Tax
Europe Guide 2024 : Spain
Band 3
Contact number
+34 91 791 5000Chambers Review
The Latham & Watkins team rises in the rankings as a result of strong market support. The lawyers regularly act for international asset managers on tax issues arising at the initial investment or exit stages of transactions. The firm advises on the structuring of acquisition finance agreements and the design of tax-efficient management incentive plans for new investments. The team draws on experience working across Latin American jurisdictions and in the USA to win cross-border transactional mandates from major Spanish corporate clients. Latham & Watkins also handles tax planning matters for US-headquartered multinationals.
Work Highlights
- Latham & Watkins assisted EIG Global Energy Partners with tax and corporate issues in connection with the acquisition of a 25% stake in Repsol Upstream.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Latham & Watkins' team are reasonable. They do not waste time."
"Latham & Watkins' team offer high technical qualities. They always respond with the utmost diligence and adapt to the client's needs."
"The lawyers are talented at calibrating their legal advice and balancing it against commercial decisions that need to be made."
"Latham & Watkins' team are reasonable. They do not waste time."
"Latham & Watkins' team offer high technical qualities. They always respond with the utmost diligence and adapt to the client's needs."
"The lawyers are talented at calibrating their legal advice and balancing it against commercial decisions that need to be made."
Notable Practitioners
Jordi Domínguez is a market-leading practitioner who specialises in advising clients on large M&A-related tax structuring.
"Jordi Domínguez is one of the best lawyers I have had the fortune to meet."
"His advice gives us a really good position and solves complicated questions."
"He is creative when it comes to proposing solutions to issues that come up during negotiations."
Iván Rabanillo assists clients with the tax-efficient structuring of a range of international transactions, including financing, joint ventures and acquisitions.
"Iván Rabanillo is able to explain the law in a client-friendly way."