Serrano Alberca & Conde

Serrano & Alberca y Conde is a firm that prides itself on the highest standards, precision and full immersion in our client’s business, imagination to find innovative solutions, proven experience by its lawyers, approachability and Partners dealing directly and honestly with the client. All of the firm’s lawyers have at least 25 years of professional experience, which puts them in the best position to get the right result for our clients, often using innovative solutions.

If issues arise requiring legal advice, we have the best professionals on hand to advise you in all practice areas: urband development and planning, compulsory purchase and state liability, real estate and construction, civil and commercial law, heritage and foundations, litigation, foreign investments and tax law.

Serrano Alberca & Conde was founded in 1980 by José Manuel Serrano Alberca, now its Chairman.

From its very beginnings, the firm has specialised in urban development, planing and compulsory purchase, while still excelling in civil law, tax law and civil litigation and judicial review.

In the 1990s the firm became a benchmark in Spain for compulsory purchase following its involvement in landmark public works and compulsory purchases in Madrid and the surrounding areas, an exemplar of which was the extension of Barajas Airport.

This was a compulsory purchase of more than 10 million square meters, and the firm represented more than 80% of the affected parties. The result was a consolidation of doctrine to create cities, with expropriated land being valued as developable, and which then extended to other compulsory purchases and, notably, the highways serving outskirts of the city.

Parallel to this, the firm has worked on urban development matters, managing the land of a great many private individuals and companies in the north of Madrid during the major urban development works in the area of the last 30 years.

In recent years, Serrano Alberca & Conde has grown its business to other areas of public, tax and civil law, particularly financial liability of public administrations, cultural heritage, foundations, succession of family businesses and estates, and real estate and construction law.