##  [Paula Castro Valladares](/en_GB/team/paula-castro-valladares) 

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 Paula Castro Valladares  Senior associate 

 <paula.castro@garrigues.com> - [Vigo](/en_GB/office/vigo)+34 986 82 90 00





- Registered lawyer, nº 3653
    
    I. Colegio de Abogados de Vigo



 

 

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Paula Castro is a senior associate in Garrigues’ Litigation and Arbitration Department, where she practices in the areas of civil law, corporate law and restructuring and insolvency. She has far-reaching experience in acting as legal counsel in all types of civil and commercial litigation, especially in cases related to obligations and contracts, monetary claims, extra-contractual liability, construction and corporate law. Law degree, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (specializing in business law). She has been singled out by Best Lawyers (2023).

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Paula Castro joined Garrigues in 2013 and has been a senior associate in the firm’s Litigation and Arbitration Department since 2021.

In her professional activity she has participated in highly complex lawsuits, including:

- Commercial and contractual litigation.
- Proceedings involving defects in construction.

She has far-reaching experience in acting as legal counsel in restructuring and insolvency matters:

- Pre-bankruptcy advice.
- Bankruptcy proceedings.
- Transmission of production units.

She provides recurring advice on corporate law and commercial contracts, and on mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on contracts, due diligence reviews and the sale and purchase of companies, assets and businesses.



 

 

 

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Law degree, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (specializing in business law).

Executive Program in Business Law, Centro de Estudios Garrigues.

 

 

 

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Vigo Bar Association.

 

 

 

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She features in the international Best Lawyers directory, Ones to Watch category, where she has been singled out in the practice of litigation in 2023.

 

 

 

 





 

 



 

 

### Services

 

[ **Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration** ](/en_GB/services/dispute-resolution-litigation-and-arbitration)



 

 



 

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