Juan Antonio Xiol, new Cuatrecasas counsel

Cuatrecasas has strengthened its Cassation and Special Appeals practice group with the appointment of Juan Antonio Xiol as a new counsel. With more than fifty years of proven experience, he is a specialist in litigation and civil law, having held several important positions in the judiciary, including his work as a judge of the First and Third Chambers of the Supreme Court and vice-president of the Constitutional Court.

Antonio Carreño, coordinating partner of the Litigation group, comments: “Juan Antonio is an exceptional jurist, his talent and experience in the resolution of cassation appeals in the civil and contentious-administrative jurisdictions, before the Supreme Court, and appeals of amparo, before the Constitutional Court, will be decisive for the Cassation group to continue being the leader of this practice and offer a service of extraordinary excellence to our clients”.

Juan Antonio Xiol

A graduate in Law from the University of Barcelona, Xiol entered the judicial career by competitive examination in 1972. In 1975 he became a contentious magistrate, being number one in his promotion, and in 1982 he was appointed Secretary General of the Constitutional Court. He has been a judge of the Contentious Chamber of the Supreme Court and presided over the Fourth and Seventh Sections of the Third Chamber and the First Chamber of this court. Also elected member of the CGPJ by the Senate and, subsequently, the Plenary of this body appointed him president of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court. He has been a judge of the Constitutional Court from June 2013 to December 2022. In November 2021, after the partial renewal of the Constitutional Court, the Plenary unanimously appointed him vice-president, a position he has held until the end of his term on December 31, 2022.

With an extensive and respected professional career, Juan Antonio Xiol has been Director General of Relations with the Administration of Justice and is a member of the General Codification Commission. Throughout his career, he has been distinguished with the Pelayo Award for Jurists of Recognized Prestige (2009). As well as, decorated with the Grand Cross of San Raimundo de Peñafort and of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2010).

“I join Cuatrecasas convinced that the best way to complete my career as a lawyer is to contribute my efforts and experience to a firm that stands out for its prestige in the defense of the rights of individuals and societies and in the strengthening of the rule of law in the domestic and international sphere,” says Juan Antonio Xiol about his incorporation to the Firm.