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Our team members have a wealth of experience in Marbella and leading international firms headquartered in Madrid. With our unique culture, we approach our clients’ needs with a pragmatic, friendly and sensitive nature. Our team is here to help you and is ready to guide you or your company through the legal steps necessary to obtain your goal in Spain.
Arvid Ernesto Franco Carlander
Ernesto is the founder and Managing Partner of CARLANDER LAW FIRM. He has more than 40 years of experience representing clients in Marbella and surrounding areas.
Ernesto focuses on legal advice on the acquisitions and dispositions of real estate assets, real estate finance and real estate vehicles and structures, including corporate real estate, leases, sale and leaseback transactions, construction law and administrative and license approvals. He is also extensively involved in inheritance and foreign law and tax advisory.
Raised in Stockholm (Sweden), he moved to Spain where he combined alpine skiing competitions with his Degree in Law. In 1982 he founded Carlander under "Advokatfirman Carlander" and has offered legal assistance in Costa del Sol ever since.
Languages: Spanish, Swedish and English.
Admitted to the Bar Association of Málaga no. 771.
Ernesto Franco Macías
Ernesto started his legal path in the year 2014 in Clifford Chance’s Real Estate department and moved on to develop his career in Jones Day, until he joined Carlander Law Firm in the year 2020.
His practice focuses on real estate and M&A transactions including urban development, project management, and real estate and planning due diligence processes. He has experience representing clients operating in main sectors of the real estate industry, including commercial, residential, logistics, and industrial real estate assets.
Ernesto has a Degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a Masters in Financial Markets from the Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles and has obtained the Urban Planning diploma issued by the Town Council of Marbella and the FYDU Foundation.
Languages: English and Spanish.
Admitted to the Bar Association of Madrid no. C121468.