Offices & personal attention
Tarragona: Méndez Núñez 2, 4th FL. door 1, 43004 (Tarragona)
Barcelona: Personal appointments by prior arrangement
WhatsApp & calls: +34-699 434 904 / email: info@novalawyers.es
NovA LAW & REAL ESTATE
Experience, direct contact and personalised legal advice
Nova Law & Real Estate is a law firm founded and headed by Nil Hierro, a practising lawyer since 1999, based in Tarragona and providing both national and international advice. The firm advises individuals, families, professionals and companies, with particular emphasis on civil and real estate law, insolvency and second-chance law, banking and mortgage law, contracts, family law and matters with an international dimension.
Nova Law & Real Estate’s philosophy is based on a close and personalised approach to legal practice: each matter is considered individually, with direct communication with the client and a clear focus on finding effective, realistic legal solutions tailored to each situation.
When the nature of the matter requires it, the firm coordinates the involvement of independent professionals and trusted specialists from other disciplines, so that the client can receive comprehensive advice while retaining direct contact at all times with the lawyer responsible for the case.
Nil Hierro
Managing Lawyer · Founder of Nova Law & Real Estate Practising since 1999
Nil Hierro is the founder and director of Nova Law & Real Estate and personally oversees the legal direction of the matters entrusted to the firm.
His professional career combines more than twenty-five years of legal practice with previous experience in public administration and specialist training in various legal and real estate disciplines.
His approach to the profession is based on accessibility, transparency and direct communication with the client, ensuring that the client is always aware of the status of the matter, the different legal options and the practical consequences of each decision.
As a licensed real estate agent, he brings a particularly practical perspective to property transactions, sales and purchases, investments, due diligence, property-related disputes and other asset transactions, both nationally and internationally.
Professional experience
• Practising lawyer since 1999.
• Director and founder of Nova Law & Real Estate.
• Independent legal practice in Tarragona.
• Career civil servant in the Senior Corps of the Government of Catalonia, currently on leave of absence.
• Legal officer at the Catalonia Expropriation Board, Tarragona section.
• Secretary of the Territorial Commission for Cultural Heritage.
• External counsel to the Directorate-General for Child and Adolescent Care of the Government of Catalonia.
Education and qualifications:
• Law degree from Rovira i Virgili University.
• Postgraduate qualification in Maritime Law.
• Licensed real estate agent.
• Specialist training in appraisals, property valuations and judicial auctions.
• Master’s degree in Private International Law.
• Training in civil and commercial mediation.
Institutional and legal activity:
• Founding Chair of the Private International Law Section of the Tarragona Bar Association.
• Member of the ICAT section specialising in second-chance proceedings.
Listed as English-speaking lawyer by the US Embassy & Consulate in Spain and Andorra and the UK Government.
Main practice areas:
• Civil and contract law
• Real estate law and property transactions
• Insolvency and second-chance law
• Banking and mortgage law
• Family law
• Owners’ associations
• Insolvency and debt recovery
• Property and asset matters
• International transactions
WORK CULTURE
Personal oversight
Specialisation
Professional coordination
Each matter is personally directed and supervised by the lawyer responsible for the firm, who maintains direct contact with the client throughout the proceedings.
Nova Law & Real Estate focuses its work on specific areas of law in which it has solid professional experience, rather than following a generalist legal advisory model.
When a matter requires technical expertise or complementary disciplines, the firm coordinates the involvement of the independent professionals best suited to each case.
A PROFESSIONAL NETWORK AT THE CLIENT’S SERVICE
Legal practice often requires expertise that extends beyond the strictly legal sphere.
For this reason, when the needs of a matter require it, Nova Law & Real Estate works in coordination with independent professionals and trusted specialists from different disciplines. This way of working enables the firm to provide the client with a more complete response, incorporating the necessary technical expertise without losing direct, personal contact with the lawyer handling the matter.
Legal and procedural field
• Court representatives
• Notaries
• Other specialist lawyers
• Mediators
Financial and asset-related field
• Economists
• Auditors
• Forensic accountants
• Tax and wealth advisers
Technical and real estate field
• Architects and building engineers
• Property valuers and real estate experts
• Land surveyors
• Specialist experts
Other specialisms
• Psychologists and forensic experts
• Private investigators
• Sworn translators and interpreters
• Other professionals according to the needs of each matter
DIRECT CONTACT. REALISTIC SOLUTIONS
At Nova Law & Real Estate, we believe that good legal advice begins with understanding the client’s problem, clearly explaining the available options and taking personal responsibility for the legal strategy adopted.
For this reason, we favour a professional relationship based on trust, availability and direct communication.
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Offices & personal attention
Tarragona: Méndez Núñez 2, 4th FLl. door 1, 43004 (Tarragona)
Barcelona: Personal appointments by prior arrangement
WhatsApp & calls: +34-699 434 904 / info@novalawyers.es
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