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Civil and commercial law · Madrid

The judgement of a large firm. The person who applies it.

Seventeen years in commercial litigation and arbitration, eleven of them at Garrigues. Now in a firm where your matter is handled by whoever signs it.

Lawyer
Marta Rodrigo Lavilla
In practice
Since 2008 · Madrid Bar
Languages
Spanish · English · French
Based in
Madrid

01 · Practice

Matters that call for judgement, not volume.

Companies and individuals with a specific, serious problem. No mass claims, no advertising, no trainees.

I

Civil and commercial litigation

Declaratory and enforcement proceedings before the courts: breach of contract, debt claims, civil liability and unfair competition.

II

Arbitration

Domestic and international arbitration as counsel. Drafting of arbitration clauses, and setting aside or enforcement of awards.

III

Shareholder disputes

Disputes between shareholders, challenges to corporate resolutions, directors’ liability and shareholders’ agreements once a conflict has arisen.

IV

Commercial contracts

Negotiation and drafting of distribution, agency, services and share purchase agreements, written to keep you out of court.

V

Civil property law

Obligations and contracts, guarantees, leases and property. For individuals with assets to protect.

VI

Second opinion

An independent review of the strategy in a matter already under way, with a written report and no commitment to take over the case.

02 · Background

Marta Rodrigo Lavilla

Almost eleven years at Garrigues, where she was a senior associate in the Litigation and Arbitration department, and then at ONTIER in the same practice. In 2025 she founded Marlois Legal to work to the same standard on a different scale.

2025

Marlois Legal

Founder. Civil and commercial law, litigation and arbitration.

2019 – 2025

ONTIER

Litigation and Arbitration.

2008 – 2019

Garrigues

Litigation and Arbitration department. Senior associate.

2013 – 2014

Centro de Estudios Garrigues

Executive Master in Business Legal Practice.

2008 – 2010

Centro de Estudios Garrigues · Harvard Law School

Master in Business Law.

2002 – 2008

ICADE (E-3)

Dual degree in Law and Business Administration.

2005 – 2006

Université Paris Nanterre

A year of law studies in France.

03 · How I work

What changes compared with a large firm. And what does not.

One person, start to finish

Whoever studies the matter is the one who signs it and argues it. No layer in between, and no hours billed for learning the file.

An opinion before an engagement

The first meeting is for saying whether the matter calls for litigation, negotiation or nothing at all — just as plainly when the answer is unwelcome.

Fees in writing

A fixed quote, or one agreed stage by stage, always before work begins. The rigour of a large firm without its cost structure.

Three working languages

Spanish, English and French in contracts, proceedings and arbitration. No translation in between, and no nuance lost on the way.

04 · Contact

Tell us about the matter. We reply within two working days.

Email
marta.rodrigo@marlois.es
Telephone
+34 636 13 53 50
Office
Calle Henri Dunant 17
28036 Madrid

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