DLA Piper Spain is staffed with more than 80 fully bilingual Spanish-qualified lawyers, including 18 partners. Our Madrid office is a full-service, locally led law firm with international capability across Europe, the United States, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Lawyers specialise in all aspects of business law and regularly advise on cross-border transactions. Languages spoken include Spanish, English, French, German and Italian.Practice areas in Spain include: banking and financial services; commercial contracts; competition and EU law; corporate/M&A, private equity; employment and human resources; energy; industrial and intellectual property and data protection; insurance and reinsurance; litigation and arbitration; maritime law, transport and logistics; project financing and infrastructure; real estate and planning; stock markets; tax; technology, media and communication.The Spanish competition and EU law practice and the telecoms practice (TMC) are considered leading services at national and international levels. Both practices are recommended in Chambers and Partners.