article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources garrigues law firm news newspapers books scholar jstor free images march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message garrigues headquarters madrid spain no . of offices 38 in 11 countries 1 no . of attorneys 2 100 september 1 2009 major practice areas corporate law commercial contracts mergers and acquisitions securities markets banking and finance insurance real estate planning and zoning energy telecommunications labor and employment litigation and arbitration restructuring and insolvency criminal e.u. and antitrust tax accounting human capital services intellectual property informational technology administrative environmental maritime and transportation pharmaceuticals and biotechnology sports and entertainment 2 date founded 1941 madrid spain website www.garrigues.com garrigues is a law firm with offices in spain portugal london new york and 8 other countries . 3 founded in 1941 the firm has experience in a wide range of fields and industries from traditional practice areas to the newest legal fields . 3 4 5 as of july 2015 garrigues was the second largest law firm in turnover in continental europe . 6 contents 1 founders 2 history 3 references 4 external links founders edit in 1941 two brothers joaqu n and antonio garrigues d az ca abate founded j & a garrigues . 7 8 born in 1899 joaqu n garrigues d az ca abate became a professor of commercial law at age 29 . 9 according to the garrigues company s web site he oversaw reforms to spanish company law in 1944 at the institute of political rights he founded the revista de derecho comercial commercial law review in 1946 and soon after he prepared the draft legislation that would become the spanish corporations law 1951 and the limited liability companies law . 10 the younger brother antonio garrigues d az ca abate was born in 1904 . he practiced law until his appointment in 1931 as director general of registries and notaries during the days of the spanish republic . he was ambassador to the united states 1962 64 and to the vatican 1964 72 and he became the minister of justice in the first government of the returned spanish monarchy 1975 76 . 11 history edit the company says that during the second half of the 20th century j & a garrigues played an active role in spanish legal life and played host to reforms to the country s legislation particularly during the transition to democracy placing the firm in an ideal position to dominate the legal services market . 12 in 1997 it merged with arthur andersen asesores legales y tributarios alt and became garrigues & andersen . 13 in march 2002 with the disappearance of the andersen worldwide network the firm became independent and today it operates under the name of garrigues . 14 in 1991 the company set up the portuguese legal group along with other firms from portugal brazil and the united kingdom . 15 garrigues s portuguese practice has been operating since january 2005 through garrigues portugal which incorporated the firm le nidas matos & associados . 16 references edit http www.worldservicesgroup.com members locations.asp action display & pcomp 2011 practice areas on the garrigues web site a b garrigues . www.linkedin.com . retrieved 2016 02 03 . garrigues madrid law firm profile chambers global 2015 chambers and partners . www.chambersandpartners.com . retrieved 2016 02 03 . spain taxand . www.taxand.com . retrieved 2016 02 03 . spain s biggest european firm title passes to france marketing spain . www.mondaq.com . retrieved 2016 02 03 . replacement character in title at position 9 help http www.hierosgamos.org hg db lawfirms.asp action page & 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