Rais is an Intellectual Property partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She specialises in advising on industrial and intellectual property litigation, trademarks, designs, unfair competition and competition law and the European Union, both nationally and internationally.

She holds a degree in Law from the Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) with distinction, Rais has a master’s degree in European Law from the College of Europe and completed a Diploma of Advanced Studies at the University of Barcelona (Spain). She also regularly lectures on competition and industrial property law from the ISDE Law Business School and at the Barcelona Bar Association. For many years, she has worked as a partner in prestigious national and international law firms, consolidating her extensive experience in the legal sector.

Rais has a distinguished career of more than 20 years in industrial property, intellectual property and technology law, during which she has advised leading companies in numerous sectors, especially in complex matters such as the representation of innovative companies in the pharmaceutical sector in the defence of their patents.

She has been recognised as one of the leading professionals in the Spanish market in her sector and is also highlighted in prestigious legal directories such as IP Stars Euromoney in the category of Notable Practitioner, in Leaders League such as Health & Pharmaceutical Industry, Patent Litigation and Trademark litigation and in IAM Patent 1000 as a professional expert in Litigation.

She has participated as a speaker at numerous conferences and seminars on industrial and intellectual property law matters, such as at the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI), the Centre for the Study for the Promotion of Research (CEFI) and the University of Barcelona. She is author and co-author of numerous legal publications specialising in matters relating to competition law and industrial and intellectual property law.

Inés is a partner of Litigation and Arbitration at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

TShe has extensive experience in civil and commercial litigation and in domestic, international and investment arbitration, having acted before the main domestic and international arbitration courts (ICC, ICSID and Stockholm Court of Arbitration). She also serves as an arbitrator.

She holds a law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid and an LL.M in European and Competition Law from the College of Europe (Bruges). She has attended the School of Legal Practice of the Complutense University of Madrid and the Arbitration and Economic Law programs of the IE University (Spain).

Inés is recognised in the legal directories Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as one of the leading professionals in the areas of Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration. In 2017 she was awarded the Forty Under Forty (Iberian Lawyer) award.

She has participated as author or coauthor in several specialised legal publications.

Vanessa is a partner of White Collar Crime and Internal Investigations and Head of Corporate Compliance at Gómez- Acebo & Pombo.

She has a Law degree by the CEU San Pablo University (Spain). She also holds a master’s degree in Law with a specialisation in Private Law from the CEU San Pablo University.

She is a member of the Committee for the Prevention of Money Laundering of the CGAE.

Vanessa is recognised in prestigious legal directories such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as one of the leading professionals in the areas of Corporate Compliance, White-collar crime and Dispute Resolution: Corporate Crime.

She has participated as coauthor in several specialised legal publications.

Paula is a Banking and Finance partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She is specialised in Banking law and, specifically, advice on corporate finance transactions, debt refinancing, acquisition financing and project financing.
She holds a degree in Law from Complutense University of Madrid. She also has a master’s degree in Financial Markets from Stock Market Studies Institute (IEB) and a master’s degree in International Legal Practice from IE University.
Paula has participated as an author or coauthor in several specialised legal publications.

Experience

I have carried out numerous transactions with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

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GA_P advises Venanpri group, parent company of Bellota Herramientas, on the sale of three of its logistics warehouses in the Basque Country, 2025 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Venanpri Group, parent company of Bellota Herramientas, a company specialising in the manufacture of tools for agriculture, construction and industry, on the sale of three of its logistics warehouses in the Basque Country.

The judge gives the green light to bondholders to take Telepizza | Expansión, 2024 – The Commercial Court number 5 of Madrid has agreed to approve the restructuring plan of Food Delivery Brands, parent company of Telepizza, which will give full control of the company to the bondholders, among which groups such as Blantyre, Oak Hill and Fortress stand out, as stated in a judicial resolution to which Expansión has…

Rafael Aguilera and Paula Zarzalejos on the type of operation where GA_P has moved in 2022. | Capital & Corporate, 2022 – Rafael Aguilera and Paula Zarzalejos, partner and senior associate in the firm’s Finance and Banking team, talk about access to financing and other relevant issues for private equity in this article in Capital & Corporate. Both agree that rising interest rates are changing the rules of the game in the M&A market by leaps and…

GA_P advises Davidson Kempner on the recapitalisation of Grupo Siro, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised on the acquisition and capitalisation of the financial debt and the additional liquidity provision. With this new investment, Davidson Kempner Capital Management now holds a significant majority of the Group’s share capital. This is one of the main “loan to own” transactions carried out in Spain in recent years, together…

GA_P advises Invesco and Searchlight on the refinancing transaction of the financial indebtedness of the Mediapro Group, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Searchlight Capital Partners and Invesco Senior Secured Management as first and second lien lenders on the recapitalisation of the Mediapro Group. The transaction has involved the refinancing of its debt and the recapitalisation of the Group through a capital increase of €620 million. Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has worked on this…

GA_P advises Miura Partners and Educaedu on the acquisition of EMagister, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Miura Partners and Educaedu on the acquisition of EMagister, in order to consolidate its leadership in the sector in the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Latin America. The private equity firm Miura Partners is doubling its commitment to the business of digital platforms for the education sector with the acquisition of…

GA_P advises Miura on the acquisition of the digital educational platform Educaedu, 2022 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo has advised Miura Partner in the acquisition of the digital platform Educaedu, a leading Basque company in its sector with more than 120 million users in its portals and offering nearly 140,000 training options in different areas and levels in nine languages and more than 20 countries. Educaedu functions as a directory…

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GA_P advises JP Morgan (Lynstone) on the acquisition and refinancing of the debt of Holmes Place Group in Spain., 2021 – Gómez-Acebo & Pombo advises JP Morgan (LYNSTONE SSF HOLDINGS, SARL) on the acquisition and debt refinancing of the majority of the Holmes Place group (Club Poliesportiu Europolis S.L.U, Ca N’arimon Mollet S.L.U, Complex Esportiu Les Corts S.L. and Holmes Place Active Spain S.A.U.), owners of ten gyms and sports centers in Spain. The acquisition was…