Experienced Partner with more than 20 years working in M&A, Private Equity, Corporate Governance, and contractual agreements. With a double Law Degree in Italy and Spain, she is actively working in cross border transactions in both jurisdictions.

Partner

Meritxell is member of the Board of Directors of the Firm. She is based in Milan and Barcelona (Spain). She heads our leading Spanish desk in Milan and she is the Managing Partner of the Barcelona office.

Meritxell Roca Ortega joined Pavia e Ansaldo in 1996 and became partner in 2009.

Admitted to the Spanish Bar, 1992.

Admitted to the Italian Bar, 1996.

Her credentials include advising Threestones Capital Management on its acquisitions of all of its nursing homes in Spain (the last 5 acquisitions in t2022 and the beginning of 2023) and on the financing of a group of them with Societé Generale for €69,5 Mio signed between July 2022 and October 2022; advising a major arm of Spanish manufacturing giant Fermator on its highly complex acquisition of an Italian competitor, and acting for the Italian subsidiary of chemicals giant Stahl on a major cooperation agreement with significant Spanish elements.

November 2022 -  Best Lawyers in Spain M&A 2023, 15th Edition: Meritxell has been selected by peers for inclusion in the 15th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Spain for her work in: • Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Spanish, Catalan, Italian and English.

Former President of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Italy (1999 to 2008).

Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)

Graduation in Law, 1992, University of Barcelona (Spain). Graduation in Law, 1995, University of Milan (Italy). Master in Business and International Law, Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona (Spain), 1994.