Practices and Sectors

• Capital Markets

Profile:

Yolanda Azanza joined Pérez-Llorca in July 2023 to strengthen the Capital Markets practice.

Studies:

• 1995 Degree in Law, Universidad de Navarra

She speaks Spanish and English.

Experience

Yolanda has 27 years of experience working in the Madrid office of a reputable international firm. She specialises in all aspects of capital markets and represents issuers and placement banks in cross-border transactions on both the fixed income and equity markets, including bond issuance and commercial paper programmes, regulatory capital, covered bonds, IPOs, secondary offerings and block trades.

Her in-depth knowledge of the market, coupled with her technical strength, has enabled her to build long-lasting relationships of trust with her clients, which include financial institutions as well as multinationals and large Spanish companies. Azanza has a strong international profile and has repeatedly been involved in multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Academic and publishing collaborations

Yolanda has authored numerous publications, including the following:

• The Capital Markets Union: a path towards a greater Union, published in Anuario del Euro 2017, IEAF/FEF & Fundación ICO (February 2018).
• Financiación mediante emisión de deuda o mediante préstamo, published in Cuadernos de Derecho para Ingenieros, Wolters Kluwer – La Ley and Iberdrola.
• Emisión de obligaciones en el extranjero por una sociedad española, by Yolanda Azanza, published in Anuario Mercantil para Abogados, La Ley.
• The implementation of the EU Prospectus Directive – a country-by-country analysis, published in Capital Markets Law Journal.

Professional Organisations

The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM)

Recognition

• Chambers & Partners: ‘Capital Markets: Debt’ (Band 1)
• Legal 500: ‘Capital Markets:Debt’ (Hall of Fame)
• IFLR 1000: ‘Capital Markets: Debt and Equity’ (Highly Regarded)
• Best Lawyers®: ‘Banking and Finance Law’ and ‘Capital Markets Law’
• Women in Business Law (Capital Markets, Spain)

Awards

• Iberian Lawyer InspiraLaw Awards (2019, 2022, 2023)
• Client Choice Award: Capital Markets, Spain (2018)