Linklaters has hired Uría Menendez partner Alex Ferreres to join the firm's dispute resolution group in Madrid. 

Ferreres, who had been a partner at Uría Menéndez in Barcelona since 2006, according to his LinkedIn profile, will join Linklaters in Spain's capital city as a specialist in class actions. He has experience in national and international commercial litigation and civil liability cases, having defended company interests from the pharmaceutical, tobacco and automobile sectors, Linklaters said in a statement.