Member Profile

Héctor Sbert is a Spanish commercial litigator specialized in enforcement proceedings, distressed debt settlement, asset tracing & recovery, commercial fraud and contentious insolvency.

His Ph.D. thesis dealt with an analysis of civil procedural remedies for asset tracing and recovery in Spanish and comparative law.

He is Partner at ECIJA, a full-service, Ibero-American firm particularly recognized in the areas of TMT, Data Protection, M&A, Tax and Dispute Resolution.

Héctor Sbert has developed a strong practice in the enforcement of national and foreign judgements, arbitral awards and other enforceable titles, insolvency-related litigation (particularly in cases of fraudulent bankruptcy), fraud-related civil and commercial litigation, as well as assistance to foreign officeholders in the protection of insolvent estates.

He is also a commercial dispute resolution attorney acting as counsel in cross-border litigation and international arbitration matters, particularly in the areas of construction, real estate, banking, insurance, M&A, transport and distribution and agency contracts.

He is admitted as an insolvency practitioner at the Barcelona Commercial Courts and is former Chair of the Insolvency Law Commission at AIJA-International Association of Young Lawyers (2016-2019).

He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (MCIArb.) and a registered commercial mediator at the Spanish Ministry of Justice.

He is also a member of IBA and INSOL EUROPE.

Héctor Sbert works in Spanish, English, French, German and Italian.