Mr Jabier Badiola > Dentons > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
Paseo de la Castellana, 53 8ª
28046 Madrid
Spain

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Country Managing Partner

Career

Jabier Badiola is the Managing Partner for Spain and Head in Dentons’ Banking and Finance practice in Spain. Jabier has been elected to the Europe Board at Dentons following a vote of the Europe Partners.

Jabier specializes in finance law and has more than 20 years of experience in major cross-border syndicated finance transactions, with a particular focus on general lending, asset finance, project finance, structured finance, corporate finance and debt restructuring. Jabier has extensive experience acting for lenders, borrowers and sponsors, with a particular focus on financial institutions and private equities in Europe and Latin America.

Languages

English, Italian, Spanish and Basque

Memberships

Member of the Madrid Bar Association since 2001

Education

·         Libera Universitá Internazionale degli Studi Sociale (LUISS), Centro de Investigación de Derecho de Empresa (CERADI), Postgraduate Studies in Business Law, Rome (2001)

·         University of Oslo, Norway, Exchange program (1999 – 2000)

·         Universidad de Deusto, Degree in Law (2000)

Personal

Jabier has authored and co-authored several articles and legal books on financing structures, including “Aproximación a las diferentes modalidades de financiación” in Cuadernos de derecho para ingenieros, sponsored by Iberdrola, S.A., 2016 and “Estudios sobre Financiaciones Sindicadas, 2017”.

Lawyer Rankings

Spain > Banking and finance

Covering project finance, commercial lending, structured finance and financial regulatory matters, Dentons is sought out by commercial and investment banks, multinationals, non-traditional lenders and other international financial institutions for its expertise in complex, multijurisdictional financing transactions. Jabier Badiola, the managing partner of the firm in Spain, handles a host of banking and finance matters, from project finance to debt restructuring. Fernando Gutiérrez, a versatile partner with in-depth knowledge of banking and finance law, has been particularly active in refinancings and the financing of projects in the renewables and healthcare segments. ‘With great ability to solve problems and search for alternatives‘, recently promoted partner Luis Belart specialises in cross-border financing deals, while Jesús Mardomingo is singled out for his fintech expertise.