Practices and Sectors

• Capital Markets
• Corporate/M&A
• Private Equity

Profile

Pedro Pérez-Llorca has more than 30 years of experience as a lawyer, during which time he has become one of the leading experts in mergers and acquisitions, particularly those related to listed companies. He has participated in the Spanish market’s most significant takeover bids from the past 25 years, including Aldeasa, Cortefiel, Endesa, Abertis, Europac, Euskaltel, Naturgy and Mediaset. He has also been involved in the largest privatisation and IPO of the last 20 years, AENA, and in many of the largest mergers and acquisitions in the market, such as the merger of the Coca-Cola bottling companies and Banco Santander’s acquisition of Banco Popular.

He has played an important role in the growth of the firm, and in particular of its commercial practice. He is the firm’s Senior Partner.

Studies:

• Degree in Economics and Business, CUNEF Universidad Complutense
• Degree in Law, UNED
• Degree in Mathematics, UNED

He speaks Spanish and English and he also reads and understands Portuguese, French, German and Italian.

Experience

His professional experience as a lawyer is focused on mergers and acquisitions. He has taken part in some of the largest cross-border transactions with a Spanish component on the market.

In addition to his strictly professional activity, he has been a lecturer at various academic and professional institutions, including the Instituto de Empresa, and holds various positions in different corporations:

• Member of the Princess of Asturias Board of Trustees.
• Trustee of the Princess of Girona Foundation.
• Member of the Advisory Board of CUNEF.
• Member of the Board of Patrons of the Teatro Real.
• Member of the Advisory Board of REMCO (Network for the Study of Contemporary Monarchies).
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía.
• Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Margarita Salas Foundation.

Professional Organisations

• The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
• The Cádiz Bar Association.
• International Bar Association (IBA).

Recognition

Pedro Pérez-Llorca features in various legal directories such as:

• Medal of Honour from the World Jurist Association.
• Chambers Global: ‘Corporate/M&A (Eminent Practitioner)’.
• Chambers Europe: ‘Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability’ (Eminent practitioner).
• Legal 500 EMEA: Commercial, Corporate and M&A (Hall of Fame)
• IFLR 1000: Highly regarded (Banking, Private Equity, M&A).
• Leaders League: ‘M&A’, ‘Investment Funds’ and ‘Private Equity’.
• Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Corporate Governance 2021/Thought Leaders – M&A 2021/Global Leader – Corporate Governance 2022/Global Leader – M&A 2022.
• Best Lawyers®: ‘Corporate and M&A Law’, ‘Capital Markets Law’, ‘Investment Funds’, ‘Private Equity Law’, ‘Banking and Finance Law’, ‘Venture Capital Law’, ‘Administrative Law’ and ‘Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice’.

Awards

• Best Lawyers®: ‘Investment Funds – Lawyer of the Year’ (2020) in Madrid.
• Best Lawyers®: ‘Private Equity Law – Lawyer of the Year’ (2019) in Madrid.
• Best Lawyers®: ‘Corporate and M&A Law – Lawyer of the Year’ (2018) in Madrid.
• Best Lawyers®: ‘Banking and Finance Law – Lawyer of the Year’ (2015) in Madrid.
• Best Lawyers®: ‘Corporate and M&A Law – Lawyer of the Year’ (2014) in Madrid.
• Iberian Lawyer: 40 under Forty ‘Best Lawyer at a Law Firm’ (2007).