Hannah de Bustos

TEAM | Julio López Quiroga | Antonio Quirós | Jacobo Tojeiro

Hannah de Bustos

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hbl@avantelegal.com
T: +34 917 430 950
M. +34 680 440 963
Calle Velázquez, 59 – 6º
28001 Madrid

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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 litgation and domestic and international arbitration, with an emphasis on maritime, transport and insurance disputes. Her professional expertise covers all types of courts and arbutral institutions. For example, in 2021 the Constitutional Court upheld an amparo appeal submitted under her legal direction. Hannah regularly advises P&I Clubs, insurance companies, shipowners, logistics and transport companies. 

Since 2014 she has been an Associate Professor of Procedural Law Practice (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, 2022 edition), and in Band 4 by Chambers and Partners (Europe, Spain, Shipping, 2022 edition). Likewise, in 2023 she was named Lawyer of the Year in Transportation Law by the international directory Best Lawyers.

Publications

El contrato de pasaje: Los contratos sobre el buque en Derecho español. Análisis práctico.

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 & Seminars

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.

Awards

BEST LAWYERS SPAIN (Transportation Law). Hannah de Bustos. Lawyer of the year.
BEST LAWYERS SPAIN (Arbitration & Mediation, International Arbitration and Maritime Law). Hannah de Bustos. Rcommended lawyer.
CHAMBERS EUROPE (Spain, Shipping). Hannah de Bustos. Band 4.
BEST LAWYERS SPAIN (Arbitration & Mediation, International Arbitration, Maritime Law, Transportation Law). Hannah de Bustos. Recommended lawyer.
BEST LAWYERS SPAIN (Arbitration, Maritime Law, Transportation Law). Hannah de Bustos. Recommended lawyer.
THE LEGAL 500 (Transport, Shipping). Hannah de Bustos. Rising Star.
BEST LAWYERS SPAIN (Arbitration). Hannah de Bustos. Recommended lawyer.
THE LEGAL 500 (Spain, Shipping). Hannah de Bustos. Rising Star.
THE LEGAL 500 (Spain, Shipping). Hannah de Bustos. Next Generation Lawyer.
THE LEGAL 500 (Spain, Shipping). Hannah de Bustos. Recommended Lawyer.