Auren hires García Jabaloy as of counsel
Auren has strengthened its economic criminal law practice with the appointment of Juan Antonio García Jabaloy as of counsel, reinforcing the firm’s focus on international judicial cooperation and cross-border criminal matters at both national and international level.
Before joining Auren, García Jabaloy was a partner at DLA Piper for ten years. He currently serves as co-president of the Criminal law section of the Madrid Bar Association (Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid), a position he has held since 2016.
The profile
García Jabaloy brings more than 25 years of experience in the Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office (Ministerio Fiscal). Between 2004 and 2016, he served as prosecutor at the Audiencia Nacional, and from 2012 to 2016 acted as coordinator of extraditions and European arrest warrants, participating in numerous proceedings related to economic crime. During that period, he also served as the contact point for IberRed (the Ibero-American judicial cooperation network) and the European Judicial Network.
From 2006 to 2012, García Jabaloy served as Spain’s National Member at Eurojust (The Hague), where he led the Spanish delegation and chaired the joint working group established between the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and Eurojust on international judicial cooperation. Prior to that, he served as prosecutor at the Superior Courts of Justice of Catalonia and the Valencian Community.
He has also participated as an expert for UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) in international judicial cooperation projects across Latin America, West Africa, the Maghreb, and the Middle East.
