Juan Ignacio Apoita
Founding Partner

Juan Ignacio Apoita

Partner and Lawyer

Experience & Education

Detailed academic and professional background.

After almost a decade of professional experience in some of the most prestigious firms in the country, such as Rodríguez Ramos or Uría Menéndez, Juan I. Apoita set out on his own path and founded this firm with a clear idea: to offer a strategic, personalized criminal defense based on mutual trust.


The decision was born at a time of full professional dedication, the result of the conviction that it was time to take a step forward and build his own project, where he could apply everything he had learned and develop a way of understanding Law that is close, transparent, effective, and based on legal rigor.

Education:

Graduate in Law and Master's Degree in Access to the Legal Profession from the Complutense University of Madrid, Postgraduate in Corporate Criminal Law, Diploma in Advanced Specialization in Economic Criminal Law and with studies in corporate compliance and internal investigations, he maintains a constant commitment to training, has collaborated with the publisher La Ley in the preparation and updating of legal materials related to his specialty, in addition to participating in specialized media. 

Experience:

Lawyer specialized in conflict resolution and risk management in Economic Criminal Law, General Criminal Law, and corporate compliance, mentioning his extensive experience in proceedings of great public notoriety before the National Court and his proactive, results-oriented approach. He is a member of the Spanish Union of Criminal Lawyers (UEAP), of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP, speaker and teacher in various institutions).

Furthermore, he is a finalist in the Forty Under 40 Awards by Iberian Lawyer, 2025, in the Economic Criminal category.

Languages:

Spanish and English.