Practices and Sectors

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate/M&A
• Private Equity

Profile

Carmen Reyna joined Pérez-Llorca in 2005 and she was made partner in January 2013. As an expert in Corporate Law, she advises national as well as foreign clients on all types of corporate transactions.

Studies:

• 2003 Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Legal Studies, Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, DC)
• New York Bar Exam Review, George Washington University (BARBRI and PMBR)
• 2001 Joint Honours degree in Law and Business Administration, Universidad Carlos III Madrid
• 1998 Erasmus Scholarship, Université d’Aix-Marseille II (Aix-en-Provence, France)

She speaks Spanish, English and French.

Experience

Carmen has more than 15 years of experience in corporate law advice, particularly in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, the creation and winding up of joint ventures and corporate restructures. She advises national as well as foreign clients on high-profile mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. Her advice covers the initial phase, which involves the signing of the confidentiality contract and the letter of intention as well as the preparation and/or realisation of due diligence; the intermediate phase, which involves the buying of assets or shares, the shareholders’ agreement etc.; and additional aspects of acquisitions and investments.

In private equity transactions, Carmen has participated as a legal advisor, in minority and majority share acquisitions (MBOs, MBIs and BIMBOs) and in settled acquisitions (LBOs, LBIs and LMBOs).

Academic and Publishing Collaborations

Carmen is currently a lecturer for the following programmes:

• Master’s degree in Corporate Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
• Master’s degree for Access to the Legal Profession, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
• Master’s degree in Private Equity at Fundación Rafael del Pino and Instituto Capital Riesgo.
• Advanced Programmes at IFAES.

Carmen also regularly writes articles for economic and legal press.

Professional Organisations

The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
The New York Bar Association.
Member of the Board of the Private Equity Institute (INCARI).

Recognition

Carmen Reyna features in the legal directories:

• Legal 500 EMEA: ‘Commercial’, ‘Corporate and M&A’ (Next Generation Partners).
• IFLR1000 – Women Leaders 2022.
• Leaders League: M&A and Private Equity 2022.
• Best Lawyers®: Banking and Finance Law; Corporate and M&A Law; Private Equity Law; Insolvency and Reorganization Law & Information Technology Law.

Awards

• Finalist: Women in Business Law EMEA (2022).
• Iberian Lawyer: 40 under Forty (2013).