Hannah de Bustos
ASSOCIATE
hbl@avantelegal.com
T: +34 917 430 950
M. +34 680 440 963
Calle Velázquez, 59 – 6º
28001 Madrid
Education
Law Degree, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, 2010
Commercial Law, London School of Economics, London, 2010
Master’s Degree in Insurance Law, UNED, Madrid, 2019
Professional background
Associate at Avante Legal Abogados since 2016
Associate at Uría Menéndez (Madrid) (2010 – 2015)
Hannah de Bustos is a Senior Associate at Avante Legal. She joined Avante Legal in 2016. Prior to joining Avante Legal, she worked at Uría Menéndez, where she started her professional career in 2010.
Her practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation and domestic and international arbitration, with an emphasis on maritime, transportation and insurance disputes. Her professional experience covers all types of courts and arbitral institutions. Hannah regularly advises P&I Clubs, insurance companies, shipowners, logistics and transport companies.
Since 2014 she has been an Associate Professor of Procedural Law (Litigation) in the Business Law and Access to the Legal Profession LLM at the University of Navarra.
Hannah is regularly recognised in leading international directories. She has been highlighted as a Rising Star in Transport: Shipping by The Legal 500 (Spain, 2023 edition), and in Band 4 by Chambers and Partners (Europe, Spain, Shipping, 2023 edition). She was also named Lawyer of the Year in Transportation Law by the international directory Best Lawyers (Spain, 2023 edition).
El contrato de pasaje: Los contratos sobre el buque en Derecho español. Análisis práctico.
- Publicación: Editorial Dykinson
- Año de Publicación: 2018
- Coautores: Julio López Quiroga y Antonio Quirós
The Supreme Court judgment on the Prestige casualty
- Publicación: Expert Guide: Shipping & Maritime 2016 (Corporate LiveWire)
- Año de Publicación: 2016
- Coautor: Julio López Quiroga
La nueva Ley de Navegación Marítima.
- Publicación: Actualidad Jurídica Uría Menéndez, núm. 38.
- Año de Publicación: 2014
- Coautor: Julio López Quiroga
Legal teaching
Universidad de Navarra: she lectures on litigation in the Business Law and Access to the Bar Association LLM.
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid: she lectures on ship arrest under Spanish Shipping Law in the Law Degree.
Seminars
UNED: seminario “Actualidad y Retos del Derecho de Seguros 2021”, con la ponencia sobre la “Pérdida de beneficios por paralización de negocios (Covid-19 y Seguro)” (Madrid, marzo 2021).
Unión Internacional de Abogados (UIA): seminario sobre arbitraje internacional: ponente en la mesa sobre arbitraje marítimo (Bilbao, junio 2017).
Madrid Chamber of Commerce: she participates regularly in conferences and seminars on matters related to shipping and transport.
- 2023 – The Legal 500: Spain (Shipping) Rising Star
- 2023 – Chambers Europe: Spain (Shipping) Band 4
- 2023 – Best Lawyers (Spain, Transportation Law): Lawyer of the year
- 2023 – Best Lawyers (Spain, Arbitration & Mediation, International Arbitration y Maritime Law): Recommended lawyer.
- 2022 – The Legal 500: Spain (Shipping) Rising Star
- 2022 – Chambers Europe: Spain (Shipping) Band 4
