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Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira’s London group focuses on corporate and financial services matters, including advising multinationals on debt restructuring, refinancing, and M&A. It recently advised ING Real Estate Finance on a €5.2bn credit facility granted to Metrovacesa, and La Seda Barcelona on restructuring its UK debt. Other clients include private equity firms, pension providers and a large energy company. Project finance specialist Iñigo Rubio heads the London office.

Díaz-Bastien & Truan’s London team advises on Spanish law aspects of transactions and contracts.

Fernando Scornik Gerstein advises UK companies and individuals on Spanish and Latin American law, and the team works closely with the firm’s other offices in Barcelona, Madrid and the Canary Islands. Antonio Arenas López heads the London practice, and has significant expertise in family, tax and conveyancing law. The firm is part of the IURISPAN network.

Garrigues advises UK businesses, financial institutions and investors on tax law aspects of their activities in Spain, and advises Spanish clients on UK transactions. Ignacio Corbera Dale is now resident partner of the London practice.

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados provides ‘excellent’ corporate advice. Its expertise includes distressed debt and restructuring advice, where it has assisted various UK financial institutions and hedge funds on activities in Spain; project and asset finance, where clients include Ahorro Corporación Financiers, Banco Gallego, and Banesto; and M&A, for energy and fishing companies among others. Resident partner Miguel Lamo de Espinosa heads a ‘dedicated’ team.

Hector Diaz & Co advises commercial and private clients on Spanish law, with particular emphasis on real estate investments. It also advises on business start-ups, shareholder agreements and corporate restructuring. Founding partner Hector Diaz heads the team.

Uría Menéndez’s London branch advises international banks, hedge funds and private equity firms on Spanish and Portuguese aspects of corporate law and regulations. Recent highlights include advising JP Morgan on the financing and acquisition of Dragados Servicios Portuarios y Logísticos, and acting for Deutsche Bank Luxembourg on the refinancing of DEUTZ Aktiengesellschaft Group. Finance expert Juan Carlos Machuca heads the team.

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