Banking & Finance
Global Guide 2024 : Spain
Band 1
Contact number
+34 91 514 5200Chambers Review
Garrigues's outstanding team is regularly sought after for its expertise across the full spectrum of banking and finance mandates. The department is especially known for its prowess in advising on significant project finance agreements that facilitate energy and infrastructure developments in Spain and abroad, including those with ESG components. Furthermore, Spanish corporates and banks appreciate the firm's strength in refinancings, acquisition and asset finance transactions. The law firm complements its holistic offering with its presence in finance regulatory mandates, especially those pertaining to the authorisation and setting up of new investment vehicles and M&A transactions.
Work Highlights
- Garrigues assisted FCC Aqualia with obtaining a EUR1.1 billion green corporate loan for the refinancing of green sustainability projects, provided by a syndicate of lenders led by CaixaBank.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Garrigues have an extremely high level of expertise in financing."
"They develop ad hoc solutions for our clients."
"They demonstrated a spectacular level of involvement. They showed speed, dedication and flexibility. I am very satisfied with the work."
"They are an established team with a lot of experience. It is easy to work with them."
"Garrigues have an extremely high level of expertise in financing."
"They develop ad hoc solutions for our clients."
"They demonstrated a spectacular level of involvement. They showed speed, dedication and flexibility. I am very satisfied with the work."
"They are an established team with a lot of experience. It is easy to work with them."
Notable Practitioners
Top-ranked practitioner Marcos Botella boasts remarkable experience in high-end energy project finance deals, where he advises both lenders and borrowers.
"Marcos Botella's expertise in financing is extremely high. His presence on transactions provides us with a great deal of reassurance. "
"He has business acumen, technical skills, and the ability to manage and resolve complex situations."
"He's proven to have plenty of technical and specific knowledge within the industry and he's also pro-deal, which helps to move the projects forward."
José Miguel Pinillos offers in-depth expertise across a wide array of banking and finance mandates ranging from acquisition and project financings to debt restructurings and refinancings.
"José Miguel Pinillos's attention to detail, knowledge and understanding have always been excellent."
"He has a high understanding of our company and its needs. He offers great speed of response and a great level of knowledge."
"He is experienced, he gets better with time."
Luis de la Peña is widely appreciated for his prowess in handling the authorisation and establishment of asset management companies as well as M&A transactions requiring regulatory clearance.
Gaspar Atienza enjoys market visibility due to his notable role on complex mandates, acting for investment companies and banks. He also assists with energy and infrastructure project finance deals in Spain and abroad. He also handles leveraged finance transactions.
"Gaspar Atienza is a very experienced lawyer in all sorts of transactions within his field of practice."
Gonzalo Rivera Gómez enters the rankings this year after receiving sustained endorsement from market commentators in the Spanish banking and finance arena.
"Gonzalo Rivera Gómez is a solid, experienced practitioner."
Naiara Bueno continues to receive recognition for her experience in banking and finance mandates, including debt restructuring and syndicated financing advice to both lenders and borrowers. She is based in Barcelona.
"Naiara Bueno has strong experience handling multilateral deals and contracts."
"She is dedicated to drafting documents and also sees things from a 360-degree perspective."
Jon Goirigolzarri is an increasingly recognised practitioner in the market, with experience advising well-known Spanish banks on the financing of energy projects, especially in the renewables sector.
"The service provided by him and his team is excellent."