René Dechamps Azanza
Lawyer · Madrid Bar Association · Spanish-Belgian
Born in Etterbeek (Brussels, Belgium) to a Spanish mother and a Belgian father. His father was a notary in Brussels, Vice President of the International Union of Latin Notaries and President of its European Common Market section.
He obtained a law degree from the University of Louvain in 1971, with training in Belgian law, and a degree in Spanish law from the University of Navarra in 1973. Previously, in 1968, he had earned the Belgian academic title Bachelier en Philosophie from the same University of Louvain. In 1966 he received the "Max Arnold" Humanism Prize at the Saint Paul Jesuit College in Godinne s/Meuse.
In 1974 he joined the Dutch firm Moret Gudde Brinkman (later merged into Ernst & Young), where he was responsible for opening the Madrid office and was made partner in 1979. In 1982 he founded Dechamps & Asociados Abogados, having obtained Spanish nationality and been admitted to the Madrid Bar.
Areas of specialisation
- · International taxation
- · Corporate and commercial law
- · Public and private international law
- · Cross-border succession and wealth planning
Working languages
Spanish · French · English · Dutch
Long-standing clients
Foreign companies and private clients such as FGH Bank (Dutch mortgage bank), Nationale-Nederlanden (Dutch insurance company), ASTIC (Spanish office of the International Road Union), FRIFOR Promoción Inmobiliaria and Lois, among others.