Pérez-Llorca

Adolfo Mesquita Nunes

Adolfo Mesquita Nunes joins Pérez-Llorca’s Lisbon office in 2024 as a Public and Regulatory Law partner and to contribute to the international strategy of the firm. Before joining Pérez-Llorca, he was partner at a Portuguese firm, specialised in regulation, public policy and procurement and administrative litigation.

Adriana De Buerba

Adriana de Buerba advises national and foreign clients regarding Spanish criminal lawsuits for white collar crime. Adriana is also an expert in corporate compliance and corporate internal investigations

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Alberto Ibort advises national and international clients on planning, environmental and public law matters with regard to complex transactions and large developments of residential zones, shopping centres, offices, industrial parks and infrastructures. Processes planning instruments, licences and agreements. Appointed secretary and representative of companies in Planning Entities. Defends his clients before public administrations and courts.

Alberto Bustamante

Counsel at Pérez-Llorca México

Alejandro Alberte

Alejandro Alberte has extensive experience in advising on all types of corporate transactions (LBOs, MBOs, mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures), mainly with an international component. More recently, he has developed a strong energy and infrastructure practice, with a particular focus on investment funds in these sectors. He has also advised on other M&A transactions with private equity funds and big national and international industrial firms.

Alejandro Osma advises national and international clients on Corporate/M&A matters with a focus on the investment, divestment, development and financing of real estate, energy and infrastructure projects.

Alfredo Lafita is an expert in M&A transactions, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, capital markets and private equity transactions. He advises multinationals on issuances and placements of securities, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder agreements, purchase agreements and corporate restructurings.

Alfredo Chávez Goyeneche

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Ana joined Pérez-Llorca in May 2019 and she was made Partner in January 2021. Before joining the firm, Ana held the role of Head State Advocate at the Secretariat of State for Energy.

Ana Rosa Bobadilla

Associate at Pérez-Llorca México

Ander Valverde González-Morejón joined Pérez-Llorca in 2010 and made partner in 2017. Prior to joining the firm, Ander worked in the Banking and Finance practice at a prestigious international firm.

Andy Ramos Gil de la Haza

Andy Ramos Gil de la Haza joined Pérez-Llorca as Counsel in 2019 and became a partner in 2022.

Antonio De Lisi

Counsel at Pérez-Llorca México

Beatriz García

Beatriz García joined Pérez-Llorca in 2009 after working at the Madrid office of a prestigious Spanish firm. She was made partner at Pérez-Llorca in January 2018.

Bernardo Reyes Retana

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Carlos Pérez Dávila

Carlos Pérez Dávila has extensive experience in the finance sector, having advised financial institutions, funds, corporations and multinational companies throughout his professional career, on all types of DCM transactions, including securitisations, structured finance transactions, issues of corporate bonds, regulatory capital, high yields and mortgage market instruments, as well as on portfolio acquisitions, including distressed assets.

Carlos Fernando Castilla

Counsel at Pérez-Llorca México

Carlos Vaz De Almeida

Carlos joined Pérez-Llorca in 2023 as a Partner to contribute to the international strategy of the firm and is based in Portugal where he is responsible for the Banking, Energy & Infrastructure practice. Before joining Pérez-Llorca, he was a Partner at a reputed Portuguese law firm where he headed the Finance, Energy & Infrastructure practice. Prior to that, he was a senior lawyer in the Banking & Projects department of a Magic Circle law firm with offices in Lisbon and a lawyer in a reputed Iberian law firm. Furthermore, Carlos was also member of the cabinet of the Portuguese Minister of State and Finance and senior consultant at UTAP (the Portuguese Public-Private Partnerships unit).

Carmen Reyna is an expert in mergers and acquisitions and private equity. She advises national and international clients on all types of private equity deals. She has participated as a legal advisor, in minority and majority share acquisitions (MBOs, MBIs and BIMBOs) and in settled acquisitions (LBOs, LBIs and LMBOs).

Clara Jiménez advises national and foreign clients within all branches of tax law and foreign trade. She specialises in obtaining tax rulings from tax authorities, in tax audits and appeals before judicial instances, in procedural matters as well as in direct and indirect taxation.

Constantino Aquique

Associate at Pérez-Llorca México

Cosme Colmenero

Cosme Colmenero joined Pérez-Llorca in 2020 as Counsel in the Corporate practice, specifically in the area of Restructuring and Insolvency and became a partner in 2022.

