Alfonso López-Ibor > López-Ibor Abogados > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Corporate borrowers, banks and funds routinely seek López-Ibor Abogados‘ assistance in corporate finance, refinancing and direct lending mandates. Asset-backed deals, especially in the aviation sector, fintech and blockchain matters are core areas of focus for the practice, which manages a diverse workload featuring both transactional and regulatory issues. Founding partner Alfonso López-Ibor, noted for his ‘deep legal knowledge‘ and ‘practical approach‘, has ‘tremendous experience‘ in a range of banking and finance matters. Olivia López-Ibor specialises in aviation finance and ‘has developed great expertise in the fintech sector in Spain‘.

Air transport specialist López-Ibor Abogados acts for an impressive client list, featuring major airlines and leading names in the aviation sector, in a variety of matters, such as the purchase of aircraft leases, aircraft deregistration, and the renewal of self-handling airport licenses. Practice head and founder Alfonso López-Ibor is commended for his ‘excellent‘ sector knowledge, which includes experience in aviation law, litigation, arbitration, and finance. Other noteworthy individuals include Olivia López-Ibor, who specialises in air transport financings, Miguel Aravena Cofré and Pablo Stöger.

Praised for its ‘great technical knowledge‘, the team at López-Ibor Abogados is described as being ‘close to the business and the practical needs of the client‘, excelling particularly in litigation related to civil, commercial, insurance, and criminal matters. The practice is also well versed in representing clients before arbitration tribunals, often on a cross-border basis. Alfonso López-Ibor, who specialises in litigation, arbitration, air transport, and finance law, co-leads the team alongside Pablo Henríquez de Luna, whose wide practice encompasses a breadth of  litigation, administrative, and bankruptcy matters.