The Team

Paola Úbeda Martínez-Valera

Partner

Paola has a degree in Law from the University of Navarra and a Master’s in Fundamental Rights from the UNED. Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law in the Master’s Degree in Economic Criminal Law at the URJC (KPMG Chair) and in the Master’s Degree in “Board of Directors” at the UNIR.

Author of several publications, Paola holds a PhD in Law in the field of Money Laundering Prevention from the UNED, with honors cum laude.

With more than 14 years in the firm and extensive professional experience in Economic Criminal Law, prior to her incorporation, she practiced as a lawyer in several law firms specializing in Criminal Law, dedicating herself from the beginning to advising and defending Law business and company criminal law, as well as legal assistance in all branches of criminal law.

He speaks fluently English and Catalan.

In addition to her professional practice, she has contributed to various specialist publications on economic criminal law:

Book as author:
Obligaciones derivadas de la Ley de Prevención del Blanqueo de Capitales en el ámbito de las profesiones jurídicas. Especial referencia al Abogado, Editorial Bosch, April 2024

Chapters in collective works:
El delito de blanqueo de capitales. Included in: Tratado de Derecho Criminal Económico. Delitos, pruebas e incautación. Coordinator: Luis Lafont Nicuesa, Editorial Jurídica SEPIN, 2026

Populismo punitivo desde la perspectiva medioambiental. Included in: Cincuenta reformas penales (Vol. 2). Análisis de las reformas del Código Penal de 1995 desde la perspectiva del populismo punitivo. Directors: Víctor Martínez Patón y Gemma Martínez Galindo, Editorial Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 2025

Articles:
La prevención del blanqueo de capitales y la abogacía, 2017. Revista de Derecho UNED, Núm. 20, 2017

Últimas interpretaciones jurisprudenciales del Art. 324 Lecrim: A propósito de la STS 747/2024,  Revista Aranzadi Doctrinal, ISSN 1889-4380, Nº. 10, 2024