Gabriel Castro joined Garrigues in 1998 as a member of the Litigation and Arbitration department and has been a partner of the Firm since 2009, currently managing the Firm's criminal practice in the Madrid office and coordinating the criminal law practice in the rest of Garrigues’ offices. His main professional activities are as follows:

• Legal management of the criminal matters of the firm's clients, with extensive experience in economic and corporate criminal offences, criminal offences against the Public Treasury, crimes against the administration of justice, environmental crimes, and criminal offences against workers' rights, in particular those arising from accidents at the workplace with criminal implications. He has acted in courts and tribunals throughout Spain, with a particular emphasis on the major proceedings before the National Court, which, given their technical and logistical complexity, are cases in which Garrigues' criminal practice is the undisputed leader.
• It also acts in extradition proceedings, European Arrest Warrants and INTERPOL red notices, international judicial assistance proceedings (enforcement of sentences, tracing and recovery of assets, letters rogatory, etc.).
• Since 2010, he has been leading the criminal compliance line and the development of Crime Prevention Programs for all those clients who so request, having participated in the preparation and development of this type of model for a multitude of companies from very different sectors, including listed companies belonging to the IBEX 35.
• He also participates in internal investigation processes for companies.