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Fernando Igartua

Fernando Igartua

Fernando Igartua
Fernando Igartua
Position
Partner
Telephone
+34 91 582 91 00
Email
figartua@ga-p.com
Nº collegiate member
22.626 ICAM
Office of New York
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126 East 56th Street, New York, NY 10022 (United States of America)
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(+1) 646 736 3075
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newyork@ga-p.com

Fernando is a partner of Banking and Finance and Head of New York office at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

He specialises in structured and project finance, takeover bids, insurance, new technologies law, regulation of financial institutions and corporate governance.

He holds a degree in Law with a specialisation in Economic Law from Universidad de Deusto (Spain) and a PhD in Law from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). In addition, he is a lecturer in civil law. He has also been a visiting researcher at the University of California, (USA), a fellow of the Spanish-American (Fulbright Program) Joint Committee and a research associate at the University of London (UK).

He is founder and honorary president of the directors’ association Instituto de Consejeros-Administradores (IC-A).

Fernando is recognised in the prestigious legal directories Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as one of the leading practitioners in the areas of Banking & Finance, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Project Finance, Projects and energy and Insurance. He is also listed in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers in the areas of M&A and Governance and Project Finance.
He has participated as an author or coauthor in several specialised legal publications.

He joins Gómez-Acebo & Pombo in 1989 and becomes a partner in 1994.

1981 | Master of Law (major in Financial Law) from the University of Deusto (Spain)

1986 | Doctor of Law from the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid (Spain)

1988 | Visiting researcher at the University of California, (USA)

1987 | Scholarship from the Hispano-American Joint Committee.

1992 | Research Associate, University of London (UK)

1992 | Associate in the London office of a major British firm (UK).

2023 – Present: Head of the New York office of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo (USA).

Member of the Madrid Bar Association (since 1984)

Secretary of Foro PPP Infraestructura (since 2007)

President of the Instituto de Consejeros-Administradores (since 2003)

Spanish

English

French

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