Mr Augusto Piñel > Gómez-Acebo & Pombo > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Offices
CASTELLANA 216
28046 MADRID
Spain
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Mr Augusto Piñel

Work Department
Corporate and Commercial, Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
Augusto is a Corporate M&A partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.
He specialises in securities markets, securitizations, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions.
Augusto is Secretary Non-Director of the Board of Directors and of the Audit and Appointments and Remuneration Committees of several listed companies.
Languages
Spanish, English
Memberships
Madrid Bar Association
Education
Augusto holds a law degree from Universidad San Pablo CEU and a Master of Laws (LLM with honours) from Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago). Additionally, he obtained a certificate in Business Administration (CBA) from IE Business School.
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo’s ‘excellent’ M&A practice has handled transactions across a broad range of sectors recently, including in the hospitality, insurance, retail, technology, pharmaceutical and energy industries. Iñigo Erláiz has specialist experience in respect of restructuring and insolvency-led transactions; he leads the practice jointly with Fernando de las Cuevas, a lawyer who is particularly focused on inbound work, serving as co-head of the French desk and lead of the China desk. Guillermo Guerra Martín is the resident takeover bid and corporate governance expert; meanwhile, Augusto Piñel is the go-to for deals in the financial services sector, often working alongside the finance and tax practices on the structuring and financing of major deals.
Spain > Capital markets: Debt
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo‘s increasingly diverse offering in debt capital markets has grown to cover areas including investment grade debt offerings, high-yield bonds and private placements. The team stands out for providing frequent counsel to US private placement investors in Spanish transactions, and for its longstanding securitisation practice. Practice co-head Guillermo Guerra is recommended by a client as ‘the right partner for a capital markets strategy‘, and his partner in leading the practice is Ferran Foix, who handles cross-border work and divides his time between Madrid and London. Augusto Piñel and securitisations specialist Fernando Herrero are also key contacts.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: Debt
- Environment
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Manufacturing
- Industry focus: Retail
- Intellectual property: patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- Restructuring and insolvency
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Transport: Other transport
- White-collar crime
- Data privacy and data protection
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Insurance
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- Transport: Shipping