Mr Carlos Lao > Ramón y Cajal Abogados > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Mr Carlos Lao

+34 91 576 19 00 clao@ramoncajal.com

Work Department

Finance and Capital Markets.

Position

Partner.

Career

Carlos Lao is a partner in the Capital Markets and Finance Group of Ramón y Cajal. He has represented issuers and financial institutions in all matters relating to domestic and cross-border capital markets and financing transactions, including IPOs, privatizations, private placements, “accelerated book-buildings”, “block trades”, bonds issuances and EMTN programs, and has extensive experience in multiple other types of equity and debt offerings. In addition, Carlos Lao is the partner responsible for the securitization work of the firm and, during his career, has also participated in public and private M&A transactions, public tender offers, syndicated credits and other corporate finance structures including project finance. Before joining the firm in 2002, he worked for several years at the New York and Paris offices of the international firm Shearman & Sterling.

Languages

English.

Memberships

Madrid Bar Association.

Education

Master in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles (IEB), Madrid. Feb. 2002-Jul. 2003. Master in Corporate and Commercial Law (LLM), Instituto de Empresa. Madrid, July 1996. Law Graduate, University of Granada. September 1995.