Oliva-Ayala Abogados

Jaime González Gugel

Partner

Introduction

Mr González Gugel joined Oliva-Ayala in 2010 after having worked in the commercial and criminal litigation departments of a prestigious multinational firm. He has extraordinary experience in advising individuals and legal entities, both national and foreign, in complex criminal matters and has been involved for years in some of the most important cases in the country. He combines technical rigour with the renowned experience acquired in the firm and with a meticulous work capacity, which allows him to provide solutions with high value for our clients, being recommended by prestigious international directories such as Chambers and Partners, Legal500 and Best Lawyers.

He has a great vocation and experience to exercise the defence in all branches of criminal law. His financial training has allowed him to gain the trust of our clients in numerous complex procedures of economic criminal law, being an expert in criminal risk management of companies in matters such as fraud prevention, design and implementation of corporate compliance programmes and internal investigations, and civil liability in the criminal field.

Mr González Gugel also provides recurring advice on matters such as crimes against the Public Treasury, fraud, misappropriation, money laundering, crimes against the Administration, crimes against persons (personal injury, crimes against sexual freedom) and cybercrimes. He has extensive experience in passive extradition proceedings and has appeared as a legal expert before foreign courts.

He is on the faculty of the Master’s Degree in Economic Criminal Law at King Juan Carlos University de Madrid and teaches on the High Specialisation in Criminal Law course at the School of Legal Practice of Complutense University, having taught on the course for access to the legal profession at the Madrid Bar Association.

EDUCATION

  • Degree in Law and Business Management and Administration from the Autonomous University of Madrid.
  • Specialisation course in criminal forensic practice and criminal procedure at the School of Legal Practice of the Complutense University of Madrid.
  • Certified Fraud Examiner by ACFE.
  • Faculty of Law of Københavns Universitet (Copenhagen, Denmark), Erasmus scholarship.
  • Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico), scholarship from the Centro de Estudios de América Latina and Banco Santander.

Languages: Spanish and English