Elena Sandoval Martin
I have been working as a Spanish lawyer (abogada) since 2006, initially as a member of the Madrid Bar Association in 2006 and as a member of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Bar Association since 2007.
In Germany, I was initially a member of the Freiburg am Breisgau Bar Association from 2009 to 2012 and have been a member of the Frankfurt am Main Bar Association since 2012.
I have been advising Spanish-speaking and German-speaking clients since I began working as a lawyer.
Founder and owner of the law firm since April 2012.
Short CV
Born in 1974 in Tenerife, Spain
German School Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Gymnasium Hohenschwangau, Hohenschwangau/ Bavaria, Qualification: German Abitur /1995
Spanish Abitur at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) in Madrid/1995
Studied law at the Universidad Europea de Madrid 1995/1996
Studied law at the University of Konstanz 1996/2004
Bachelor's degree in British and American Studies at the University of Konstanz 2004/2005
Studied Spanish law at the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio in Madrid 2005/2006
Legal Practice of the Bar Association of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Certificate of Professional Competence in Legal Practice (CAP) 2007-2009
Lawyer's Course, Frankfurt am Main Bar Association, 2010
Basic course “Interpreting in the public sector” and advanced course “Authority and court interpreting at the ZHAW” at the Department of Applied Linguistics at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur/Switzerland, 2011
Many years of professional experience in several law firms in Spain and Germany as well as in a multinational company in Germany as Legal Manager
- Translator of legal texts German - Spanish/Spanish-German since 2005
- Interpreting in courts since 2007
memberships
Frankfurt am Main Bar Association since March 2012
Freiburg Bar Association from February 2009 to March 2012
Bar Association of Santa Cruz de Tenerife since October 2007
Madrid Bar Association from October 2006 to November 2011
Languages
Spanish: native speaker
German: Mother tongue - educated inlander
English: B1 -B2 in spoken and written
French: B1 in spoken and written
Italian: A2 in spoken and written
Portuguese: Japanese: A1 in spoken and written