International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that its dispute resolution offering will be bolstered by the arrival of a new partner in Madrid.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced that its dispute resolution offering will be bolstered by the arrival of Santiago Hurtado as a partner* in the firm’s Madrid office. He will join existing litigation partners Andrés Mochales, Fernando Aizpún and Raquel Ballesteros on 5 October.

Santiago joins the firm from Deloitte Legal, where he has been head of litigation and insolvency since 2013. In addition to this role, he is also an associate professor of commercial law at Madrid’s Complutense University, and has sat as General Counsel of the Ministry of Justice in Spain.

Santiago is a very distinguished practitioner in restructuring and insolvency, and his expertise in dispute resolution ranges from commercial and civil issues, to M&A disputes, competition law, tortious liability and shareholder-company conflicts. Santiago is Band 1 ranked in the international Chambers & Partners, and he is the second partner to join the firm’s Madrid office in less than a month.

On welcoming Santiago to the firm, litigation partner Andrés Mochales said: “It is great to have Santiago join the Simmons dispute resolution team in Madrid. His arrival futureproofs the Spanish DR offering out of Madrid, and offers our clients in the financial sector further nuance in the litigation advice that we can provide.”

On joining the firm, Santiago commented: “With its international network, Simmons’ dispute resolution team is ideally placed to carry out the cross-border work that will become the norm in the post-COVID global context. Having now joined the firm, I look forward to lending my expertise to the matters that will arise as a result of the pandemic, and beyond.”

*Santiago’s appointment is subject to standard regulatory approvals.