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Garrigues

HERMOSILLA 3, 28003 MADRID, SPAIN
Tel:
Work +34 91 514 5200
Fax:
Fax +34 91 399 2408
Web:
www.garrigues.com
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Fernando Vives

Tel:
Work +34 91 514 52 00
Email:
Garrigues

Work Department

Corporate & Commercial Law Department.

Position

Garrigues' Managing Partner since 1 september 2009. Fernando practices in the area of corporate law, M&A, securities market law, private equity, banking & financial law and insurance law, with a particular emphasis on the financial services industry. He specializes in major transactions involving mergers, reorganizations, tender offers, corporate LBOs, issues and public offerings of securities, and regulatory matters concerning listed companies. He regularly advises on major M&A deals and is actively involved in private equity transactions, providing advice on transactions and raising outside financing. He also has a wealth of experience in the insurance industry, where he advises numerous insurance groups operating in Spain.

Career

Fernando Vives has more than twenty years’ experience at Garrigues and has been a Partner since 1998. Since 2001, he has been partner in charge of the Garrigues Corporate/Commercial Law area which encompasses: Financial Services, Real Estate, Energy & Telecommunications, EU and Antitrust Law, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Garrigues' Managing Partner since 1 september 2009.

Languages

Spanish, English.

Member

Madrid Bar Association.

Education

Graduate in Law, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), 1985. Graduate in Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), 1986. Doctor of Laws, Cum Laude, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), 2009.

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  • CHANGES IN THE REGIME GOVERNING RESTRICTIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS AT SPANISH LISTED COMPANIES

    On June 17, 2010, following a rough and eventful passage through Parliament, the Lower House of the Spanish Parliament finally approved a transcendental amendment to the Spanish Corporations Law (to article 105.2) affecting only listed corporations: a prohibition on voting ceilings for a same shareholder (or companies in the same group), regardless of the number of shares they own. 
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