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Daniel Cifuentes

Daniel Cifuentes specialises in collective dismissals, industrial conflicts, business litigation and pre-litigation counselling. He has a wealth of experience in senior management matters and judicial proceedings before labour and administrative courts.

Débora Melo Fernandes

Débora joined Pérez-Llorca’s Lisbon office in 2024 as a Public Law and Regulatory partner. Before joining Pérez-Llorca, she served as one of the partners leading the Public Law and Regulatory practice area at a Portuguese law firm. From 2007 to 2020, she worked as an associate in two of the most prestigious teams specializing in Public and Administrative Law in Portugal. During this time, she gained extensive experience dealing with high-end public law and regulatory issues. Débora also worked as a legal advisor to the Minister for Administrative Modernization. Currently, she serves as an arbitrator at the Administrative Arbitration Centre (CAAD).

Dídac Severino

Dídac Severino advises various types of national and international clients (including corporations, utilities, suppliers, developers, listed companies, funds and financial institutions) on large-scale transactions in various sectors with a particular focus in regulated sectors. He specialises in market-leading energy transactions including conventional and renewable assets.

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Eduardo Castillo

Eduardo joined Pérez-Llorca as partner in 2021. He specialises in industrial property, intellectual property and unfair competition, in particular, litigation in these disciplines. He is currently very active in patent litigation, with a focus on the pharmaceutical sector.

Elena Veleiro has extensive experience public administrations, public procurement, specifically in PPP (public private partnership) and litigation. Has represented Public authorities and bodies in litigation related to public procurement, claims for administrative liability, environmental and energy affairs, and water regulations. Expert in public law advises on corporate transactions related to regulated sectors.

Enrique Muñoz Guizar

Counsel at Pérez-Llorca México

Enrique González Calvillo

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Evo joined Pérez-Llorca in 2024 as a partner to contribute to the international development of the firm from Lisbon. He developed his professional career in international law firms and, prior to joining Pérez-Llorca, was a senior lawyer in the corporate and real estate department of a “Magic Circle” law firm in Lisbon and previously a lawyer in the real estate and construction department in a reputed Iberian law firm.

Fausto Romero-Miura

Fausto Romero-Miura advises national and international clients on real estate, M&A, and energy sector-related deals. He advises on project development, financing and acquisition, and acquisitions within the debt and banking sectors. He also advises hedge funds and investment funds on acquisitions in Spain.

Felipe is a partner of the International Arbitration practice in the New York office.

Félix J Montero

Félix J. Montero provides expert advice on civil and commercial litigation, and domestic and international arbitration in different sectors: engineering, construction, energy, insurance and automotive.

Fernando Bedoya

Fernando Bedoya is an expert in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. He has participated in a diverse range of complex cases before various courts and tribunals. He has also taken part in numerous commercial and investment arbitrations as both a lawyer and an arbitrator, before the most prestigious Spanish and international arbitration institutions (ICC, ICSID, SCC, LCIA, CAM, etc.).

Fernando Quicios

Fernando Quicios advises funds, financial entities, and companies on their investments and divestments in Spain, particularly in restructuring and special situations, both regarding debt and equity. He has extensive experience in public and private M&A work and private equity deals. His recent work focuses on distressed PE and M&A.

Florence Legeay

Florence Legeay joined Pérez-Llorca in 2015 and was appointed partner for the Corporate, Commercial and M&A and Real Estate practices in 2023.

Francisco Iso advises private equity funds and other financial sponsors on a range of transactions throughout the entire life cycle of their investments, from acquisition to exit, including mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs and dispositions and complex cross-border deals, in particular with a U.S. component. He has also advised corporates and investment banks on cross-border restructurings and joint venture transactions.

Francisco Javier Álvarez

Associate at Pérez-Llorca México

Georgina Zavala

Associate at Pérez-Llorca México

Gerard joined Pérez-Llorca in 1995 and is currently head of our Barcelona office.

Gonçalo Capela Godinho

Gonçalo joined Pérez-Llorca in 2023 as a partner to contribute to the international development of the firm and to foster relationships with clients and institutions outside Spain, specifically in the Portuguese-speaking markets, with a special focus on Portugal and Brazil. He is part of the firm’s LatAm and Portuguese Desks.

