“If I had a good voice, I can tell you that I would hang my toga.” That one of Barcelona’s best criminal justices, with clients as notorious as Félix Millet, Narcís Serra, Sandro Rosell, Santi Vila, the Infanta Cristina or Shakira, would pronounce himself in these terms would be incredible if you didn’t know the singer underneath the lawyer Or parallel to it. Pau Molins (Barcelona, ??1962), Pablo when he is with his family, is the leader of the musical band PorFinViernes, which he shares with twelve other members. The group was born impromptu 25 years ago: “A few friends had dinner on Fridays with our partners, today at your house, next week at mine, and when it was over one would sit down at the piano, another would take out the guitar and there were lots of us singing. My main contribution, in any case, is to help make the solidarity project visible”.
The opportunity to perform in front of people beyond his circle was offered by a Jesuit priest: “The brother of one of the singers was a missionary in Bolivia and he proposed that we do a concert, bring twenty friends each, collect a small donation and give it to his parish in Cochabamba”. It was the pretext they needed. They gathered more than 200 people and the Jesuit began to believe in miracles again. The first concerts were for the missionary and since then everything has gone up. Their temple is the well-known Luz de Gas hall, where they always play altruistically. Fede Sardà gives them the venue and all the proceeds from ticket sales go entirely to the associations to whom the concert is dedicated with an infallible repertoire of versions; from Joe Cocker to Homes G, from Aretha Franklin to Tina Turner. “We could never have imagined that something that started as a hobby (we always remember that we are not professionals) has achieved so much success. We fill up We fill up the charity concerts and thus we have helped a lot of foundations so that they can implement their goals of helping those most in need. We felt very proud, although the main credit goes to the foundations that are dedicated to others and the public that attends the concerts”, he concludes with satisfaction.
Molins, father of four children and with as many grandchildren, is the youngest of eleven siblings and a member of an illustrious Catalan business lineage whose grandfather founded Ciments Molins and imported Formula 1 to Catalonia 100 years ago He chose to be a lawyer and, once he graduated, his announcement that he would be a criminal lawyer caused little less than a family earthquake: “When I started practicing, criminal law was only talked about in events; it was the Cinderella of law and the big law firms avoided it because it stigmatized. At that time, the fiscal crime, to give an example, although it was in the penal code, was not applied. After the economic pelotazo of the 90s, criminal law began to creep into the pages of economics. Beginning the next decade and with corruption, he moved to the politics section. Today, it invades any journalistic information, even sports”.
Pau Molins began his career in 1986 and in 1994 opened his own firm, Molins Defensa Penal. Today it has offices in Madrid and Barcelona and employs more than 35 people with prestigious lawyers and academics in its ranks. “Criminal law is a fascinating discipline but you also see how the family of your defendant suffers and sometimes it is a thankless profession: if you win it’s because the client was innocent and if you lose it’s because the lawyer did it wrong”, Molins points out . He reached his zenith when Miquel Roca Junyent was commissioned by Don Juan Carlos to defend Infanta Cristina in the Nóos case, and Roca delegated to him the difficult task as a specialist that came from winning complicated media cases and winning I know the respect of the guild. Then would come cases as famous as those of Sandro Rosell and Shakira, among others.
Molins detects parallels between solidarity music and his profession: “In a wise judgment you try to convey, convince and, why not, seduce: the same thing I do on stage. The difference is that in Justice there is usually a winner and a loser, but in music you make everyone happy all over the world and, with our solidarity project, especially to those who need it most”.
“If I had a good voice, I’m telling you I’d hang up my toga.” That one of the best criminal lawyers in Barcelona, ??with such notorious clients as Narcís Serra, Sandro Rosell, Santi Vila, the Infanta Cristina and Shakira, would pronounce in these terms would be incredible if the singer underneath the lawyer was not known . Or parallel to it. Pau Molins (Barcelona, ??1962), Pablo when he is with his family, is the leader of the musical band PorFinViernes, which he shares with 12 other members. The group was born impromptu 25 years ago: “A few friends had dinner on Fridays with our partners, today at your house, the next one at mine, and when we finished one would sit down at the piano, another would take out the guitar and They were singing to us. My main contribution, in any case, is to help make the solidarity project visible”.
The opportunity to perform in front of a large audience was offered by a Jesuit priest: “One of the singers had a missionary brother in Bolivia and he suggested that we do a concert bringing 20 friends each, collect a small donation and give him in his parish in Cochabamba”. It was the pretext they needed. They gathered more than 200 people and the Jesuit began to believe in miracles again. The first concerts were for the missionary and since then everything has gone up. Their temple is Luz de Gas, Fede Sardà gives them the venue and all the proceeds from ticket sales go entirely to the associations to which the concert is dedicated, with an infallible repertoire: from Joe Cocker to Hombres G , from Aretha Franklin to Tina Turner. “We would never have imagined that something that started as fun has achieved so much success and that it could have helped so many foundations.”
Molins, father of four children and also with four grandchildren, is the youngest of 11 siblings and a member of an illustrious Catalan business lineage. His grandfather founded Cementos Molins and imported Formula 1 to Catalonia. He chose to be a lawyer and the announcement that he would be a criminal lawyer almost caused an earthquake in the family: “When I started practicing, criminal law was only talked about in cases; she was the Cinderella of law and the big legal firms avoided her, because she was stigmatizing. The fiscal crime, for example, although it was in the penal code, was not applied. After the economic pelotazo of the nineties, the penalty began to creep into the economy pages. With the next decade and corruption, he moved to the politics section. Today, it invades any journalistic information, even sports”.
Pau Molins began his career in 1986 and in 1994 opened his own firm, Molins Defensa Penal. Today it has offices in Madrid and Barcelona and employs more than 35 people. “Criminal law is a fascinating discipline, but you also see how the family of your client suffers and sometimes it’s a thankless profession: if you win it’s because the client was innocent, and if you lose, the lawyer did it wrong”, he points out mills
He reached the zenith when King Joan Carles commissioned Miquel Roca to defend Infanta Cristina in the Nóos case and Roca delegated to him the difficult task as a specialist who had just won complicated media processes and gained the respect of the guild. “In a trial you try to convey and, why not, seduce. Like on a stage. But with music you make everyone happy and, with our solidarity project, especially those who need it the most”, he compares.
