Littler Mendelson has hired a six-strong team from Spanish heavyweight Cuatrecasas for the launch of its third office in Spain, just two years after making its first foray into the southern European country.

The new office is headed up by former Cuatrecasas partner Javier Molina, who is bringing five lawyers with him, and will give Abdón Pedrajas Littler – as the Spanish Littler affiliate is called – a presence in the country’s three largest cities, adding to the firm’s two existing operations in Madrid and Barcelona.