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Our office
in Madrid
2021
allenovery.com
“Allen & Overy are
like an iPhone –
very simple to use,
but you know
there is huge
processing power
behind the advice.”
Contents
Our office in Madrid 3
Our awards and rankings 4
Overview of our legal services 5
Our legal expertise 6
Our team 10
2 Our office in Madrid | 2021Our office in Madrid
Since 1991, Allen & Overy has become one of A&O
Spain’s leading legal practices, providing high quality
and innovative advice to steer complex transactions 1930
Founded in London
to a successful conclusion.
Based in Madrid, our lawyers have
both international experience and
As a global elite practice, Allen & Overy
is at the cutting edge of international
1991
Founded in Spain
an in-depth knowledge of the local legal and commercial insights.
17
market. We can leverage the resources Our teams are able to offer our clients
and skills of a highly integrated the support and advice needed to
worldwide network. Our office is led succeed in the ever-changing national
by 17 top tier partners, each of whom and global markets. Partners in Spain
has an exceptional track record of
success and achievement across a
range of industry sectors, supported
by a dedicated team of experienced
+100
Lawyers
lawyers. Our clients are our top
60%
priority and they include financial
institutions, high profile Spanish
companies and international
Of IBEX 35 listed companies
corporations with interests in Spain
are our clients
and beyond, and public entities.
allenovery.com 3Our awards
and rankings
Band 1 Band 1
Banking & Finance Banking & Finance
Chambers Europe, 2021 (Spain) Legal 500, 2021 (Spain)
Band 1 Band 1
Restructuring and Corporate and M&A
Insolvency: Insolvency Legal 500, 2021 (Spain)
Chambers Europe, 2021 (Spain)
Band 1 Band 1
Capital Markets – Debt Dispute Resolution
Legal 500, 2021 (Spain)
Chambers Global, 2021 (Spain)
Best law firm in Spain Best Banking & Finance
in 2021 Law Firm in Spain in 2021
IFLR1000, 2021
Chambers & Partners, 2021
Best Law firm in Band 1
the Energy sector Capital Markets – Debt
Expansión Jurídico Awards 2020 Legal 500, 2021 (Spain)
European Wind Best Deal
Deal of the Year of the Year
PFI Awards 2019 Expansión Jurídico Awards 2018
Advicing to Banco Santander, BBVA and Advicing to Atlantia on the takeover
CaixaBank on the financing, construction and bid of Abertis
development of nine wind farms in Aragon for
300MW to Forestalia Renovables.
4 Our office in Madrid | 2021Overview of our
legal services
We have been providing advice to Banking & Finance
domestic and international clients for Competition and European Law
over 30 years. We provide a broad range Corporate and M&A
of sophisticated legal services, while being Debt and Equity Capital Markets
fully integrated within the Allen & Overy Derivatives and Structured Finance
network to meet the global needs of Employment
our clients. Financial Services Regulatory
International Arbitration
Litigation
Projects, Energy and Infrastructure
Public Law
Tax
Real Estate
Global presence
allenovery.com 5Our legal expertise
Banking and Finance Competition and Corporate and M&A
European Law
With a department of over 25 lawyers Our Antitrust team has extensive Our Corporate/M&A team is
based in Spain, we have one of the knowledge and experience in dealing composed of over 20 lawyers in our
most qualified and renowned team with the most complex antitrust issues. Madrid office. Its expertise covers all
of finance lawyers of any law firm in By combining global reach with local phases of a transaction whether
the Spanish market. Few practices can depth, we are uniquely positioned to private or public. We have significant
match our top position across the full advise you on your antitrust strategy to experience in acting on complex,
range of financial products, offering achieve consistent, effective solutions high-value, cross-border work as well
advice under both Spanish and English throughout your operations. as a range of domestic transactions.
law. Moreover our team closely works
Our Antitrust team represents Our expertise and local knowledge
with and is supported by a top-tier
clients globally and locally in matters in the Spanish market ensure that
global team of over 800 colleagues
involving compliance and counselling, we deliver cost-effective, seamless,
across our more than 40 offices.
government investigations and high-quality legal advice. Our strong
We have been ranked top in every litigation, private actions, merger teamwork and wide track record
single Thomson Reuters league table control, public procurement and are vital to ensuring that deals are
for EMEA syndicated loans, since they competitive tendering, and state aid. managed effectively.
began producing these tables in 2011.
Choosing the right antitrust strategy In addition to our core M&A expertise,
This shows the continued confidence
can have a major impact on your we offer a full complement for all the
which clients place in us. Allen & Overy
business. Whether it concerns alleged specialist areas that are necessary
has topped the league table for both
anticompetitive conduct, commercial for a complex M&A transaction, such
borrowers and lenders again,
negotiations and litigation or merger as antitrust, employment or tax.
having advised in each category
control, antitrust law advice is highly
on more deals by value and volume
business sensitive.
than any other law firm in the region.
