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Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Law - University of Seville (2014 - 2018); Master’s Degree for Admission to the Legal Profession - University of Seville (2018 - 2020); Course “Equality Agent” - Iniciativa y Conocimiento para la Formación SL (2024); Course “Managerial Skills for Effective Team Management” - Ascendent Formación y Consultoría SL (2024).
Admission: 2021 - Seville Bar Association (Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Sevilla)
Year Joined: 2022
Languages: Spanish, English, intermediate French, beginner-level Japanese and Korean.
Coral Novalvos Delgado
Senior Associate
Coral Novalvos Delgado is a Senior Associate in the Málaga office, which she also heads, and is additionally Head of the Gay Lawyers Department in Spain, as well as of the Animal Law Department.
Coral graduated in Law from the University of Seville in 2018. She undertook internships at the International Human Rights Observatory, which led to her subsequent appointment as a paralegal at a renowned law firm.
There, she specialised in immigration law while completing her Master’s Degree in Legal Practice and studying Korean and Japanese at the Centre for East Asian Studies, where she acquired basic language skills.
Coral specialises in International Law (both public and private), Immigration Law and Criminal Law, and has developed her career across these areas, as well as in civil litigation. In civil matters, she handles debt recovery proceedings, breach of contract cases, family law matters (divorce, child custody and guardianship), and civil liability arising from medical negligence. In criminal law, she works on cases involving offences against the person and property, including sexual offences, assault, homicide, fraud, theft and robbery. She is also specialised in organised crime, a field she further developed during her university studies.
She also has extensive experience in private practice, advising on cross-border inheritance matters and property transactions, with a particular focus on compliance and anti-money laundering, ensuring regulatory compliance and providing comprehensive legal advice to clients.
In the corporate sphere, she works on compliance matters with a particular focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), participating in the development of equality plans, compliance audits, and ensuring adherence to both national and regional legislation. She is also a trained equality officer.
As Head of the Gay Lawyers Department, Coral leads cases involving legal gender recognition, international parentage in homoparental families, and adoption proceedings, driving the department’s development into a specialist DEI consultancy model. In this context, and as a member of REDI, the Spanish Business Network for LGBTI Diversity and Inclusion, she actively participates in the Legal Chapter and the SME Chapter, where she has contributed to the White Paper on best practices for SMEs, as well as to the development of the diversity certification scheme, and regularly speaks at round tables and national and international events.
Finally, as Head of the Animal Law Department, she advises on cases relating to offences against animals and breaches of applicable regulations.
In 2024, she was recognised as “Immigration Law Expert of the Year 2024 in Spain” by Global Law Experts. She is also a regular contributor of articles on the firm’s website and frequently participates in national and international legal events.
Winning Cases
- Secured one of the first favourable decisions in Spain regarding the Digital Nomad visa, just 15 days after its entry into force.
- Together with her colleague Andreu Marín, achieved one of the first approvals under the Democratic Memory Law at the London Consulate, only two months after its enactment.
- Obtained a Digital Nomad residence permit for a US citizen despite a six-page criminal record.
- Secured one of the first (possibly the first) favourable rulings from the Madrid High Court in Digital Nomad cases, setting a judicial precedent.
- Successfully obtained a Golden Visa for a Russian dual national and her children, in a highly restrictive regulatory context.
- Processed a Golden Visa for a British citizen within just 10 days, shortly before the closure of the programme.
- Secured residence and work authorisation for a Korean chef establishing an export company of Spanish products to South Korea, with projected first-year profits of €500,000.
- Obtained residence and work permits for British nationals who incorporated a company in the Balearic Islands without requiring a physical establishment, each holding a 24.5% share.
- Successfully managed non-lucrative residence visas for applicants lacking sufficient savings, relying instead on alternative financial evidence such as property ownership, pension certificates, or dividend income
Areas of Practice
Immigration Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Labour Law, Global Mobility, International Law, and Animal Law.
Publications and Public Speaking
- Author of the Second Edition of the Equal Opportunities for Sexual and Gender Minorities Report (EQOSOGI), published by the World Bank.
- Speaker at a roundtable held at the headquarters of Technip Energies on the topic of being LGBTI+ in the corporate environment.
- Speaker at Barcelona Community Day, alongside representatives of the Barcelona City Council.
- Author of the Spain chapter in International Comparative Legal Guides – Immigration.
- Speaker at the LGBTI Senior Community Centre in Madrid, addressing diversity and inclusion topics.