Jaime Soroa

Partner
Lawyer & Solicitor

jsoroa@meanagreenmaura.com

+34 626 781 636

Madrid, Spain

Recommended Lawyer

Expertise

Wet and Dry Shipping, Insurance and reinsurance with particular expertise in P & I, Collisions and allisions, FFO Claims, Pollution, Salvage, Cargo claims, Charterparty disputes, shipbuilding contracts, crew manning contracts and other employment related issues, Litigation including Arbitration & Administrative Sanction Proceedings, amongst others.

Experience

Dual Qualified, Spanish abogado (2003) and English solicitor (England & Wales 2015). Jaime spent nearly a decade of his career in the London market where he worked at two IG P&I Clubs and two boutique shipping firms in the City before returning to Spain as a partner at MEANAGREENMAURA.

Education

  • Law with a major in European Law from Carlos III de Madrid University (Spain)
  • LLM in International Maritime Law from the University of Wales, Swansea (UK)

Professional Qualifications

Solicitor in England and Wales

Abogado in Spain

  • Member of the Spanish Maritime Law Association
  • Member of the Latin American Institute of Maritime Law
  • Member of the Propeller Club
  • Cambridge qualified CELTA English teacher

Awards

Recommended Lawyer, The Legal 500 EMEA 2017

Recognised lawyer by Best Lawyers List for Spain 2020

Languages spoken

Spanish, English, at professional proficiency

Intermediate Italian and Portuguese

French and Polish at a basic level

Joined MGM

2014