Gómez-Villares & Atencia hires José Javier Polo

Gómez-Villares & Atencia has hired José Javier Polo (pictured), lawyer specialised in economic criminal law, regulatory compliance and liability of legal people, into the firm’s penal department.

He graduated in law from the Complutense University of Madrid, he joined the public prosecution service in 1985, working in Malaga, Toledo, Madrid and the national high court, where he has specialised in different areas, from the management and organisation of the public prosecution service and judicial police, to procedural issues related to jury law, foreigners, minors and computer crime.

José Javier Polo was chief prosecutor of Madrid between 2013 and 2018 and of the audiencia nacional between 2018 and 2019 and head of the criminal law department at the law firm of De Carlos Remón since January 2020.