“The firm has a good
In addition we are ranked in Band 1
for Project Finance. In addition the combination of senior partners
prestigious legal directory Chambers & and more junior people who are
Partners ranked our Banking & Finance
knowledgeable and ready right
practice as top tier.
away if you need them to help
on complex matters,” reports
another client, going on to praise
the “accuracy and intensity”
of the lawyers' work.
Chambers Europe, 2021 (Spain)
6 Our office in Madrid | 2021Capital Markets Litigation and Arbitration
Our Capital Markets practice in Iberia Closely aligned with key market
comprises a group of experienced sectors such as life sciences,
lawyers capable of advising on the full technology, energy and financial
spectrum of debt and equity related institutions, our dispute resolution
capital markets work under English lawyers have a real understanding of
law and also provides local law advice, our clients’ businesses, enabling them
either in-house or with leading local to give truly effective management
law firms. advice. We are also seen as experts
in corporate risk management,
Our Capital Markets department is
advising senior level board members
part of the Allen & Overy International
and executives within a range of
Capital Markets practice, with some
high-profile corporates and banks.
329 lawyers, including more than
81 partners. This global group is Our experience of mediation,
among the largest of any law firm. international arbitration and negotiation
Few practices can match our top enables us to pursue all avenues of
tier position across the full range of dispute resolution, helping our clients
financial products – or match our to choose the method that best suits
consistency in being ranked in first their needs.
place by league tables for the volume
We act for a wide-ranging and
and the value of our deals. We are
diverse client base and have close
known globally for industry-leading
relationships with, in particular:
‘first-of-a-kind’ transactions and,
as a result, have been instrumental in – corporates
nearly all of the major developments in
– financial institutions
the modern financial markets, starting
with the first-ever eurobond issue in – entrepreneurs and private individuals
the 1960s. – governments and
The Spain-based team advises government agencies
underwriters, arrangers, selling – national and international
shareholders, issuers and rating governmental and
agencies in connection with the non-governmental organisations
following key areas, among others.
“The firm is very well coordinated Clients enthuse: “The speed of
in the different jurisdictions, response is impressive; the
which for me is vital,” states one lawyers always take care of us
source, noting: “The relationships and immediately start working.
between partners in different It is an agile, well-oiled and
jurisdictions all work well, market-leading team, especially in
which is reflected in the service complex environments.”
the firm provides.” Chambers Europe, 2021 (Spain)
Chambers Europe, 2021 (Spain)
allenovery.com 7Employment Tax
Allen & Overy Spain’s Employment and hands-on, with expertise in In the increasingly complex and
Practice stands out for its wide communicating directly with workers, global area of tax law and practice,
experience and knowledge of employee representatives and our team of tax specialists can
employment law, benefits and regulatory authorities on HR and successfully support your business
incentives, providing and developing reward issues. needs. Our experience in all
individualized, overall and creative aspects of corporate, commercial
Our Employment team is part of the
solutions to any employment issues, and finance taxation enables us to
Global Employment & Benefits Group.
both from and individual and collective provide high-quality, innovative and
We are not just there to support
perspective: top executive employment solution-driven advice.
you ‘on-deal’. A good example of
contracts, negotiation and modification
value-added service available to our We offer tax expertise in relation to
of working conditions, separations,
Employment & Benefits clients is the capital markets transactions and
restructurings, HR policies, compliance
Employment Restructuring Roadmap, products; general and specialist
and investigation procedures, complex
a service that enables you to manage banking transactions; tax-based
litigation, among others.
key employment law obligations structured finance; corporate
Our approach is very much that on a cross-border restructuring. reorganisations, restructurings and
of a partnership, working in With this tool you can identify, at a M&A; the structuring of and investment
collaboration with clients to develop glance, the applicable consultation by funds; real estate investment;
individual and creative solutions to and other procedural requirements, and the resolution of tax disputes
their workplace and benefits needs. together with related timing and cost and investigations, whether on a
We are accessible, pragmatic implications in 31 countries. stand-alone basis or as an integral part
of a full legal service. We are frequently
involved in the first transaction of its
Interviewees commend the firm for “always giving us kind to be undertaken.
their utmost attention; they always provide us with the
No matter how complex the project
correct answer and the work is impeccable.” or how tight the deadlines, our
Chambers Europe, 2021 (Spain) tax lawyers demonstrate sound
commercial awareness and excellent
technical skills in everything they do.
Through our team of specialists we
provide cutting edge expertise in all
principal areas of tax advice.
“The team offers total availability
and good client service, and is
always looking for the option
that is most suitable for our
business,” says one source.
Chambers Europe, 2021 (Spain)
8 Our office in Madrid | 2021Real Estate Public Law
We advise some of the world’s leading Our Spain Public Law practice offers
organisations on their most important expertise and advice on the full range
transactions in the real estate of administrative and regulatory
sector. Our work encompasses real issues. In recent years we have
estate investments, fund formation, further developed our expertise in
structuring and joint ventures, key sectors such as infrastructure,
complex real estate mergers and utilities (including energy and water),
acquisitions, development and telecommunications, financial markets,
planning construction, loan workouts, and transport.
