Eugenia Carral

Eugenia Carral is a Senior Associate in the Madrid office of Giambrone & Partners.

She is a lawyer specialising in civil and commercial litigation, with experience in insolvency and restructuring. She advises and represents companies, business owners and individuals in court proceedings and out-of-court matters.

Education

Eugenia graduated in Law from the University of Deusto. She complemented her legal studies with university coursework in business administration and management, including financial accounting, economics and business organisation.

She subsequently completed a Master’s Degree in Access to the Legal Profession at Complutense University of Madrid and a Master’s Degree in International Legal Practice at ISDE – Law & Business School, developing her legal practice and client advisory skills in both domestic and international contexts.

In 2022, she completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Data Privacy and Data Protection Law at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies in Washington, DC.

Throughout her career, Eugenia has undertaken specialist training in civil, commercial and insolvency law, primarily through the training centre of the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM). This has included courses on directors’ liability, challenges to corporate resolutions and estate administration. She has also participated in entrepreneurship and business management programmes organised by the Madrid Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services.

Expertise

Eugenia focuses on civil and commercial law, particularly the conduct of litigation and dispute resolution in Spain. She also advises companies and business owners at different stages of their operations.

Her practice principally covers:

• Civil and commercial litigation: managing proceedings, developing litigation strategy, preparing evidence, drafting pleadings and appearing at hearings and trials.
• Insolvency and restructuring: advising companies and creditors facing insolvency, managing and participating in insolvency proceedings and restructuring processes.
• Commercial and corporate advice: company formation and management, and legal advice to companies and business owners throughout their operations.

She has extensive experience conducting proceedings before courts across Spain.

During her career, she has acted across different branches of the court system and in both first-instance and appellate proceedings. She has also been involved in cases before the Audiencia Nacional and the Spanish Supreme Court, including the preparation and filing of cassation appeals and responses.

Her work has included directors’ liability, challenges to corporate resolutions, breaches of contract, debt recovery and property disputes. She has also managed and led high-volume litigation portfolios for major banking institutions.

In insolvency matters, she has worked on proceedings from the perspectives of both debtors and creditors, as well as part of the team responsible for administering insolvency proceedings. Her work has included handling the legal aspects of proceedings and drafting the relevant pleadings and reports. She also has experience preparing restructuring plans and business viability plans.

Her commercial practice includes advising clients before disputes reach court, assisting with the appropriate dispute resolution mechanisms provided for under Spanish law (Mecanismos Adecuados de Solución de Controversias, MASC), and advising companies and business owners on matters arising from their operations.

Recent matters

• Represented a national sports association in an unfair competition claim against several clubs. The matter concluded with an agreement between the parties, which was subsequently approved by the court on appeal.
• Advised and represented major retail companies in proceedings arising from the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. The claims sought to apply the rebus sic stantibus doctrine to amend the financial terms of lease agreements.
• Advised and represented a multinational company facing several challenges to corporate resolutions, including resolutions approving annual accounts. The challenges concerned alleged abuse of the majority shareholder’s position against the minority shareholder and failures to meet formal requirements.
• Managed a portfolio of proceedings for one of Spain’s leading publishing and media companies. The cases arose from various breaches of contract and involved particularly complex questions of jurisdiction and international judicial competence.
• Managed a portfolio of civil proceedings for one of Spain’s leading retail and department store companies, covering consumer protection, unfair competition and breaches of contract by suppliers.
• Managed and led large portfolios of banking litigation for major Spanish financial institutions. The matters concerned standard contract terms, allegedly unfair contractual interest and repayment structures, failures to assess creditworthiness, and usury.
• Was part of the team administering the insolvency proceedings of a leading company in the hair aesthetics sector. The complex proceedings involved liabilities of approximately €22.7 million and nearly 400 affected employees. Despite difficulties in valuing the brands and establishing security over them, the team arranged the sale of the operating business, preserving 32 centres and 320 jobs, approximately 89% of the workforce.