Ignacio Corbera has pursued his entire professional career at Garrigues, after joining in 1990. Up to February 2011 he was a partner of the Barcelona corporate/commercial law practice. In February 2011 he was appointed partner in charge of the London office, from which he coordinates his clients from the Barcelona office and engagements arising in the London market.

Among other fields, he specializes in M&A, corporate law and commercial contracts, especially with respect to advising international investors with interests in Spain. He has notably participated in transactions (sale and purchase of shares and assets, joint ventures, collaboration and specialization agreements, restructuring, etc.) with an international component, with particular emphasis on English-speaking countries, Italy and Latin America.

Ignacio Corbera is highlighted in Chambers & Partners (Europe) directory as “a great practical lawyer” and “incredibly responsive in going out of his way to meet our needs” providing an “unbelievable level of service”.

Ignacio is a member of the Barcelona Bar Association and the Director of Seminars of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA), having notably participated in the following events:

• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) Contract law Commission (Tel Aviv, March 2012) - Reporter and speaker on “Drafting a Shareholders Agreement for a Joint Venture Company”.
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) International Sales of Goods and Contract law Commissions Seminar (Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 2013) – Reporter and speaker on “Fundamental Breach under the CISG”.
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) Congress (Macao, October 2013) – Co-chair and moderator at the Contract Law and Fashion Law Commissions on “Made in Asia:  How to Deal with Manufacturing Agreements in Asia”
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) International Sales of Goods and Contract Law Commissions Seminar (Athens, September 2013) – Co-chair and moderator on “Drafting effective International Sales, Agency and Distributionship Contracts”.
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) Contract Law Commission and Fashion law Commissions Seminar (Barcelona, March 2014)- moderator on “Online fashion agreements”
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) Congress (Florence, October 2014) – Co-chair and moderator at the Contract Law, Fashion Law and  Competition Commissions on “Franchising agreements: it is not all about location, location, location!”
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) International Sales of Goods and Contract Law Commissions Seminar (Rome, May 2015) – Co-chair and moderator on “Drafting effective International Contracts. Workshop seminar on International Sales, Agency and Distributionship Contracts”
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) Congress (Valencia, October 2015)- Co-chair and moderator at the Contract Law, Fashion Law and Competition Commissions on “How to draft and negotiate fashionable distribution contracts in the XXI century”
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) Contract Law Commission Seminar (Tokyo, May 2016 and Hong Kong, June 2016) – Chair and moderator on “Avoiding Pitfalls when Trading in Europe: Important Differences between European and Japanese/Hong Kong Laws”
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) Congress (Budapest, October 2016)- Speaker at the EU law Commission on “Legal effects of Brexit”
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) Congress (Budapest, October 2016)- Speaker at the Management of Law Firms’ and Corporate and M&A Commission on “Law firms’ Mergers and acquisitions”
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) Congress (Toronto, October 2017)- Speaker at the Family law Commission on “Modern family”
• International Association of Lawyers (UIA) Foreign Investment Commission Seminar (Sao Paulo, March 2018) – Moderator on “M&A and Dangerous (hidden) Liabilities for Foreign Investors””
   

He has also combined his professional career at Garrigues with collaboration on postgraduate courses at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), the Barcelona Bar Association (Master’s Degree program in Business Law) and the International Law Program at EAE-Escuela de Administración de Empresas, an educational institution attached to Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona.