Meritxell Roca Ortega > Pavia e Ansaldo > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Pavia e Ansaldo
VIA DEL LAURO 7
MILANO 20121
Italy

Work Department

Experienced Partner with more than 20 years working in M&A, Private Equity, Corporate Governance, and contractual agreements. With a double Law Degree in Italy and Spain, she is actively working in cross border transactions in both jurisdictions.

Position

Partner

Meritxell is member of the Board of Directors of the Firm. She is based in Milan and Barcelona (Spain). She heads our leading Spanish desk in Milan and she is the Managing Partner of the Barcelona office.

Career

Meritxell Roca Ortega joined Pavia e Ansaldo in 1996 and became partner in 2009.

Admitted to the Spanish Bar, 1992.

Admitted to the Italian Bar, 1996.

Her credentials include advising Threestones Capital Management on its acquisitions of all of its nursing homes in Spain (the last 5 acquisitions in t2022 and the beginning of 2023) and on the financing of a group of them with Societé Generale for €69,5 Mio signed between July 2022 and October 2022; advising a major arm of Spanish manufacturing giant Fermator on its highly complex acquisition of an Italian competitor, and acting for the Italian subsidiary of chemicals giant Stahl on a major cooperation agreement with significant Spanish elements.

November 2022 –  Best Lawyers in Spain M&A 2023, 15th Edition: Meritxell has been selected by peers for inclusion in the 15th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Spain for her work in: • Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Languages

Spanish, Catalan, Italian and English.

Memberships

Former President of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Italy (1999 to 2008).

Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)

Education

Graduation in Law, 1992, University of Barcelona (Spain).
Graduation in Law, 1995, University of Milan (Italy).
Master in Business and International Law, Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona (Spain), 1994.

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Recent highlights for Pavia e Ansaldo include inbound work for a Japanese multinational, as well as M&A transactions for major Italian companies in the luxury, heavy industry, food, and automotive sectors. The names to note are managing partner Stefano Bianchi and Meritxell Roca Ortega, who works between Milan and Barcelona.

Italy > Private equity

Pavia e Ansaldo advises private equity firms during every stage of funds’ lifecycles. Representative mandates cover initial investments, buy-and-build strategies, and exit transactions. The team is also increasingly active in the secondary buyout market. The group is jointly led by Stefano Bianchi, who heads up the firm’s longstanding relationship with London-based private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners; and Meritxell Roca Ortega, who divides her time between Milan and Barcelona.