MARIA DE MOLINA 6, 4TH FLOOR, 28006 MADRID, SPAIN
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- Work +34 91 791 50 00
- Fax:
- Fax +34 90 288 22 22
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- www.lw.com
What we say about the firm's legal practice in Spain
Banking and finance
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Capital markets
Within Capital markets, Latham & Watkins LLP is a third tier firm,
Latham & Watkins LLP’s ‘excellent’ team ‘succeeds in translating complex and time-conflicting legal notions from different jurisdictions into manageable Spanish terms’. It recently advised JPMorgan, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and the underwriters as Spanish and international counsel on a bond issuance when KKR bought a 49.9% stake in Inaer from Investindustrial. Other clients include Ontex and Parques Reunidos. Practice head Juan Manuel de Remedios is ‘an outstanding lawyer’.
Capital markets (US law)
Within Capital markets (US law), Latham & Watkins LLP is a second tier firm,
Latham & Watkins LLP’s Juan Manuel de Remedios is dual qualified in Spain and New York, and renowned for both equity and debt capital markets. The firm is regularly involved in cross-border equity deals involving companies in multiple jurisdictions. Recent highlights include advising Abengoa on a $650m Rule 144A offering; Parques Reunidos on its $430m Rule 144A senior notes issuance; and Ontex on a $1.14bn bonds issuance, in which Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch were the joint book runners, and Credit Suisse and JPMorgan were initial purchasers.
Corporate and M&A
Within Corporate and M&A, Latham & Watkins LLP is a second tier firm,
Latham & Watkins LLP provides a responsive, ‘excellent and dedicated service’ which is praised for its ‘involvement with clients’ needs and philosophies’. Practice head Juan Manuel de Remedios has ‘in-depth knowledge of energy project development and the corporate and business worlds’. José Luis Blanco is also recommended. Leveraging strong relationships in Latin America, it represented Repsol in alliance with Sinopec to create Repsol Brasil, the second-largest Latin American energy company, valued at $17.8bn.
Dispute resolution
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EU and competition
Within EU and competition, tier 4
Latham & Watkins LLP’s practice is led by Javier Ruiz Calzado. It recently represented ArcelorMittal in the prestressing steel cartel investigation by the European Commission, obtaining a reduction in fines from €276m to €45.7m. It also acted for Eli Lilly in obtaining EC approval for its acquisition of Pfizer’s animal healthcare business, which was divested as a condition of the clearance for the latter’s merger with Wyeth.
Projects and energy
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Restructuring and insolvency
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TMT
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Tax
Within Tax, tier 4
Latham & Watkins LLP recently advised Abengoa on tax issues relating to Abengoa France’s Rule 144A offering of $650m senior notes. Broadcom called on the firm for tax advice on the acquisition of Gigle Networks. Jordi Domínguez heads the team.
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
China
Offices in Shanghai and Beijing
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
Germany
Offices in Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Munich
- Antitrust : Antitrust
- Banking and finance : Bank lending
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Large deals
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology and outsourcing : Information technology and outsourcing
- Insolvency and restructuring : Restructuring
- Media : Media: Press and publishing
- Private equity : Private equity
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Spain
Offices in Madrid and Barcelona
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Capital markets (US law) : Capital markets (US law)
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Tax : Tax
France
Offices in Paris
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Employment : Employment
- IT, telecoms and the internet : IT, telecoms and the internet
- Insolvency : Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Private equity
- Tax : Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution International arbitration : Dispute resolution International arbitration
- Private equity : Private equity
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
Indonesia
India
Italy
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome
- EU, regulatory and competition law : EU, regulatory and competition law
- Energy : Energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Overview
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: UK capability
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: US capability
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: US law capability
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Finance : Overview
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Islamic finance
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Overview
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
Philippines
Qatar
Offices in Doha
Russia
Offices in Moscow
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Foreign firms
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
United States
Offices in Chicago, Washington DC, Silicon Valley, Costa Mesa, Newark, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, and Boston
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance : Corporate restructuring
- Finance : Financial services: regulatory
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Structured finance
- Industry focus : Energy: transaction and regulatory
- Industry focus : Environment: litigation
- Industry focus : Environment: transaction and regulatory
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Intellectual property : Overview
- Intellectual property : Copyright
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Litigation : International arbitration
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: toxic tort
- Litigation : Securities: shareholder litigation
- Litigation : Supreme Court and appellate
- Litigation : Trade secrets
- Litigation : White-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: data protection and privacy
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: mega-deals ($5bn+)
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Private equity buyouts
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Venture capital and emerging companies
- Real estate and construction : Land use/zoning
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax : Domestic tax: Central
- Tax : Domestic tax: East Coast
- Tax : Domestic tax: West Coast
- Tax : Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Tax : International
- Tax : Tax controversy