Sergi Giménez Binder
Partner
Aviation
Commercial
German Desk
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private International Law
Regulated Industries
Space
Tourism and Leisure
Transportation and Logistics
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Barcelona
Sergi Giménez has extensive experience in the field of international commercial law and in advising on mergers and acquisitions. He has been advising national and international companies linked to all types of industrial activities, particularly in the aeronautical and tourism sector, for more than 30 years.
His clients include airlines, aircraft and engine owners, lessors and finance companies. He also has extensive experience in the tourism industry, advising tour operators, online travel agencies, hotel companies, cruise operators and leisure centres of all kinds.
His professional career has always been closely linked to international law, working on a recurring basis with multinational companies doing business in Spain and vice versa.
Training
Space Law Seminar, Institut für Luftrecht, Weltraumrecht und Cyberrecht of the University of Cologne (April 2023).
- Leadership Training Programme, Law Firm Management Committee of the International Bar Association (May 2021).
- Legal Business Development Global Virtual Summit, International Bar Association (September 2020).
- Workshop on “Anti-Corruption Strategy for the Legal Profession”, OECD, UNDOC and IBA (June 2013).
- Magister Legum (LL M) in International Business Law, Faculty of Law, University of Münster (1989-1990).
- Course on Community Law, Patronat Català Pro Europa (1986-1987).
- Law Degree, Law School of the University of Barcelona (1984-1989).
Professional associations
Il·lustre Col·legi d’Advocats de Barcelona, 1989.
- International Bar Association, 1999.
- International Chamber of Commerce – Committee Legal Practice, 2013.
- European Air Law Association, 2013.
- Aviation Working Group – Legal Advisory Panel, 2015.
- Pan American Institute of Air Law, 2017.
- Spanish Association of Aeronautic and Space Law, 2021.
- European Association of Private International Law, 2021.
- European Centre for Space Law, 2021.
- Aviation Law Bar Association, 2023.
Publications and Conferences
Speaker at the 11th International Aviation Law Conference ‘Air Transport Towards 2050’ organised by the Luiss Business School of the Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome Italy (paper: ‘Is the Future Multimodal?’), June 2024.
- Co-author ‘Entry into force of the mandatory “no re-export” clause to Russia’, newsletter Augusta Abogados, April 2024.
- ‘Inkreal: Freedom of Choice of Courts of EU Member States?’, blog of the European Association of Private International Law, February 2024.
- Speaker at the New Space Economy Congress in Barcelona on the topic ‘Opportunity for a space national regulation in the international context’, November 2023.
- Co-author of the book ‘Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Aviation Law’ published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., December 2023.
- Co-author ‘Spain – getting ready for the next steps in space exploration’, IBA Space Law Committee Newsletter, 14 September 2023.
Speaker at the workshop organized by UNIDROIT in Rome “Cape Town Convention, with special reference to its implementation in Italy”, June 2023.
- “M&A involving airlines: compliance with EU legislation”, Lexology by Getting the Deal Through – Commentary – Aviation, April 2023.
- “Year in review: Spanish aviation industry 2022,” Lexology by Getting the Deal Through – Commentary – Aviation, January 2023.
- Speaker at the conference “Alternative dispute resolution procedure for air transport users under regulation 261/2004 (EC)”, organized jointly by the Air and Space Law Section of the Madrid Bar Association and the Air Law Section of the Barcelona Bar Association, December 2022.
- Author of the chapter on Spain in the book “The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – Aviation Finance & Leasing”, The Legal 500, June 2022.
- Speaker at the Ninth International Aviation Law Conference “Saving the Skies” organized by the Luiss Business School of the Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome Italy (presentation: “Inflation of Litigation: New Spanish ADR procedure”), June 2022.
- “Restrictive measures adopted by the EU against Russia”, series of three articles published in March 2022, Augusta Abogados Newsletter.
- “Legislación COVID-19 en España – La ‘Nueva Normalidad’?”, Revista Española de Derecho Aeronáutico y Espacial, nº 1, July 2021.
- Speaker at the conference “La aplicación en España del Protocolo Aeronáutico del Convenio de Ciudad del Cabo: problemas e interrogantes” organized by FIDE, January 2020.
