Michael J Willisch

Michael is the head of Davis Polk’s Madrid office and a member of both the Europe and Latin America practices. He advises U.S. and non-U.S. companies on capital markets transactions, M&A, private equity investments and finance transactions.

Michael has advised on some of the largest M&A transactions involving Spanish companies, the majority of IPOs completed in Spain over the past two decades, and some of the largest-ever capital markets transactions by Spanish issuers, including rights offerings by Cellnex (€7 billion in aggregate), BBVA (€5.1 billion) and Telefónica (€3 billion), Telefónica Móviles’ €3 billion IPO, Aena’s €3 billion IPO, Puig’s €2.6 billion IPO, Inditex’s (the owner of Zara) €2.4 billion IPO and Acciona Energía’s €1.3 billion IPO.