NPL pool acquisition, distressed debt
Regulatory measures, government
acquisition (including loan-to-own
intervention and public sector
strategies), structured finance,
spending are omnipresent in today’s
tax and litigation.
economic climate. A large variety
The challenging economic climate of public law entities intervene to
is the impetus for clients having an implement these measures.
increased appetite for high-quality and
Understanding how dealing with
imaginative real estate legal advice that
public law entities may be different
places the matter at hand within the
from dealing with private entities and
context of wider strategic objectives.
the impact of regulation has always
Our Real Estate practice offers been an important aspect of business
forward-looking legal solutions on life. It is even more important with
the full range of property-related governments cutting costs, privatising
transactions to some of the most and selling assets, and turning to or
ambitious and perceptive organisations away from public-private partnerships,
in the world. They know they can count as well as increasing public sector
on us for technically accomplished spending in some areas.
advice and legal solutions that are
intelligent, workable and – crucially –
that demonstrate our understanding “The customer service is excellent
of their business. and the cohesion as a team is
fantastic. I can only say that the
“The firm has a great culture and lawyers provide an outstanding
a teamwork-based approach to service,” says another
projects,” says one interviewee, impressed interviewee.
adding: “They offer specialised Chambers Europe, 2021 (Spain)
attention to clients and are
experienced, responsive and
hard-working.”
Chambers Europe, 2021 (Spain)
allenovery.com 9Our team
Silvia Bauzá Javier Castresana Borja Contreras Vanessa Cuellas
Employment Partner – Madrid Litigation and Arbitration Banking & Finance Banking & Finance
Tel +34 91 782 98 00 Partner – Madrid Counsel – Madrid Partner – Madrid
silvia.bauza@allenovery.com Tel +34 91 782 98 14 Tel +34 91 782 9826 Tel +34 91 782 98 36
javier.castresana@allenovery.com borja.contreras@allenovery.com vanessa.cuellas@allenovery.com
Íñigo del Val Santiago de Vicente Alfonso Gutiérrez Juan Hormaechea
Corporate and M&A Real Estate Partner – Madrid Banking & Finance Banking & Finance
Partner – Madrid Tel +34 91 782 98 58 Counsel – Madrid Partner – Madrid
Tel +34 91 782 98 32 santiago.devicente@allenovery.com Tel +34 91 782 98 15 Tel +34 91 782 98 45
inigo.del.val@allenovery.com alfonso.gutierrez@allenovery.com juan.hormaechea@allenovery.com
Ignacio Hornedo José Luis Terrón Victoria Martin Antonio Martínez
Corporate and M&A Litigation and Arbitration Public Law Counsel – Madrid Competition and European Law
Partner – Madrid Counsel – Madrid Tel +34 91 782 98 50 Partner – Madrid
Tel +34 91 782 98 31 Tel +34 91 782 98 25 victoria.martin@allenovery.com Tel +34 91 782 98 17
ignacio.hornedo@allenovery.com joseluis.terron@allenovery.com antonio.martinez@allenovery.com
10 Our office in Madrid | 2021Pablo Mayor Teresa Méndez Javier Mendieta Emma Morales
Public Law Partner – Madrid Corporate & M&A Litigation and Arbitration Litigation and Arbitration
Tel +34 91 782 98 48 Counsel – Madrid Partner – Madrid Counsel – Madrid
pablo.mayor@allenovery.com Tel +34 91 782 97 66 Tel +34 91 782 99 79 Tel +34 91 782 98 90
teresa.mendez@allenovery.com javier.mendieta@allenovery.com emma.morales@allenovery.com
Charles Poole-Warren Jaime Rodríguez Salvador Ruiz Bachs Ignacio Ruiz-Cámara
Capital Markets/Banking Competition and European Law Capital Markets/Financial Banking & Finance
and Finance Partner – Madrid Counsel – Madrid Services Regulatory Partner – Madrid
Tel +34 91 782 98 53 Tel +34 91 782 98 08 Partner – Madrid Tel +34 91 782 98 69
charles.poole-warren@allenovery.com jaime.rodríguez@allenovery.com Tel +34 91 782 99 23 ignacio.ruiz-camara@allenovery.com
salvador.ruizbachs@allenovery.com
Ishtar Sancho Fernando Torrente Jimena Urretavizcaya
Taxation Counsel – Madrid Corporate and M&A Banking & Finance
Tel +34 91 782 98 37 Partner – Madrid Partner – Madrid
ishtar.sancho@allenovery.com Tel +34 91 782 99 40 Tel +34 91 782 98 57
fernando.torrente@allenovery.com jimena.urretavizcaya@allenovery.com
Antonio Vázquez-Guillén Adolfo Zunzunegui
Litigation and Arbitration Taxation Partner – Madrid
Partner – Madrid Tel +34 91 782 97 55
Tel +34 91 782 98 10 adolfo.zunzunegui@allenovery.com
antonio.vazquezguillen@allenovery.com
allenovery.com 11For more information, please contact:
Madrid
Allen & Overy
Serrano, 73
28006 Madrid
Spain
Tel +34 91 782 98 00
Fax +34 91 782 98 99
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