Afianza Legal, the legal division of Afianza, has closed the incorporation of Winkels Abogados, Madrid's office specialized in Family Law and Successions, national and international, led by Isabel Winkels. The operation reinforces the commitment of Afianza Legal for areas of high technical specialization and human sensitivity, and places Winkels at the head of a new vertical dedicated to family affairs, successions and cross-border procedures.
Together with Isabel Winkels, eight professionals with experience in case management who require a technical and human approach are added.
An operation that strengthens Afianza Legal's Family and Succession area
The transaction adds to Afianza Legal a reference team in Family Law, Successions and International Procedures, with Isabel Winkels at the head of the new specialized vertical. It is part of Afianza Legal, division that billed 21.2 million euros in 2025.
Career of Isabel Winkels
Isabel Winkels has developed a specialized career in Family Law and Successions, with special attention to high complexity issues, international procedures and situations that require a combination of technical solvency, personal sensitivity and negotiating capacity. Her practice has focused on the protection of minors, vulnerable persons and family assets in national and international contexts.
Areas of expertise provided by Winkels Lawyers
Winkels Abogados contributes its specialization in:
- Divorces, separations and matrimonial annulments.
- Changes in measures and gender-based violence.
- Filiation and voluntary jurisdiction.
- Inheritance and succession.
- You guard them and heal them.
- Matrimonial chapters and matrimonial property regimes.
Specialization in international procedures
At the international level, the office is highly specialized in such specific areas as cross-border procedures, international subtractions, divorces and international successions, the treatment of different matrimonial or alien economic regimes.
Statements by Isabel Winkels
Isabel Winkels, managing partner of Winkels Abogados, has emphasized that "our integration in Afianza allows us to scale up a way to exercise family law based on technical rigor, specialization and human accompaniment." She added that the operation "provides an opportunity to further develop our work in family and succession within a structure with greater capacity to offer our clients a comprehensive service", maintaining the model focused on protecting especially the minors and the most vulnerable people, now with the support of a broader organization.
Victor Torrico has valued the operation by pointing out that "incorporating Winkels Abogados means adding a team with very deep technical knowledge in such a sensitive area as Family Law". He has emphasized that Isabel Winkels "represents exactly the type of legal leadership we want to incorporate: specialization, technical criteria and a way to accompany the client especially valuable", and that the firm "has a consolidated track record in the resolution of complex cases, both national and international, that fit with our objective of expanding high-level legal services".
New vertical within Afianza Legal
Winkels Abogados will be part of the legal division of Afianza, which in 2025 has reached a turnover of 21,2 million euros, representing a growth of 73% compared to the previous year, with more than 220 professionals. With this incorporation, Afianza Legal opens a new vertical within the legal department, offering its clients specialized and humane advice in Family Law and Successions.
About Afianza
Afianza is a Spanish company specializing in comprehensive professional services for all types of companies founded in 2002. With more than 10,000 clients, a turnover of 83.2 million euros in 2025 and 1,100 employees, Afianza has consolidated itself as one of the main professional service providers in Spain, with a proposal of services ranging from consulting and consulting to legal services and auditing.
Afianza is committed to a comprehensive and customer-centered service, combining the closeness and personalized treatment of traditional consultancy with the breadth of services and technology of the large consulting companies. The service offered by the firm, before reaching large companies and now available to the entire business fabric, goes much further: Afianza is directly involved, acting as a strategic partner for all types of companies contributing to accelerate its development, optimize its resources, improve its competitiveness and maximize its profitability.
About Winkels Lawyers
Winkels Abogados is a law firm specialized in Family Law and Successions, with national and international practice. Led by Isabel Winkels, the team advises on matters of special legal and personal complexity, including cross-border procedures, international child abduction, international successions, matrimonial property regimes and protection of vulnerable persons.