Gonzalo Vargas Ateca

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Guillermina Ester

Guillermina Ester focuses her practice on civil, commercial and corporate litigation and arbitration involving unfair competition, shareholder disputes and directors’ liability, contractual disputes, construction disputes, banking litigation and civil liability. Experience advising international and start-up companies who value her thoroughness and hands-on approach.

Haydeé Montserrat Gonzalez Tavira

Senior Associate at Pérez-Llorca México

Ignacio Santabaya

Ignacio has built his career in renowned international firms where he has advised clients from both Spain and abroad, in diverse sectors including construction, finance, pharmaceutical, energy, industrial, hospitality, gaming and the Internet. His prior work has focused on civil, insolvency and contentious-administrative proceedings before various Spanish courts, including the Supreme Court, and on national and international arbitration, before courts such as the ICC and the ICSID.

Ildefonso Arenas

lldefonso Arenas advises financial institutions, debt funds, private equity entities and large groups of companies on all kinds of financial transactions, including acquisition finance, corporate finance, project finance, real estate finance, issuance of bonds with private placement, restructurings and distressed debt transactions.

Inês joined Pérez-Llorca in 2024 as a partner in the Employment, Compensation and Benefits practice at the Lisbon office to strengthen de international strategy. She has forged her career in leading Portuguese and international firms. Until joining Pérez-Llorca, she was the partner in charge of the labour law department of the firm where she worked.

Inês Palma Ramalho

Inês joined Pérez-Llorca in 2024 as a partner in the context of the international expansion strategy of the firm. Prior to this, she was a partner in the Finance and Governance department and a specialised member of the Fintech, Whistleblowing EU Directive and Compliance teams of the firm where she used to work. Before that Inês was a legal adviser to the Prudential Supervision Department of the Portuguese Central Bank (Banco de Portugal), after being part of the Portuguese Government team in charge of managing and controlling the implementation of the EU/IMF/ECB financial adjustment program in Portugal. She started her career as a lawyer in another international law firm.

Isabel Moya advises on general employment matters and handling industrial actions from a company perspective. She also has experience drafting remuneration policies, advising companies from a labour standpoint on M&A transactions and carrying out individual and collective dismissals, collective modifications of the employment conditions within restructuring proceedings, and in negotiating, drafting and interpreting collective bargaining agreements.

Iván Delgado advises national and international clients on corporate, M&A and private equity transactions. He advises on acquisitions of minority and controlling shareholdings, leveraged acquisitions on secondary buyout proceedings, and public to private transactions.

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Jaime de Blas joined Pérez-Llorca in 2014 and he was made Partner in January 2021, after having worked in the Competition practice area of an international law firm for four and a half years.

Javier García Marrero

Javier García Marrero is an expert in corporate insolvency and IP law. Javier has experience advising financial entities on complex insolvency proceedings and within the framework of corporate disputes. He supports the Restructuring area and takes part in IP matters

Javier Gómez joined Pérez-Llorca in 2009 and was made partner in January 2018. Since February 2021, Javier has been resident partner at Pérez-Llorca’s New York office.

Javier joined Pérez-Llorca’s Corporate practice area in 2022. Prior to this, he was a partner in the commercial practice of the Madrid office of a Big Four. He previously worked in a Magic Circle firm, and was part of the team that founded the Barcelona office. He has also served on the legal teams of another professional services firm and the Magic Circle.

Javier Carvajal

Javier Carvajal specialises in takeover bids, M&A transactions, private equity, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and IPOs. He advises national and international groups on transactions in the energy, infrastructures, financial and industrial sectors.

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

His areas of expertise are real estate financing, real estate investment and M&A and debt situations. He has advised a wide range of banks and other lenders, real estate investors and debt traders. Jesús is known in the market for his expertise in debt portfolio trades, property financings and private equity deals in the real estate sector, and is a regular speaker at real estate conferences. Jesús has acted for a wide range of banks, institutional investors, opportunity investors and private equity houses.

Joaquín Ruiz Echauri

Joaquín Ruiz Echauri has over 25 years of experience providing corporate, regulatory and litigious advice for the insurance and reinsurance industry. During his career he has worked with major national and international clients on M&A transactions, bancassurance alliances, VIF reinsurance agreements, portfolio transfers and reorganisations and all types of corporate matters. In the area of regulation, he has provided advice on product design, contract interpretation, insurance and reinsurance distribution and pension plans and funds. Likewise, he is a recognised specialist in the litigious field of the insurance sector and matters of product civil liability, where he has managed high-level litigation and arbitration.

