Professional Experience

• Director, Indian Desk of Bellavista Legal; a firm of professional lawyers and economists which has been offering integrated advisory and consultancy services to national and international companies since 1979, with its head office in Barcelona and branch offices in Madrid and Granollers;
• Ex-Director of the Indian Desk of Nq Lawyers, a Spanish Law firm
• Member of Kerala High Court Bar Association
• Permanent Member of District Court Bar Association in Ernakulam
• Member of Bar Council of India
• Mentor to 2nd Forum of entrepreneurs in Ayuntamiento de Sabadell
• Co-Founder of Barcelona Kerala Business Club Former President of the Malayalees Association of Barcelona
• Member of the Commercial Mission organized by Catalunya along with the President of Barcelona and the Minister of Industries of Catalunya
• Member of Real Estate Investments in Spain formed under the auspices of SIIS.
• Assisted in setting up Joint Venture operation by the Spanish Company in India.
• Experience in working in Merger & Acquistion process by Spanish co on Indian companies.
• Assist Spanish companies doing business in India in document and contract review. Also help the Spanish companies to secure and maintain their intellectual property rights in India.
• Expertise in the realm of Indian Corporate Law, Merger and Acquisition, on issues pertaining to business formation in India company law. Lead attorney for successfully representing several foreign MNCs in their M&A deals within India and Europe.
• Advisor to various MNCs in setting up their export processing unit Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and also under the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Scheme.
• Extensive experience of advising on issues relating to setting up of retails outlets based on self-owned and self-operated and / or Franchisee model.

Mary Ann Joseph, is a Managing Partner of the firm, and has sound experience in various aspects of Commercial Legal Practice. She has been residing in Barcelona for more than a decade, and has supported several Spanish and Indian companies to expand overseas seamlessly.

Moreover, she is an expert on the laws of domestic and international arbitration in India, and assists clients in enforcement of arbitral awards, and challenging arbitral awards, if necessary.

Professional Experience

• Worked in the Indian corporate sector for the past seven years, with special focus on arbitration and international matters.
• Member of Kerala High Court Bar Association
• Member of District Court Bar Association in Ernakulam
• Member of Bar Council of India
• Permanent member of All India Federation of Women Lawyers
• Part of various projects in Casa Asia Barcelona; a public entity in Barcelona.

Pramod began his legal career as a litigator, practising a broad range of laws in various courts and tribunals in India. He then worked with a prominent global Cellular infrastructure service provider as its Legal Manager in the Indian State of Kerala. Subsequent to this, he worked for Kuttukaran Group of Companies as the Senior Manager-Legal of Popular Vehicles and Services Ltd., heading the legal department of the Group comprising more than 10 different companies and firms engaged in the Automobile, Information Technology, and Education sectors.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• More than 18 years of experience in all fields of law, and an expert in Legal Office Management and legal compliance.
• Proficient in drafting all kinds of legal documents, commercial agreements such as Joint Venture agreements, business partnerships, and dealership agreements.
• Expert advisor on managerial skills for company formation and employee contract and for settlement of labour, provident fund, legal documentation, legal due diligence, company-related documentation, copyright agreements, Power of Attorneys, labour contracts, employee bonds, bylaws for companies, partnership deeds, Joint Venture agreements, Translation of documents.
• Proficiency in pleadings, in both civil and criminal matters.

Professional Experience

• Thirty years’ experience of working with Central Government institutions in India;
• Represents Indian and Foreign companies, including major real estate developers and construction companies on issues relating to real estate, land acquisition, structuring the transaction and related documentation as well as construction laws in India;
• Specialist in Central Administrative matters, due diligence of real estate & property documentation and government compliances.

Professional Experience

Dr. Soler has worked for 12 years in a medium-sized Spanish law firm, Soler-Padró & Partners, which became a pioneer in advising Spanish companies in China. Soler-Padro’s links with China date back to the late 1980s when a first relationship was established with Great Wall Law.

Dr. Soler has worked for 12 years in a medium-sized Spanish law firm, Soler-Padró & Partners, which became a pioneer in advising Spanish companies in China. Soler-Padro’s links with China date back to the late 1980s when a first relationship was established with Great Wall Law.

He has authored 6 books for Casa Asia, as well as over 50 articles in the business press about Asia. Dr. Soler is a part-time lecturer at the School of Asian Studies of University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Since 2008 he is founding partner of Emergia Partners, Spain’s sole M&A boutique focused on emerging markets.

Professional Experience

• More than 25 years in managerial and executive responsibilities in multinational companies in sectors such as banking, industrial, renewable energies.
• International experience as an expatriate, and managing business units with international sourcing and/or sales activity in Asia, Middle East and South America.

Summary

Anand obtained his Master of Law degree from the University of Zurich. He successfully completed the Bar Exam in Schwyz in 2011. He gained professional experience in various legal positions in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, including working at a law firm, a district court, and the appeal department of the state government. During this time, he specialized in handling immigration cases. Since 2014, he has been practicing as an immigration attorney based in Zurich. With his extensive expertise, Anand J. Pazhenkottil offers effective solutions for complex corporate immigration challenges across diverse industries. He also provides comprehensive guidance on immigration matters for individuals.

Professional Experience

Dr Jatinder sing is a marketing professor with 8 years of experience in teaching and research. He received his PhD (Marketing) from University of Mississippi, U.S.A. Originally from India, Dr. Singh is currently living in Barcelona, Spain. He is a member of the marketing faculty at ESADE business school, Barcelona, since 2007.ESADE business school is one of the best business schools in Europe.

His areas of interest include market research, corporate and brand ethics, CSR and marketing strategy.