Mr Alfonso Ventoso > Uría Menéndez > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Uría Menéndez
PRÍNCIPE DE VERGARA 187
PLAZA RODRÍGUEZ URÍA
28002 MADRID
Spain
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Work Department

M&A, Company Law and Corporate Governance, Capital Markets.

Career

Alfonso Ventoso joined Uría Menéndez in September 2002. Prior to this, he amassed experience in real estate law and litigation and worked in London in the insolvency department of a UK firm.

From January to July 2009, Alfonso was seconded to Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York where he was assigned to the Capital Markets Practice Group as part of the firm’s Foreign Temporary Associates Program.

Alfonso’s practice is focused mainly on equity capital markets (including listings and delistings, public offerings and block trades), and on providing general advice to financial entities and listed companies on the regulatory aspects relating to securities markets and corporate governance.

In addition, Alfonso has ample expertise in M&A deals involving listed or financial companies, takeover bids, and the issue of debt securities, especially hybrid instruments.

Languages

English; French.

Memberships

Madrid Bar Association.

Education

Law Degree, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2000; Master’s Degree in Legal Practice, Universidad de Salamanca, 2001; Master’s Degree in Legal Business Practice, Instituto de Empresa (Madrid), 2002; Specialisation in Financial Markets Law, Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles, 2004.

Lawyer Rankings

Spain > Capital markets: Equity

(Leading partners)

Alfonso Ventoso – Uría Menéndez

Highlighted for its ‘deep theoretical and practical knowledge of the subject‘, the capital markets team at Uría Menéndez is a key port of call in the Spanish market for major issuers and underwriters engaged in innovative and complex equity transactions, most notably IPOs. The group is also well versed in follow-on equity offerings, rights issues, accelerated bookbuilt offerings, equity-linked instruments, and public M&A. Practice leader Javier Redonet has a wealth of experience in ECM deals, as well as regulatory issues concerning listed companies and corporate governance matters. In addition to his impressive track record in public offerings and IPOs, Gabriel Núñez Fernández is also skilled in takeovers and M&A involving listed companies. Other noteworthy ECM practitioners include Alfonso Ventoso and Enrique Nieto, both of whom excel in delistings, takeover bids and block trades, among other mandates.