Lourdes Ayala
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
Band 1
About
Provided by Lourdes Ayala
Practice Areas
Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
Career
Lourdes Ayala is a Partner and Head in Bird & Bird's Corporate and M&A department in the Madrid office.
She specializes in the life sciences, tech & comms, and retail & consumer sectors with a business oriented and hands-on approach.
She advises institutional and industrial clients on complex mergers and acquisitions whether national or cross-border transactions, joint ventures, acquisition of majority or minority stakes, share deals and asset deals. She has broad expertise in venture capital, advising both the investors, venture capital funds, corporate venture capital, business angels and others, as well as the target high growth companies on financing rounds and investments throughout their lifecycle. She also offers expertise in transactions with a strong real estate element, as well as in corporate restructuring, mergers and spin offs.
Professional Memberships
Madrid's Bar Association.
Chambers Review
Europe
Head of department Lourdes Ayala moves up to the top of the rankings on account of positive market feedback. She boasts a strong track record of advising international companies on share purchases, mergers and private equity investments in Spain on mid-market transactions. She has experience advising businesses in the telecommunications, automotive and pharmaceutical industries.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lourdes Ayala's strength is her negotiation capability. When there are conflicts between people, she resolves things."
"I think she is very flexible in terms of timing and approach. She manages clients and client expectations well."
"Lourdes Ayala's strength is her negotiation capability. When there are conflicts between people, she resolves things."
"I think she is very flexible in terms of timing and approach. She manages clients and client expectations well."