Carmen Alba Mantecón
Associate
Languages spoken
Spanish | English
About Carmen
Carmen Alba Mantecón advises domestic and international clients on a broad range of civil, commercial and corporate disputes, acting in judicial proceedings and arbitration matters.
Carmen has experience in complex litigation and arbitration arising out of contractual disputes, post-M&A conflicts, corporate governance and shareholder disputes, interim relief proceedings, construction claims, image rights and trademark disputes, as well as competition damages litigation.
Carmen holds a double degree in law and business administration from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, as well as a master’s degree in access to the legal profession and a master’s degree in corporate law from Universidad Pontificia Comillas.
She speaks Spanish and English and has been a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 2020.
Experience
Advising an investor in the pharmaceutical sector on the potential nullity of a share sale agreement and related shareholder disputes.
Representing a shareholder in corporate litigation challenging resolutions adopted at a general shareholders’ meeting of a real estate company.
Representing a leading food company in proceedings concerning the alleged unlawful use of image rights and trademark rights.
Representing a European transport company in arbitral proceedings arising from the acquisition of a target company, including claims for breaches of representations and warranties and post-closing mismanagement.
Representing the principal shareholder of a major hospitality group in a dispute arising from the alleged breach of a family protocol on corporate governance and business succession.
Representing a subcontractor in an international arbitration against an industrial and energy engineering group and its Ivory Coast subsidiary concerning unpaid amounts under four subcontracting agreements.
Assisting in complex antitrust damages litigation, including proceedings arising out of the trucks cartel and the milk cartel.
Representing both debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.
Credentials
Education
- Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, M.A., Legal Practice and Access to the Legal Profession, 2020
- Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, M.A., Corporate Law, 2020
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Double Degree, Political Science and Law, 2018
Admissions
- Madrid, 2020
Memberships & Affiliations
Member, Madrid Bar Association, 2020
Women in a Legal World Association, 2024
Expertise
Services
- Litigation
Publications
Co-author, “Forum shopping: strategy or abuse?” International Bar Association, 2025.