Corporate/M&A

Manuel Torres Salazar is a key contact for the firm's offices in Beijing and Shanghai. He leads a team that often advises Spanish clients on the establishment of Chinese subsidiaries, the structuring of joint ventures and the execution of corporate restructurings or M&A transactions. Albert Collado Armengol in Barcelona also has strong links to the Chinese practice owing to his role in setting up the Shanghai office.

Ignacio Calvet Tordera are the main contacts for Garrigues's French desk, which coordinates with partner firms to assist French clients with their investments in Spain or Latin America. It also advises Spanish clients on investing in France.

Staffed by German-speaking lawyers throughout the Garrigues network, the German desk advises German clients on cross-border transactions involving Spain. The desk is particularly active on cross-border corporate and financing transactions involving German energy investors, owing to lead lawyer Silvestre Arana's specialisation in the energy sector.

The Spanish team frequently handles cross-border transactions with Latin America, often assisted by dual-qualified lawyers based in the firm's offices in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

Javier Marzo and Ferrán Escayola co-head the US desk, which comprises lawyers based in both the Madrid and Barcelona offices with particular knowledge of the US legal system. The team coordinates with colleagues in New York to advise on cross-border matters.