Noted for its strong transactional practice, Garrigues is a key contact for private equity, pharma, and medical device clients seeking assistance with M&A, merger control issues, and investment-focused matters. José Fernández-Rañada leads the team with his vast experience in handling corporate restructuring mandates and spin-offs. Javier Manchado is a key contact for public procurement issues, often handling work relating to public contract termination and performance, in addition to acting in judicial review appeals.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘José Fernández-Rañada has a very deep knowledge of the pharma industry so he and his team is available to offer you the best and highest-quality services that you need for a very wide range of issues.’

  • ‘José Fernández-Rañada is a very experienced lawyer who always provides you with an interesting and useful solution to your issues. Relationship, his high level of technical skill, and his availability are always outstanding.’

  • ‘Knowledge of the industry and client needs. Great commitment of the lawyers to the resolution of the case and great flexibility when it comes to adapting to the needs of the company. In our case, we need people to have a sense of urgency because we must obtain answers to queries very quickly and Garrigues handles this very well.’

  • ‘The lawyers attend to you in a personalised and very fast manner. They easily resort to other disciplines to cover the consultation in a global way. If you make a call for an urgent matter, they always attend to you correctly. José Fernández-Rañada and Jara Atienza are recommended.’

Key clients

  • Noucor Group
  • Sanofi
  • Eisai
  • Roche
  • IVI RMA
  • FARMAINDUSTRIA (the Spanish Association for the Pharmaceutical Industry in Spain)
  • South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics
  • Farmalider Group
  • Baxter, S.L. (and subsidiaries)
  • Astrazeneca Farmaceútica Spain, S.a.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

José Fernández-Rañada

Other key lawyers

Javier Manchado, Juan Manuel Cabeza, Carolina Pina, Jara Atienza