Joaquín Alcalá Cuéllar

Associate at Pérez-Llorca México

Jordi Gras joined Pérez-Llorca as a partner for the Arbitration, Litigation and Restructuring and Insolvency practices in 2020.

Jordi joined Pérez-Llorca in 2006 and made partner in 2019.

Jorge Cervantes Trejo

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Jorge Mondragón

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

José Suárez specialises in proceedings before the Tax Administration (economic-administrative proceedings, valuations by appraisal experts, tax rulings, etc.) in all tax matters, including self-disclosures. He defends his clients’ rights before the Spanish tax administration (administrative review proceedings) and before the courts at all stages of the proceedings.

José Azqueta has over 18 years' experience in leading transactional work, particularly for private equity houses and real estate investment funds on complex deals (tax structuring, due diligence and tax modelling etc.) He has led tax advice on some of the most important processes that have taken place in recent years in Spain.

José Ignacio Rivero Andere

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

José Luis Romeu

José Luis joined Pérez-Llorca in 2017 after having worked at the Madrid office of an international firm for four years. In 2019 and 2020 he worked at the Firm’s London office. In 2024 José Luis was made Partner.

José María Miralles

José María joined Pérez-Llorca in 2023 as a partner in the Infrastructure and Telecommunications practice.

José María de Paz

José María joined Pérez-Llorca as partner of the Corporate department in 2015.

José Ramón Vizcaíno

José Ramón Vizcaíno specialises in real estate and M&A transactions. He advises on cross-border tax planning involving both Spanish and international companies, investment funds and other investors and funders.

Josefina García Pedroviejo

Josefina García Pedroviejo joined Pérez-Llorca as a partner in 2022. She is responsible for overseeing the Financial Services and Fund Formation practice.

Juan Oñate advises companies, financial institutions, hedge funds and private equity funds in restructuring and special situations. He has extensive experience in debt-restructuring transactions (in and out of court), distressed investment strategies, complex insolvency proceedings and corporate disputes.

Juan Palomino advises national and international clients concerning corporate compliance issues, such as anti-corruption and anti-money laundering policies. Participates in criminal proceedings and investigations concerning white collar crime, extradition and European Arrest Warrants proceedings and other international mutual legal assistance matters. Also advises clients in connection with criminal offences committed on the internet and concerning cryptocurrencies.

Juan Jiménez-Laiglesia

Juan Jiménez-Laiglesia has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, abuses of dominant position, cartel investigations and state aid matters before the European Commission, the European Courts and Spanish competition authorities and courts.

Juan Manuel Rodríguez Cárcamo

Juan Rodríguez Cárcamo is a Spanish State Advocate (Abogado del Estado) on leave of absence with extensive experience in EU litigation. Expert in regulated sectors (energy, telecommunications, media, and pharmaceuticals).

Julio regularly advises national and international investors on investments in non-performing assets, including debt and real estate assets, as well as on all kinds of legal proceedings related to the management of such investments. Julio therefore has extensive experience in procedural and insolvency matters, advising both creditors and the insolvent party.

Julio Lujambio advises national and international clients on all areas of corporate law including public and private M&A transactions, private equity deals, ECM transactions, corporate reorganisations, and corporate governance. He has experience advising on large public and private M&A transactions and private equity deals.

Laura Ruiz joined Pérez-Llorca in 2007 and made partner in January 2021.

Laura Pérez represents employers before the labour courts and before the labour authorities throughout Spain relating to the termination of employment relationships and the violation of fundamental rights concerning workplace harassment. She also advises on insolvency procedures and collective bargaining.

Associate at Pérez-Llorca México

Luis Zurera specialises in all aspects of real estate transactions, advising national and multinational companies. Extensive experience in real estate development, sale and purchase of property, divestment and acquisition of large property portfolios and land planning. His practice is widely regarded as one of the strongest property teams in Spain.

Luis Enrique Cervantes

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Luis Enrique Fernández Pallarés

Luis Enrique Fernández Pallarés is an expert in collective bargaining agreements, labour contracts, negotiation of pension schemes, high management, labour and employment litigation. Provides advice and represents clients before employment tribunals on labour regulations and in negotiations on labour adjustment procedures.

