Mr Álvaro Mateo > Gómez-Acebo & Pombo > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
CASTELLANA 216
28046 MADRID
Spain
Álvaro Mateo photo

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial, Mergers and acquisitions, Private Equity

Position

Head of Corporate M&A. Member of the Board of Directors.

Languages

Spanish, English, Italian, German, Galician

Memberships

Madrid Bar Association
Officer member and representative of Spain in The European Regional Forum – International Bar Association (IBA)

Education

Álvaro holds a law degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela and the Salzburg Universität. He studied at the Academy of American and International Law, Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law, Dallas, Texas. 

Personal

He specialises in commercial law, M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions and joint ventures, both domestic and cross-border. He has extensive experience advising start-ups (ongoing advice on strategic issues), venture capital and investors, having participated in some of the most relevant transactions in the entrepreneurial scene. 

Lawyer Rankings

Spain > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Home to ‘a very professional, competent and stable team of lawyers‘, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo possesses ‘extensive experience in M&A transactions‘ in key economic sectors, including TMT, banking and energy. Leading the department, Álvaro Mateo shines on private equity deals and M&A involving the technology segment. Managing partner Iñigo Erláiz marries in-depth knowledge of corporate and commercial law with significant experience in M&A, PE and insolvency mandates. Guillermo Guerra Martín is the name to note for corporate governance matters, which is also an area of expertise for Estibaliz Aranburu. Pablo Fernández Cortijo takes the lead on energy-related deals. The practice was recently reinforced by the May 2023 addition of Alexander Kolb, a seasoned M&A and PE practitioner who joined from Linklaters, and by the arrival of counsel Jorge Martín from Clifford Chance in September 2023.  Martín is especially active in the PE, infrastructure, TMT and energy sectors.

Spain > Private equity

At Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, the ‘dynamic‘ private equity and venture capital practice is adept at advising all types of funds and their managers on the entire spectrum of related matters, including fund formation, financings, investments and special situations. Recently appointed co-head Álvaro Mateo is skilled in domestic and cross-border M&A, VC and PE deals; he jointly oversees the practice with managing partner Iñigo Erláiz, who has a wealth of experience acting for sponsors and target companies in high-end transactions. Noted for his ‘excellent knowledge‘ of the PE market, Pablo Fernández Cortijo is often engaged by sponsors and international players in multijurisdictional matters. The practice was reinforced in September 2023 by the addition of Jorge Martín, a reference for financial investors and listed companies; he joined from Clifford Chance as of counsel.