Héctor Sbert

He has over 20 years of experience advising domestic and international clients in highly complex commercial litigation, insolvency proceedings and asset recovery, particularly in cross-border disputes.

His practice covers asset tracing, enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards, commercial fraud, and domestic and international insolvency. He is notable for his experience in designing and coordinating procedural strategies across multiple jurisdictions, combining civil, criminal and insolvency tools to address disputes of particular technical complexity.

He regularly speaks at leading international conferences and forums on litigation, cross-border enforcement and asset recovery. His professional career has been recognised by Lexology Index.

Education

• PhD in Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2008). Doctoral thesis: La investigación del patrimonio del ejecutado (The Investigation of the Judgment Debtor's Assets).
• Executive MBA, IESE Business School (2012).
• Law degree, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1999).
• Former associate professor of Procedural Law at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Empresa (ISDE).

Affiliations and institutional leadership

• Spain Representative and Treasurer of ICC FraudNet.
• Officer of the Asset Recovery Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Cambridge Forum on International Enforcement of Judgments & Awards.
• Board Member of the Governing Board of the Illustrious Bar Association of Barcelona (ICAB) (2009–2013).
• Chair of the ICAB Professional Ethics Committee (2009–2013).

Languages
Spanish, Catalan, English, French, German and Italian.