Maria José Valverde

Ms. María José Valverde Martínez is an experienced lawyer from the prestigious Bar Association of Murcia, practicing since 1996. She specializes in Family Law, Child Protection, and Bankruptcy/Commercial Law. She is also recognized as an expert in International Private Law and European Union Law.

• Languages: Spanish and English
• Degree in Law and Master in Business Legal Advice from ENAE Business School
• Since 2008, she has served as a Bankruptcy Administrator in numerous bankruptcy proceedings at the Commercial Courts of Murcia and Alicante.
• National award for legal articles “José Corrales”, 26th edition (March 2022), granted by the Spanish Association of Family Lawyers (AEAFA) for her work “Premarital Agreements: Between the Civil Code and the Supreme Court”. Published in the AEAFA Family Lawyers Journal, issue 113, March 2022.
• Author of doctrinal articles published in the journal “Cuadernos de Derecho transnacional”, the leading legal journal in Spain in the area of International Private Law:
  • “Determining the age of the foreign citizen and passport”
  • “Moroccan Divorce Judgment, recognition and res judicata. Commentary on the order of the Barcelona Provincial Court of July 1, 2020.”
  • “Critical and practical reflections on the legal regime of national and cross-border change of the address of the minor”
  • “Jurisdiction and amendments by Spanish courts of measures relating to alimony established by foreign courts. A commentary to the order of the Spanish Supreme Court of September 17, 2019.”
  • “Polygamy in Morocco and widow’s pension in Spain. The Supreme Court and the attenuated international public order.”
• Author of the doctrinal article “The ‘Green Card’ Case. Recognition of a British family resolution in Spain. International child abduction: United Kingdom, Spain, and the United States of America”, published in the book “PROTECTION OF MINORS AND INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW”.
• Speaker at the XXVI FAMILY LAW DAYS SEVILLE 2022 AEAFA-ICAS (Seville, October 6 and 7, 2022). Lecture: “Premarital Agreements: A smart way to regulate marriage and divorce in the global society of the 21st century”. Organized by the Spanish Association of Family Lawyers (AEAFA) and the prestigious Bar Association of Seville.
• Associate lawyer of AEAFA (Spanish Association of Family Lawyers).
• Member of the Family Law Section of the Murcia Bar Association.
• Member of the International Law Section of the Murcia Bar Association.
• Member of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Murcia Bar Association. First speaker of this section during the period 2014-2017.
• Integrated into the HonorLex lawyers platform (http://honorlex.com/el-despacho/), specialized in the professional practice of International Private Law and European Union Law, consisting of professionals, jurists, and economists specialized in these branches of Law.
• Member of the ACCURSIO DIP Legal Research Group (www.accursio.com), specialized in International Private Law.
• Associate lawyer of the BSLA (The British Spanish Law Association), an association that promotes the professional relationship between lawyers from the United Kingdom and Spain who carry out the practice of law in both jurisdictions.