Garrigues is a law firm with offices in Spain, Portugal, London, New York, and 9 other countries.

He practiced law until his appointment in 1931 as director-general of registries and notaries during the days of the Spanish Republic.

He was ambassador to the United States (1962–64) and to the Vatican (1964–72), and he became the minister of justice in the first government of the returned Spanish monarchy (1975–76).

[14] In March 2002, with the disappearance of the Andersen Worldwide network, the firm became independent, and today it operates under the name of Garrigues.

[15] In 1991 the company set up the Portuguese Legal Group, along with other firms from Portugal, Brazil and the United Kingdom.