{"id":4964,"date":"2026-09-03T14:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/maria-barbancho-saborit\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:11:47","slug":"maria-barbancho-saborit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barbancho.legal\/en\/maria-barbancho-saborit\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar\u00eda Barbancho Saborit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4964\" class=\"elementor elementor-4964 elementor-4516\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca508a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cca508a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65af3db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"65af3db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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Her practice focuses on complex and high-profile litigation, economic crime, extraditions, European Arrest Warrants, Interpol matters, and cross-border investigations, regularly representing international clients, senior executives, entrepreneurs, and high-net-worth individuals. <\/p><p>Mar\u00eda is distinguished not only by her knowledge of other languages, but also by her understanding of their legal traditions and common practices, especially in DACH countries and the United Kingdom. Her strong international education provides her with knowledge of different European jurisdictions and country customs, which is a distinctive mark in Spain.<\/p><p>With a clear conviction and vocation for law, she appears before the National High Court, the Supreme Court, and other criminal jurisdiction bodies in Spain, as well as in international judicial cooperation procedures, review and cancellation of Interpol alerts, and matters with implications in several jurisdictions.<\/p><p>Recognized by Best Lawyers in Spain, Mar\u00eda is a professor at the ICAB School of Legal Practice and regularly participates as a speaker and qualified voice in international legal forums on criminal defense, extradition, European criminal law, and international judicial cooperation. 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