José Antonio Escalona de Molina

Practice Areas

• General commercial law.

• Company law, including both serving as secretary to the boards of directors and executing corporate operations of all kinds.

• Mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

• Financial law.

• Securities market. Corporate governance.

Career

He worked as a lawyer (from 1986 to 1995) and as a partner (from January 1996 to January 2001) of the Commercial Department of the firm URÍA MENÉNDEZ. Subsequently, from January 2001 until October 2003, he served as Deputy Director General of Alliances and Acquisitions of TELEFÓNICA, S.A., being legally responsible for M&A operations of the group. Before joining our firm, from January 2004 until March 2006 he worked in the individual practice of the profession.

His practice focuses on the commercial area, in particular, in the field of Mergers and Acquisitions.

He also has extensive expertise in the corporate environment and corporate governance, being secretary to the board of directors of the listed companies ENCE ENERGIA Y CELULOSA, S.A., from July 2006 to the present date, and INDRA SISTEMAS, S.A. as well as a number of unlisted companies.

Another important part of his practice involves advising financing transactions in corporate restructuring, He also provides advice in the field of family business Law.