Advocate Abroad Reviews 

328
TrustScore 5 out of 5

4.8

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Looking at 91 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the dedicated legal staff and attorneys for their outstanding professionalism, deep knowledge, and polite attitude during every single interaction. People note that the services offered are exceptionally efficient, highly helpful, and significantly simplify complex legal procedures easily carried out from abroad. Some reviewers were not happy with communication, pointing out that response times were occasionally slow and left them feeling uninformed. A few people also felt that certain assigned representatives lacked proper engagement and failed to provide adequate active support throughout their difficult legal proceedings.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Our son died in August 2025 and left his entire Spanish Estate to a girlfriend. This was offensive to the family who had gifted nearly all of his estate to him 3 years before he died. Esther confirmed... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I couldn't be happier with the service Advocate Abroad provided. The lawyer assigned to me went the extra mile to get me the Italian police certificates I requested. When the Italian officials did... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Maria has been amazing! She has helped us so much with the formalities of our move to Spain as well as assisting with the contract for our rental property. Her English is perfect and her charges are v... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Mr. Krešimir was really helpful. I had tried connecting with many advocates before getting in touch with Advocate Abroad, but you were very quick to connect me with a good lawyer like Krešimir from Cr... See more


Company details

  1. Lawyer
  2. Accounting Firm
  3. Currency Exchange Service
  4. Financial Planner
  5. Mortgage Broker

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Advocate Abroad consists of English-speaking lawyers, accountants, property professionals and financial service providers to protect your rights abroad. Our professionals can be found in more than 20 countries.


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4.8

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TrustScore 5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Extremely disappointing..

I hired Elsa Melancia through AdvocateAbroad to clarify a demand letter from a company in Portugal. Initially, she was polite and responsive, which gave me confidence in her ability to handle my case. However, my experience after paying the fee was extremely disappointing.

Communication became painfully slow, with emails often ignored. Responses only came when I threatened to escalate the matter with AdvocateAbroad or requested a refund. Even after more than two months, Elsa has not made any significant progress on my case.

This lack of professionalism and accountability is deeply frustrating, especially when dealing with time-sensitive legal matters like ours. I chose AdvocateAbroad expecting reliable and efficient legal assistance, but this experience has left me feeling angry and let down. I would not recommend this lawyer and AdvocateAbroad to others based on my experience.

January 15, 2025
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Reply from Advocate Abroad

Thank you for your feedback. We are disappointed at this review given the favourable result obtained on your behalf. Your lawyer would like to provide clarity regarding the handling and resolution of this case.

The matter involved negotiations regarding an outstanding contract, which required careful handling due to specific contractual obligations. Throughout the process, your lawyer maintained regular communication via email and took several concrete actions on your behalf, including making multiple representations to the relevant parties and utilising professional channels to prevent escalation to court proceedings against you.

While concerns about communication were raised, regular status updates were provided and documented in email exchanges regarding the progress of negotiations, which were of course somewhat hampered by the holiday period. However, through persistent effort, a significantly reduced settlement amount was successfully negotiated and communicated immediately upon receipt.

It's unfortunate that you felt dissatisfied with the process, as the final outcome was very favourable to you - achieving a substantial reduction in your financial obligation and preventing legal proceedings. The timeline, while longer than ideal due to external factors, was within normal parameters for such negotiations, especially during the holiday season.

Your lawyer remains committed to providing high-quality legal services to all clients and stands by the successful resolution achieved in this case. All communications and actions taken are thoroughly documented in the email correspondence, demonstrating consistent effort and progress throughout the engagement.

The lawyer representing you remains available to discuss this matter further or review the documented timeline of communications.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Francisco in Zaragoza is a Gifted Solicitor

I am ever so grateful to Advocate Abroad for helping me engage the legal services of Francisco. His performance over the years has been extremely admirable. He is honest, transparent, and ethical in his dealings. He demonstrates an excellent grasp of the Spanish legal system, which has been very reassuring to me. I have tremendous confidence in his capabilities. He does not hesitate to go the extra mile to gain the best possible result for his client.

Advocate Abroad is truly fortunate to have such a well-informed, qualified, committed, and honourable member in their network.

I would also like to thank Advocate Abroad for providing us with a safe, affordable, and extensive choice of sound legal services - all under one roof.

January 22, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Excellent service. Miguel was very helpful and informative. Me made the transactions very easy for us.

June 28, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Successfully solved inheritance case

I am very thankfull to Šarūnas for helping me out with my case. I had issues with the notary in my case and I needed some legal assistance and mediating. So Šarūnas stepped in and solved everything easy and fast, very professional and responsive. If I would need again some legal help, I know where to get it now. Thank you very much!

November 20, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Maria was fantastic

Maria was fantastic. I was silly and was caught drink driving. She negotiated with the prosecution and got me a very much reduced fine and ban. She is also now looking after my wife's re-unification residencia application.

