Maria Riera

Professional background

A practicing lawyer since 2020, Maria Riera Roig holds a law degree from Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) (2018) and the University of Montreal (Canada) (2018). She holds a Master’s Degree in Law from UPF and the Barcelona School of Management (2018-2019) (track in Criminal Law), and a Master’s Degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences from UB-UPF (2021-2022).

She began her internship at the firm in 2019 and joined the team in our Barcelona office in 2020.

Maria is Vice President of the Young Lawyers Group (GAJ) of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB).

She was awarded the Pedro Martín García Memorial Prize by the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB) in 2020 for her work “Reflections on the untimely statement of the accused in light of the new Article 324 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Limits to the right of defense.”

She has participated in debates and interviews commenting on current topics related to criminal law and is the author of several articles and publications.