Linklaters

Capital Markets

Partner

Luis is a respected debt and equity practitioner who has been based in Linklaters’ Paris office since 2001.

He specialises in offerings by foreign private and sovereign issuers, whether registered with the SEC or conducted pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.

He often advises issuers and underwriters in French, Spanish and Italian equity offerings (IPOs, rights offerings, block trades) and debt transactions (high yield, Yankee bonds, MTNs and commercial paper). He also has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions and structured finance.

2008 - to date: Partner, Capital Markets, Linklaters Paris

2001 – 2008: Associate, Linklaters Paris

1997 – 2001: Associate, Clifford Chance New York

English, French, Spanish, German

Luis is the chairman of the board of the American Library in Paris and a member of the vestry of the American Cathedral of Paris. He previously led the Yale Club of France.

1994 – 1997: Columbia University School of Law, J.D.

1990 – 1994: Yale College, B.A., cum laude, Economics