Luis Mancera De Arrigunaga

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Manel Hernàndez

Manel Hernàndez joined Pérez-Llorca in september 2022 as partner of the Employment practice area. Prior to this, he developed his career in reputable Spanish firms in the area of labour law.

Senior Associate at Pérez-Llorca México

Manuel Cordeiro Ferreira

Manuel joined Pérez-Llorca in 2023 as a Capital Markets partner in the Lisbon office of the firm. Between 2017 and 2023 he led the capital markets and financial services team of a Portuguese law firm integrated in an international network. Prior to that, he worked for almost a decade in the capital markets practice area at the Lisbon and London offices of a prestigious international firm.

Marcel joined Pérez-Llorca as partner in 2020 after 20 years' experience in corporate law.

María Teresa Paillés

Mónica de San Román

Mónica joined Pérez-Llorca in 2015 and she was made Partner in January 2021. Mónica specialises in corporate and financial law. She has advised national and international clients, listed and non-listed companies, and been involved in corporate financing operations, project financings, asset finance, as well as restructurings and debt acquisition transactions.

Nasif Hamed joined Pérez-Llorca in 2014 and became a partner in 2022.

Natalia Olmos Castro joined Pérez-Llorca in 2011 and made partner in January 2021.

Norma Peña i Bagés

Norma joined Pérez-Llorca as partner in 2017 after gaining more than 15 years’ experience at previous firms.

Oscar Moreno Silva

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Pablo Figueroa joined Pérez-Llorca in 2021 as a partner in the Competition practice. He has over 15 years of experience in Competition Law, EU law and FDI.

Pablo Hontoria joined Pérez-Llorca in 2011. In 2015 he participated in the opening of Pérez-Llorca’s New York office, where he worked until 2017. Between 2018 and 2020 Pablo worked as an international associate in the New York office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. In 2020 he returned to the Madrid office and since the beginning of 2023, after its opening, he has been in charge of Pérez-Llorca’s Singapore office.

Pablo González Mosqueira

Pablo González Mosqueira advises national and international clients on corporate transactions, including high profile M&A deals, private equity, capital markets, corporate reorganisations, and corporate governance matters. He has advised on major deals in Spain in recent years.

Patricio Martínez Osorio

Counsel at Pérez-Llorca México

Pedro Fernández

Pedro Fernández is an expert in advising venture capital funds and start-ups in investment rounds, re-domestication processes and on general technology matters. Also advises on right issues and equity linked transactions, restructurings of groups including listed companies and joint ventures.

Pedro Pérez-Llorca

Pedro Pérez-Llorca's corporate practice has a strong international dimension, focusing on public and private M&A, large private equity investments, public takeovers and finance matters. He has been involved in the most significant transactions in Spain and those with a Spanish component, including the largest public takeover, the largest cross-border merger and the largest privatisation and IPO in Spain.

Pedro Marques da Gama

Pedro Marques da Gama advises on acquisitions of distressed assets, in particular on NPLs and REOs, and the reorganisation and restructuring of companies, including pre-insolvency reorganisations and insolvency situations.

Counsel at Pérez-Llorca México

Rita Leandro Vasconcelos

Rita joined Pérez-Llorca’s Lisbon office in 2024 as a partner for the Competition, European Union, and Regulation practice area and to strengthen the international strategy of the firm. Rita has developed her career in leading Portuguese and international law firms. Prior to joining the firm, she was a partner in a renowned Portuguese firm specialised in European Union and Competition Law.

Rodrigo Nogueira

Head of Corporate / M&ARodrigo has focused his professional activity on M&A, private equity and other corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate restructuring and regulatory matters.He has been advising clients on cross-border and local transactions and providing on-going legal assistance to several entities across different sectors, in particular to companies in the industrial, energy, healthcare, financial and insurance sectors.

Rodrigo Rojas Robleda

Partner at Pérez-Llorca México

Sonsoles Centeno

Sonsoles joined Pérez-Llorca in 2021 as a partner in the European Union law practice area and is leading the project to open an office in Brussels.

Susana Estêvão Gonçalves

Susana joins Pérez-Llorca’s Lisbon office in 2024 to contribute to the international strategy of the firm in the Tax practice area. She has forged her career in Portuguese and international law firms and, until joining Pérez-Llorca, she was a tax partner in the Lisbon office of a Spanish law firm.

Teresa Méndez joined Pérez-Llorca in 2023. She has developed her career in prestigious Spanish and international law firms.

Beatriz García