Mr Ignacio Cerrato > CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile
CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo Offices
PASEO DE RECOLETOS, 7-9
28004 MADRID
Spain
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Mr Ignacio Cerrato
Work Department
Corporate / M&A
Position
Counsel
Career
Ignacio Cerrato is Counsel of the Corporate / M&A department at CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo. He is specialised in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, with extensive expertise in corporate, commercial and contractual matters, as well as capital markets regulation. He also has vast experience in advising on matters of corporate governance and housekeeping services to management bodies, having rendered services to both national and international companies. Ignacio holds the role of secretary of the board of directors of several companies belonging to cross-border groups.
Additionally, Ignacio has vast experience in due diligence processes, joint ventures, sale and purchase agreements and shareholders’ agreements under negotiation, not to mention advising clients and investors from a wide of range of sectors (especially energy, real estate, TMT and consumer products).
Likewise, he is also very experienced in designing, coordinating and implementing multijurisdictional M&A and restructuring projects.
Languages
Spanish, English
Education
- 2009 – Degree in Business Management, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
- 2009 – Graduate of Law, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Home to a sizeable corporate and M&A group split between Madrid and Barcelona, CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo is a popular destination for blue-chip companies, private equity houses, investment funds, and startups operating in an array of sectors, most notably telecoms, consumer goods, life sciences, real estate and energy. The latter is a key area of strength for the group, which is particularly well positioned to handle M&A involving renewable energy assets. Practice co-head José María Rojí, a seasoned M&A practitioner, sits in the Barcelona office. Key individuals to note in Madrid include: managing partner César Albiñana; Rafael Suárez de Lezo, who maintains a broad practice covering M&A, securities, finance and competition; Luis Miguel de Dios, who heads up the firm’s German desk in Spain; and Ignacio Cerrato, who handles a mix of domestic and cross-border transactions, commercial agreements and contractual matters.
Lawyer Rankings
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Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: TMT
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- White-collar crime
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Trade marks
- Tax
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property: patents
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking and finance
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences