DEPARTMENT PROFILE

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Corporate/M&A

3 ranked lawyers

Band 3, Spotlight Table

Spain

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What the team is known for

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has a strong international outlook thanks to the team's foreign expertise and a multinational client base, which includes foreign corporates looking to invest in Spain. It provides corporate governance advice in addition to working on acquisitions and joint venture mandates. The law firm has further expertise in corporate restructuring, with its experience also extending to transactions involving environmental issues. The team is noted for its cross-practice approach, regularly pooling multidisciplinary expertise to assist clients. Gómez-Acebo & Pombo offers experience in the technology, insurance and hospitality sectors.

Foreign desks

The French desk comprises lawyers who speak French or have studied French and Belgian law. This allows them to assist French-speaking clients with projects and investments throughout Europe. Fernando de las Cuevas Castresana heads the desk, with Miguel Troncoso Ferrer being a key contact for matters relating to Brussels.

Mónica Weimann Gómez heads the German desk, which represents a number of German companies looking to invest in Spain. The firm also coordinates the Spanish aspects of larger M&A transactions on behalf of German clients.

Notable practitioners

Guillermo Guerra is "very reliable," according to one source, while another praises his strong teamworking skills. He represents clients in the media, pharmaceutical and banking sectors.

Íñigo Erlaiz Cotelo handles joint ventures, sales of shares and purchase agreements for local and international clients. "He understands the sector very well and always advises with a pragmatic vision, offering clients different alternatives," according to respondents.

Head of the Brussels office, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer advises on EU law including issues concerning state aid, competition and corporate law, with experience in representing clients before the EU courts.

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Overview

Our expert team in Mergers and Acquisitions provides a quality and personalised service that allows us to participate in the most complex operations, both cross-border and national.

Thanks to our experience we offer comprehensive legal advice, being able to provide guidance in the sectors that require a higher level of specialization, with integrated high-performance multidisciplinary teams.

We are a firm of choice for national and international companies in regard to advice on mergers and acquisitions in Spain and Portugal.

In addition, we are involved in transactions in multiple jurisdictions, providing advice on Spanish and Portuguese legal aspects and coordinating the participating international legal advisers.

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