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Pérez-Llorca

Banking & Finance

Europe Guide 2026 : Spain


Pérez-Llorca

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Pérez-Llorca’s Banking and Finance team is formed of lawyers with extensive experience in all kinds of financing transactions, advising investors and sponsors as well as companies. Our partners and associates are fully involved in the work of the team, providing the sophistication needed for large-scale, complex transactions.

Our Banking and Finance team adopts a comprehensive approach by working together with lawyers from other teams at Pérez-Llorca on various financing transactions in order to find excellent solutions for each of our clients. To complement our advice, we establish teams with prestigious international firms in other jurisdictions.

We advise on all types of debt transactions originating in Spain with a foreign law component and transactions originating abroad subject to Spanish law or with a Spanish component. This includes:

  • Acquisition and leveraged finance
  • Private equity and capital call bridge financings
  • Corporate finance
  • Project finance, including energy projects, infrastructure projects, ports and public service projects
  • Real estate finance
  • Asset finance
  • Private banking and margin loans to family offices and investment vehicles, backed by securities as well as by Unit Link products
  • Trade, export and supply chain finance
  • Securitisation and structured finance
  • Debt capital markets
  • Direct lending and mezzanine structures
  • Refinancing and restructurings
  • Derivatives

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Spain

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Pérez-Llorca houses a respected banking and finance team. The firm enjoys a strong standing among well-known lenders for its expertise in refinancings, debt restructuring and corporate and asset financings. Additionally, clients benefit from Pérez-Llorca's prowess in handling real estate and construction-related financings. The team also offers project finance expertise on large energy-related transactions, especially in relation to renewables. Both national and international clients feel well taken care of by the firm.

Work Highlights

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  • Pérez-Llorca assisted KKR, as sponsors' counsel, with the EUR1 billion debt refinancing and restructuring of the Genesis Care Group.

Strengths

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  • Pérez-Llorca has excellent technical capability and its knowledge of local law is outstanding.

    Banking & Finance respondentEurope
  • The quality is one of the best on the market and at cost level they adapt to the client.

    Banking & Finance respondentEurope
  • Pérez-Llorca knows how to adapt to all the situations that we encounter in each transaction.

    Banking & Finance respondentEurope
  • It is very commercial and transaction-oriented, always very available and keen to support us.

    Banking & Finance respondentEurope
  • The team is sufficiently staffed with very capable lawyers. We have never had any problems with availability even in transactions with tight deadlines.

    Banking & Finance respondentEurope

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 5Ildefonso Arenas
    Band 5Ildefonso Arenas

    Ildefonso Arenas

    Ildefonso Arenas advises well-known banks, syndicates and capital funds on acquisition finance transactions as well as debt refinance deals.
    • Ildefonso is an exceptional professional, he has strong involvement from start to finish and has extensive knowledge of precedents and customer needs.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope
    • I appreciate his availability and great leverage to push operations forward. We are very satisfied.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope
  • Band 6Cosme Colmenero
    Band 6Cosme Colmenero

    Cosme Colmenero

    Cosme Colmenero advises well-known Spanish corporates on insolvency-related financing mandates. Additionally, he supports clients with facility agreements and term loans.

    • Cosme is always available to answer any questions and support decision-making. His willingness stands out, as well as his ability to offer solutions.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope
    • He offers legal solutions that protect the company but at the same time are flexible in the face of our present and future needs.

      Banking & Finance respondentEurope

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Spain

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