December 11, 2024
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good quick service

The speed with which Oscar replied was a complete surprise and allowed me the confidence to think that the document would be returned in time. The service was polite, punctual and efficient.

December 16, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional support and efficiency. Thank you Rosa!

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Rosa for her exceptional support in resolving my situation. She was incredibly responsive, addressing all my questions and doubts promptly and thoroughly. I truly appreciated her professionalism and efficiency.

What impressed me the most was how smoothly we managed to handle everything remotely, thanks to her expertise. I highly recommend her services to anyone in need of assistance.

Thank you so much, Rosa!

December 11, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best Lawyer if Facing Divorce or Separation in EU - Miguel Roces

Miguel was fluent in multiple languages and he was INSANELY proficient in local case law as it applied to divorce. He coordinated seamlessly with my US lawyer, developed very effective strategies and was familiar with all the lawyers my ex wife was hiring in the area in addition to having litigated against them multiple times. What should have been a disaster (personally and financially), Miguel turned in to a winning situation for us. The entire case took 3 years and he never missed a beat. Anyone facing a divorce in the EU, and in particular Spain or anyone that also has to deal through multiple jurisdictions as I did (the US and Spain) should hire Miguel. If you're just in Spain having a Spanish divorce, hire Miguel. Thinking about marrying a Spaniard...talk. to. Miguel.

November 25, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tiago Gomes is an exceptional lawyer!

After a terrible experience with another law firm in Porto. I decided to research diligently for a new immigration lawyer. I found Tiago Gomes online and after reading all the excellent reviews about him, I reached out to Tiago. He responded immediately, listened patiently to my inquiry and offered professional, concise advise. I felt immediate confidence in instructing him to act on our behalf in obtaining citizen status for myself and my children.
From beginning to end Tiago’s communications were outstanding, he worked professionally and intently on our applications. At times it wasn’t straightforward, but he never wavered.
I cannot recommend Tiago Gomes enough, he is an exceptional lawyer!

December 12, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Truly Exceptional Service with Despina

Despina was a pleasure to work with and was very professional. We are so grateful for her expertise and ability to clearly lay out a well articulated plan of action. She took the time to understand our situation and and was always available to answer any questions. We had unfortunately needed her services because our wedding venue sent us additional "overages" charges after our wedding and was holding our wedding photos as collateral. Despina was able to get to the bottom of this and resolved our case.

December 11, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Contacted them to ask for qualified…

Contacted them to ask for qualified lawyer to deal with property dispute in Greece.
I was given written confirmation, along with first name and initial, of a Greek lawyer who would call me at 14:30hrs local time.
This came and went with no call. I then rang the AdvocateAbroad.com phone given on the email confirming appointment. The person who answered spoke native standard English and said I could "cancel the appointment" if I wished.
This was the only solution he kept on proposing when I explained that I wanted the call to happen since I had set aside the time and prepared for it.
When I said I wasn't impressed, he hung up the phone.
When I tried to call again, the number went straight to voicemail.
Really astonishingly bad and unprofessional. Not only can't they keep time but they 'offer' a cancellation of a first contact phone call scheduled by them as though it was a gift.
I suggest: don't bother

December 9, 2024
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Reply from Advocate Abroad

We are sorry to hear that you had a poor experience trying to connect with our lawyers.

It's a shame that, due to a short delay in proving our free initial consultation, that we were ultimately unable to provide you with a comprehensive legal analysis of your complex situation.

We sincerely hope that you are able to resolve your legal difficulties in Greece.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good experience

After entering my contact details on advocate abroad page within 2 days I was contacted via WhatsApp as I reside in Australia. Maria who attended me was informative and accurate on how long it would take to obtain my police clearance certificate she also knew about the laws of the country I needed it for and how to proceed. Overall it was a very smooth process.

November 7, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hiring Sabela was the best decision we made…

Hiring Sabela was the best decision we made in the process of buying our Spanish home. No stone was left unturned, every T crossed ,every I dotted. Brilliant communication with Nanda and Translated for myself. Nothing but confidence in her.
I then flew over to sign and she met me and she took me through the whole process, even witnessed her take the Bank Manager to bare as he tried to over charge on fees,
I couldn't recommend her services highly enough.if buying a home in Spain,Do not go it alone, hire this lady/ firm , you won't regret it.
Rgds Nanda/Eoghan

September 3, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A trustworthy and efficient lawyer

In seeking my Spanish green card Inma was very efficient, professional and she reassured me time and time again when I had doubts regarding the process.
As a foreigner with limited knowledge of the language she was a breeze to deal with in English.
All forms were submitted on time and I hardly had to do anything but trust her experience and guidance.
I’m more than happy with the results.

November 21, 2024
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