Experience
He has represented a wide range of clients as head of M&A and Banking Law, including UNILEVER, NESTLE, BOEING, TYCO, SHELL, REPSOL, ICI and AKZO NOBEL. Within the areas of Banking Law, Energy and Project Finance, he has represented clients such as SHELL, EGL AG, AXPO, IBERDROLA, GAS NATURAL FENOSA, ISOLUX CORSÁN, BANCO SABADELL, RED ELÉCTRICA and OPERADORA DEL MERCADO DE LA ELECTRICIDAD. He has also advised the Spanish Government (for example, on the IPO of EADS, the parent company of Airbus Industries) and Spanish public institutions, the European Union and some of the most prestigious media & entertainment companies, such as CNN, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, PARAMOUNT PICTURES, SONY, CABLE & WIRELESS and UNIVERSAL PICTURES. In the technology sector, he has advised, among other clients, PHILIPS, CISCO SYSTEMS, DELL, MICROSOFT and TELEFONICA.
Luis is a regular collaborator for publications such as Expansión, the Financial Times, Business Law Europe, and the European Business Brief, amongst other British and Spanish legal magazines.He frequently lectures on mergers and acquisitions, media and telecommunications issues.
Merits
Published Articles:
- ‘Proactive liability and the risk approach in Data Protection.’
- ‘The Supreme Court surprises by modifying the legal regime for the remuneration of managing directors.’
- ‘ANDORRA: FAREWELL TO BANKING SECRECY’
- ‘Cybersecurity’
- ‘Draft Circulars for consultation by the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV).
‘CNMV TECHNICAL GUIDES’ - ‘Help tool for the application of the Data Protection Regulation.’
- ‘OPERATIONAL GUIDE FOR TRANSACTION REPORTING UNDER MiFIR’
- ‘European supervisors’ guidelines on the risk-based approach’
- ‘INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AND GAFI LISTS’