Mr Julio Lujambio > Pérez-Llorca > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Though traditionally a prime destination for top investors and shareholders, Pérez-Llorca is increasingly retained by major issuers seeking legal support in a wide range of security offerings. Public offerings, listings on the Spanish stock exchange and the alternative stock market, rights issues, as well as equity-linked products are all key areas of expertise for the practice, which also boasts a strong track record in M&A involving listed companies and corporate governance matters. Teresa Méndez, a seasoned practitioner in public and private M&A, ECM transactions and corporate governance, joined from Allen & Overy in January 2023. Other key individuals include Julio Lujambio, who brings together expertise in M&A, private equity, capital markets and corporate governance, and Javier Gómez, the firm’s resident partner in New York.

Pérez-Llorca‘s transport department is spearheaded by M&A and capital markets expert Julio Lujambio, who works alongside team members Beatriz García and Natalia Olmos. The team’s expertise is notably concentrated in aviation, transport, mobility services, automobile, and maritime law, with García and Olmos offering extensive experience in litigation and public law mandates.

International funds, financial investors and major listed companies routinely turn to Pérez-Llorca for advice on high-end public and private M&A transactions. The team, which often collaborates with the firm’s regulatory, competition, litigation and tax specialists, is also well placed to handle joint ventures, venture capital matters and minority investments. Rated for its ‘high technical level‘ and ‘commercial capacity in complex transactions‘, the group is overseen by Javier Carvajal, who brings over two decades’ experience advising Spanish and international clients from the financial services, industrial, energy and infrastructure sectors. Pablo González Mosqueira is noted for his proficiency in cross-border matters and deals involving listed companies, while Julio Lujambio handles a mix of M&A and PE matters. With offices in Barcelona, London, New York, Brussels and Singapore, the firm is also particularly well positioned to handle transactions with ties to Latin America; Iván Delgado takes the lead on this type of work. Managing partner Pedro Pérez-Llorca is also part of the core corporate and M&A practice, as is Carmen Reyna.

Working in close collaboration with the firm’s regulatory, tax, labour, antitrust and disputes experts, Pérez-Llorca‘s private equity department ‘provides comprehensive advice covering all potential areas of a transaction‘ to PE funds and other financial sponsors active in Spain. Typical mandates for the group range from investments and exits, to P2P deals, LBOs, distressed matters, alternative divestment strategies and NPL portfolio acquisitions. Chairing the department, Pablo González Mosqueira, a ‘go-to choice in Spain for complex transactions‘, handles major deals on behalf of global and domestic PE financial sponsors. Francisco Iso, whose broad experience encompasses LBOs, disposals and buy-and-build strategies, is regularly retained in cross-border mandates, while Julio Lujambio, a dual qualified M&A and PE specialist (Spain and Mexico), is recommended for his ‘strong technical skills‘ and ‘commercial judgement‘. José Luis Romeu is another key contact.