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Ms Nieves Briz
Work Department
Corporate and M/A
Position
Partner
Career
Nieves Briz is a partner in the Corporate and M&A department of Dentons’ Madrid office. Before joining Dentons in 2018, Nieves worked as a partner in JAUSAS and Ernst & Young.
Nieves has more than 30 years of experience advising some of the most relevant national and international corporations in finance, property, pharmaceuticals and energy sectors. She has extensive knowledge in acquisitions and due diligence processes in sectors as diverse as finance, property, pharmaceuticals, retail and energies, representing both national and international clients in more than 100 such transactions. She also advises on contractual and business matters and manages the planning and execution of complex operations such as international mergers, splits and contributions of business units.
Nieves has also been a teacher of commercial law at ESADE Business School, and for several years gave lectures about M&A as part of the school’s ISDE Master in Legal Practice.
Prior experience:
- Partner, JAUSAS (2013 – 2018)
- Director Partner, Ernst & Young (2008 – 2013)
- International Equity Partner, Ernst & Young (2000 – 2013)
- Member of the Executive Committee, Ernst & Young (2009 – 2012)
- Partner responsibility for quality and risk in Spain, Ernst & Young (2008 – 2010)
- National Partner, Ernst & Young (1998 – 2000)
- Principal, Ernst & Young (1997 – 1998)
- Senior Associate, Ernst & Young (1944 – 1997)
- Associate, Ernst & Young (1991 – 1994)
- Junior Associate, Ernst & Young (1988 – 1990)
Languages
English, Spanish and Catalán
Memberships
She is a member of the Advisory Boards of a technological company and an industrial company. Moreover, in April 2017 she was named a member of the executive board of the International Women’s Forum association for the Spanish chapter.
Besides, she is member of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB)
Education
- IESE Business School, 2013, Program “Women in Boards of Directors”
- Barcelona University, 1987, Law Degree
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > Commercial, corporate and M&A
A trusted adviser to a wide range of Spanish and international clients, Dentons
regularly acts for public companies, middle-market enterprises and PE funds in transactions across the energy, real estate and TMT sectors, among others. Its varied workload features mergers, acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and buy-outs on the transactional side, as well as corporate governance, compliance and day-to-day corporate issues on the advisory front. Practice head Jesús Durán focuses on M&A, divestment strategies and funds structuring matters. Israel De Diego ‘combines experience, dynamism and a tradition of rigorous M&A‘. Nieves Briz – co-head of the Europe consumer products and services group – is active in transactions in the life sciences, retail, TMT and energy spaces, while Inmaculada Castelló, who joined from Pinsent Masons LLP in May 2024, brings valuable experience in healthcare, technology, and industrial sector deals. At the senior associate level, Vicente Paramio stands out for his contributions to major M&A involving listed companies and private equity firms.