Our team consists of two practising Lawyers, who are members of the Malaga Law Society, and a seasoned Personal Assistant with expertise in Administration and Bookkeeping.
Although our field of practice mainly focuses on the Costa del Sol, we occasionally deal with matters in the Axarquía area of the Malaga province and in several Andalusian capital cities.
Our lawyers speak English fluently and Mrs. Cristina Mintegui, who is the founding partner of the firm, also speaks French and German. Our team is extremely dynamic and proactive, qualities that are required to deal with the different Public Administrations and the Courts of Law in Spain.
Cristina Mintegui Cano
Cristina was awarded a Bachelor of Laws by the University of Deusto - Bilbao (Vizcaya), graduation years 1988 - 1993. ERASMUS Diploma from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) awarded in June 1993. She earned a Master's degree in Spatial and Town Planning Policies (specialising in Town Planning Management) from the University Carlos III in Madrid in December 1995. She is registered as a practising member of the Malaga Law Society since April 1994. In October 1996, she set up her own law firm in Marbella. She works together with other professionals in Bilbao, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and Dusseldorf. She specialises in town planning and public administration issues. She also advises foreign investors on purchasing, building and property development in Spain as well as on contracts in general. In the area of Civil Law, she has extensive experience with horizontal property, property rights and civil liability, as much contractual as extra-contractual.
She currently is a professor at Malaga University teaching students, whose aim is to earn a Master of Laws degree in Town Planning Discipline, subject matters such as planning offences and sanctions as well as restoration of town planning legality.
Jesús Sarmiento López
Jesús was awarded a Bachelor of Laws in 2002 by the University of Malaga. He then completed his studies at the School for Legal Practise established by the Malaga Law Society. His professional experience started in 2002 with an internship at a Marbella law firm. He joined Mintegui Abogados in 2003 as a trial lawyer i.e. barrister specialising in civil and family law. He is a former legal counsel to the Regional Board of the Professional Associations of Draughtsmen and is since 2004 legal counsel to the Board of the Professional Associations of Draughtsmen for the Malaga province. He has been registered as a probono lawyer with the Malaga Law Society since 2006.
Ignacio Arteaga
Bachelor of Laws from the Antonio de Nebrija University in Madrid, promotion 2006-2010, he obtained a Master of Law degree, promotion 2011-2013, from the University of Malaga and a Master’s degree in Internationalization of Companies from the Malaga Chamber of Commerce in 2014.
He is a registered member of the Malaga Law Society, specializing in civil law, business consultancy, international trade and the internationalization of companies. He is a dynamic professional, who takes a fully international approach, and boasts 9 years of experience. During all these years, he has taken part in projects in more than 45 countries (Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia). He has developed his professional skills working for private companies as the coordinator of the legal department during four years for a service franchiser companyand as a lawyer in professional firms specialized in civil and administrative law.
He joined the team of Mintegui Abogados as a practising Lawyer in May, 2019.
Rosario Galiano Ahumada
Rosario joined Mintegui Abogados at the beginning of 2003 as a Technician with expertise in Administration and Accountancy. Since she became part of our team, she is responsible, among other duties, for the administration department, customer service, bookkeeping, arranging for title deeds to be granted and duly registered as well as dealing with banking matters and arranging utility subscriptions (water, electricity, telephone, etc...) on behalf of clients.