [![Print](/themes/custom/garriguestheme/img/iconos/impresora-white.png)](../print/view/pdf/equipo_pdf/block_equipo_detalle_pdf?view_args[]=326 "Print") [![vCard](/themes/custom/garriguestheme/img/iconos/card-white.png)](../team/326/vcard.vcf "Download") Jon Ezquerra Oteo is a partner in the Litigation and Arbitration and Restructuring and Insolvency practices. He focuses his activity on pre-litigation and litigation advice, intervening before all types of courts in civil (obligations and contracts, non-contractual liability, rights *in rem*), commercial (company law, agency and distribution, unfair competition, business secrets, industrial and intellectual property) and criminal-economic matters, as well as in arbitration (institutional and *ad hoc*). He has outstanding experience in insolvency and pre-insolvency law, where he has advised creditors and entities in crisis situations, both in restructuring operations and in judicial insolvency proceedings and the transfer of production units, in a wide range of sectors. He holds a degree in Law from the University of Deusto, majoring in business law, and is a member of the Bizkaia Bar Association. He is a regular speaker on matters in his speciality and a permanent lecturer at the Aranzadi Insolvency and Corporate Forum. Recognised by Best Lawyers. ### Experience Jon Ezquerra Oteo is a partner in the Litigation & Arbitration and Restructuring & Insolvency practices. His professional experience is focused on providing litigation and pre-litigation advice to clients and defending their interests in litigation before all types of courts, both civil and criminal. He also has extensive experience in the field of arbitration, both institutional and *ad hoc*. He specialises in judicial and extrajudicial defence in civil and commercial matters, and in criminal-economic matters. He has advised clients in relation to contractual disputes, performance of obligations, non-contractual liability or rights *in rem*. He has also advised and defended clients' interests in relation to corporate disputes, directors' liability, agency and distribution agreements, unfair competition and infringement of trade secrets, and industrial and intellectual property. He has outstanding experience in the insolvency and pre-insolvency field, where he has advised and assisted creditors and entities in crisis situations, both in restructuring operations and the approval of agreements and in various judicial insolvency proceedings, having participated in some of the most relevant in the area. He has also defended the interests of clients in insolvency incidents involving the composition of assets and liabilities, reintegration, and in insolvency qualification sections. He has advised in the transfer or acquisition of production units, in creditors' agreements and in liquidation proceedings of well-known companies and groups of companies in a wide range of sectors. ### Academic background Law degree from the University of Deusto, majoring in business law. ### Teaching activity Regular speaker at seminars and conferences at the firm and at public and private institutions on matters related to his speciality. Permanent lecturer at the Aranzadi Insolvency and Corporate Forum. ### Memberships Bar Association of Bizkaia. ### Distinctions Best Lawyers. ### Services [ **Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration** ](/en_GB/services/dispute-resolution-litigation-and-arbitration) [ **Restructuring and Insolvency** ](/en_GB/services/restructuring-and-insolvency) ## Find a professional Oficina OfficeA CoruñaAlicanteAsia-Pacific DeskBarcelonaBilbaoBogotaBrazilian Desk BrusselsCasablancaFrench DeskGerman DeskIndian DeskItalian DeskLas Palmas de Gran CanariaLimaLisbonLondonMadridMalagaMexico CityMonterreyMurciaNew YorkOportoOviedoPalma de MallorcaPamplonaQueretaroSan SebastianSantiago de ChileSevilleShanghaiSta. 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