Alfonso Areitio
Alfonso is a counsel and Head of Corporate and M&A in Bilbao at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.
He has extensive experience in civil and corporate law, civil and commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions and private equity. He also has extensive experience in civil and commercial contracts, litigation, arbitration and mediation in civil and commercial matters. He has acted on numerous occasions as Arbitrator and Mediator for the Court of Arbitration of the Bilbao Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation. He is Secretary of the Board of Directors of several private companies.
Alfonso holds a Law degree with distinction cum laude from the University of Deusto and has been acting as speaker in various conferences organised by CEOE, APD, INVERBAN and ELKARGI, among others.
He is a regular contributor to national and international legal journals and publications, such as Aranzadi, Estrategia Empresarial and European Counsel.
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He joins Gómez-Acebo & Pombo in 1996 and becomes a counsel in 2010.
1986 | Graduate in Law from the University of Deusto (Spain) with honors.
1986 | Diploma in Legal-Economic speciality from the University of Deusto.
1993 | Notary Public competitions at the Academy of Matritense del Notariado.
1996 | Doctorate programme from the University of Deusto.
2001 | Dallas Academy of American and International Law (USA).
2009 | Mediation and Arbitration courses.
Member of the Bizkaia Bar Association (since 1996).
Member of the International Bar Association (since 2009).
Spanish
English